Sherlock has a new sound

 

Sherlock takes guard duty at our front door, which looks out on the street, very seriously. 

Cats sit outside give hm the feline finger, or so he thinks. Dogs, both his buddies and enemies, might breach the safety of the door. 

As for people? That depends. In general they may be okay. Or not, requiring commentary.

 

Than there's the Glutton. He warns off the operator with a ferociousness that has worked so far. The man has never come in the house. The other day as I was leaving, Rick and Sherlock had already left. 

The Glutton approached.

"Where's the pup? I miss him," said the operator. 

Sherlock has his own sense of time and what should be done. There are times when sitting in our lap, playing with his toys, eating, etc. are far more important than protecting the homestead.

Lately, he has developed a new growl which morphs into a bark. It resembles a cat purr. If the danger doesn't pay attention, Sherlock will add scratching at the glass

The growl only started this week. We wonder what else he will add before we move back to Geneva. There the door looks out on a patio and above the patio is a large garden surrounded by trees and a fence before there are any humans.

The garden may have squirrels, birds and once we saw a mouse hot-footing it across the patio. Since, Sherlock usually does not bark at any of them, I wonder if he will try his new purr-growl on them this time.

Stay tuned.