Garden Pests

Below are pics of my garden pests-- Winston and Emma:

• Both love to dig large cavernous holes and lie under shrubs while chewing off any lower branches that impede their comfort.
• Both chase chipmonks mercilessly and care not where they step in their efforts to catch them.  Emma caught one and played with it for about 45 minutes one day.  Bob thought she had a toy until he investigated it more thoroughly.  The chipmonk scampered away seemingly unhurt. 
• Both leave muddy tracks and fall leaves in my sunroom and near the doggie door.
• Both love to chase neighborhood cats that  mistakenly sit (or plot and taunt) on the picket fence supports. 
• Both try to leap the picket fence when the UPS truck drives by.
• Both have created a trodden pathway along the length of the fence chasing anyone and everybody on foot or riding a bicyle or motorcycle.
• Both trample my impatients to get to their water bowl.
• Neither have a real appreciation for the beauty of butterflies other than chasing them and jumping to catch them.

Emma is the overall winner in the pest category because she chases frisbees all over the yard.  She also takes all her toys out the doggie door and leaves them in the yard. 

On the plus side, both contribute to the compost so I guess we'll keep them.