Puppy instinct

No photos because I hadn't taken my camera along. But on yesterday's walk the cutest thing happened. Flan had bounced off into the woods as usual to follow whatever her nose was telling her about.  In no time at all, she came trudging back out with a big, dead bird in her mouth. I'd say it was a wood pigeon...about as big as her head and not easy for her to carry. She stopped several times along the trail to readjust the load as she proudly pranced toward me to show her trophy. She was very gentle with it... I really wasn't sure how to handle this cause I wasn't bringing a dead bird home in the car!! Again several times she had to set it down to find a better way to waddle along with her load. At one point she had a whole mouthful of grey feathers...so funny. We turned off the wide trail into a little trail through the deep woods. She putted along behind me still carrying her find. She finally headed off into the deeper woods so I sat on a log to see what she would do. She was looking for a place to hide/bury her prey!! She waddled deeper and deeper into the woods.... after about 5 minutes, she came bounding out of the woods sans bird. Somewhere in those trees is a neat grave.... You can tell her breed was bred to be hunters...not necessarily birds...more rats, fox, badgers, mink, squirrels, etc. but if a prey is sitting on the ground, why not reap the rewards. I just loved watching instinct take over. She was so gentle with the critter..no tearing it apart or playing with it.  Quite a fun learning for both of us.  I do so enjoy watching her grow.  As we speak, she is upstairs sound asleep on my bed... She learned that after a pee, it's really cozy to curl up with mom.... but even if mom's not there, it's still nice and soft.  Ugh, my bed looks a bit like the floor of the woods....  dirt, moss, debris, sand....  Oh well, since I sleep alone, no one else needs to know how bad it is!!  tee hee hee.