shocking news!

I'm afraid my friends that I have some shocking news, and I suggest that if you are of a sensitive nature or a paid-up member to a Poultry Protection Project you may want to skip this post ....

It is my sad duty to tell you that these doe-eyed, angel faced pups have actually been pulling the wool over our eyes.

 This is not a picture of two cute pets, but of two hardened and heartless criminals .......

This morning as I walked past a first floor bedroom window, I caught sight of a flash of white from the corner of my eye, followed immediately by a high pitched cackle.  For a split second I thought nothing of it, then a sinking feeling hit my stomach.

There was something disturbingly familiar about that white shape.

  I went back to the window from where I can see over our stone garden wall into our neighbour's yard.  To begin with I could see nothing although there was plenty of excitement to be heard.  

And then it happened ..... suddenly from behind a shed came a 'herd' of frantic chickens  followed at top speed by .... Gibson and Ghetto.

How could they do this?!

Of course we know who is the ring leader ....

Young Ghetto has already shown a keen interest in chickens.  In the past he has been found balancing precariously on top of the garden wall (the same wall that was subsequently fenced off and officially  labelled out of bounds) or even climbing trees to see into the chicken run next door.  An end was put to his acrobatics  but those fluffy feathery behinds have been weighing heavily on his little canine mind.

This morning he must have headed the expedition, and Gibson, who would never have worked out this sort of stunt on his own, simply followed suit ... the rest as they say is history.

Luckily our neighbours  were out at the market while we grabbed a ladder to get over the wall then stumbled around their garden catching and cursing dogs and collecting feathers.  hmmm....

 I can reassure the chicken lovers among you by saying that there weren't any bodies to be buried, although several of the chicks did look quite shocked and a little bare  around the upper limbs! When the neighbours got home, and found our apology pinned to their gate, they were very generous and understanding.

So tonight ...

 our pups are in the doghouse;

 tomorrow access to the garden wall is to be made impossible by a new length of fencing

 and on Monday morning I shall be at the market  buying .... 

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