Again?!?!?!

Sooo… earlier this year, a pair of rabbits decided to have their offspring in our front yard.  It was a slight headache keeping the dog away from them and then caring for them once they had been abandoned.  I enjoyed the opportunity and felt horrible when the little guys didn’t make it.  Thought that this would be the end of baby rabbits for the year.
I was wrong.  I get the references about rabbits and reproduction, now…

The girls noticed that the pair of rabbits had been hanging out in our yard—one of them dug a bit of a trench in the front yard.  Hadn’t seen the rabbits for a while and then, two days ago, our basset hound was in the front yard, standing over something.  There was fluff around and, upon further investigation, yup—a rabbit’s nest.  Haven’t yet figured out if our dog would eat the little guys or is trying to protect them… either way I don’t trust it.  He is, after all, a dog with hunting instincts.

The little bunnies almost have their eyes open. If they can survive a few curious dogs and aren’t run over by the lawn mower—they’ll actually make it.  There’s this giddy feeling I get when I take a moment to go check out the babies… when you uncover the nest, they start popping around and are so darn cute.  I find it bizarre that I don’t get this feeling with babies… but give me kittens or puppies… or any other form of young animal and I’m in heaven.

Here’s wishing them the best…