[RickyMaveety]

They actually had a news story on the Austin news the other night about how the number of mountain lions in our area is starting to cause a few "problems."

The other morning, I went out to take my doggie girls for a walk, and they were both scared to death ... of something. They both looked at me and whimpered and kept looking out towards the trees.

I am fairly certain that our resident lions made a little foray into the back yard. However, there is no way in hell that even a hungry lion would jump a six-foot kennel fence to be in an enclosed place with two good sized dogs. So, I know they were safe .... but probably not very happy about seeing a cat that big.

The last time I saw them that scared was when I tried to take them for a walk at night. We got out to the drive, heard a big cat scream, and both girls just did an about-face and whimpered us right back into the house double-time.

Ah, the joys of living in the country.