dang squirrels!

The streets I take Charlie for on his walks is lined with acorn trees, which make for a beautiful fall but also make for a heck of a walk with Charlie. With the acorn trees come squirrels, Charlie loves small fast fuzzy things. They drive him nuts! All he can think about the moment we start heading down the street is SQUIRRELS! At every tree he must sniff, jump and attempt to seek out the fuzzy tailed "toys" These squirrels are very strange, they are completely safe high up in the tree we are about to walk by, but noooo they have to run down the tree, then once at the bottom sit in the "praire" dog fashion, then chatter their little squirrel talk, and run across the street to the trees over there. By the time we get back to the house Charlie has completely forgotten we went on a walk and insists we go on another, whinning and huffing all through the house. I swear, sometimes I feel like I am raising a toddler!