There is a squirrel in my chimney

[hollysmom]

62. trust me, I was not looking after him, I wanted him out

but don't like exterminators - no chemicals in the house that can harm my dog!!! or on the lawn which explains the bare spots. The fact that my dog didn't care drove me nuts. And waking up with a squirrel tail in your nose is not pleasant! - I screamed, he ran. Plus you can not toilet train them, you would be shocked at all the places I found poop, that was one well fed Squirrel.
The dog I have now, oddly enough is one bred for Squirrel hunting, where as the border collie just wanted animals to stay still, this one hunts and kills. I had field mice, and while I admit they are cute for mice, I don't want to live with them, this dog killed them as humanely as possible, she grabbed and shook them and broke their necks and they were dead is seconds. she then set them down in parallel lines. what was really disgusting is how much poop was in the ceiling when we tore it down and re-insulated the house. I since found if I stuck steel wool under the shingles at the base of the house, they would not get in. no mice in, no dead mice. Of course the dog is bored most of the time now, but I am happy to not have anything for her to hunt.

edited to add NOT