04/05/2026
Picture this y'all...
Bright and early Easter Sunday morning..
We've had a few days of rain so everything is crisp, green, fresh and feels brand new 🌱
I'm outside in my robe and slippers, cuppa caffeinated goodness in hand, still half asleep, looking forward to a slow, quiet day.
The Cavaliers are running around doing their morning yard patrol.
The 7 week old pint sized Littles are getting their first experience of dew soaked grass while they chase after the older dogs which was a bit comical as they have never had wet feet before and were a bit bewildered 😊
The weather is beautiful, birds are chirping, a light breeze is blowing and the sun coming up behind the trees is the definition of peaceful bliss.
Beyond the backyard fence, I can see the goats coming out of the barn doing their morning stretches and heading out to the pasture...
Whilst watching the goats meander on, I see a wild rabbit dash across the pasture rather frantically... Then another little cottontail.... Followed by a lightning fast pint-sized white blur... Quite out of place since the wild cottontail rabbits don't come in that shade ..
In my un-caffeinated, sleepy haze it took my brain a second to register what I just saw way out in the distance....
Then I frantically did a Cavalier head count - 3 itty bitty Blenheims (Cammy's babies) 3 bigger Blenheims....
And..... Only 2 Tri-Colors..
Which meant that blur, not contained to the safety of my backyard was AIKO 😠
Aiko apparently decided that the best way to celebrate Easter Sunday was by digging a tunnel under the fence in the backyard, climbing through the panels into the goat pasture and then sprinting like a maniac chasing wild rabbits out in the pasture 🐇
Beyond the goat pasture is not enclosed and leads to the road so I've shifted from "peaceful sleepy" into a terrified sprint through the yard, through the house and out to the pasture and by the time I get there, Aiko is nowhere in sight...
Aiko's intense bunny chasing focus looped her around the property so she made it to the front by the time I made it to the back..... So I'm searching the pasture and treeline for her when I just barely catch a flash of white in the treeline at the *front* of the property - Which is near the road..
Thankfully the bunny opted for the woods rather than the road and Aiko was intercepted before any catastrophes could happen..
By the time I get her, she's soaked from running through dewy grass and rain puddles, she has brambles in her hair, I've lost a slipper as I clearly wasn't dressed for frantic panic sprints and I imagine my blood pressure was through the roof ..
I praised Aiko for stopping her chase and coming to me, and then sweetly told her she was the worst dog on the planet, she almost gave me a heart attack and she's an absolute psycho.
To which she happily wagged her tail as if we just had the most fabulous adventure evvvvva.
I get Aiko dry and cleaned up, then go spend the rest of the lovely morning filling in her tunnel.
When I finally get back to my caffeinated beverage, the peaceful morning I had planned is gone and what is Aiko doing??
This.
This is what Aiko is doing.
Sleeping soundly with her Yak Cheese chew as if she didn't turn my entire "peaceful morning" into utter frantic chaos, complete with a spontaneous cardio workout and a side of yardwork that I had absolutely NO plans to do today 🙄
She's lucky she's so dang cute..
Rotten dog 🥴
Happy Easter y'all 🐰 💐🐣
