Deer

In front our our house is an old apple orchard that I have written about before.  Well, there are deer that live in this orchard and the surrounding fields as well as the orchard across the field.  I have seen the deer quite a bit this year.  Sometimes I see them through the backdoor looking at the field across the way, sometimes on our road, and most often I see them at the end of our road.  Watson is usally oblivious to the deer when they are around.  He just doesn't seem to hear them which I find amazing.  The other day he did see them but the deer ran down a steep hill and Watson couldn't figure out how to get down the hill to give chase.  Today was a different story.  He spotted the deer before I did and took off after them.  They ran up hill and back into the orchard with Watson in hot pursuit.  I don't actually mind that he chases the deer what I worry about is that he didn't have a collar on and I was afraid he would get to the main road and get hit by a car.  I quickly made my way up the hill into another open space but Watson was no where to be found.  I stood there just calling his name so that he could eventually follow the sound of my vioce and come back to me.  It didn't take him long to find me and I was relieved he came back so quickly.  Since he never headed out into the road and came back on his own unharmed I'm glad he had a little excitement in his day.  He came back out of breath and seemingly happy.  It is fun to see the deer all the time!