Thank you everyone--there is a story behind the photo: I have a large plant stand on my patio that is off the surface a few inches. When I saw two of my cats peering under the stand I knew they had cornered some kind of animal. Looking under the stand I saw a long thin tail, a RAT! I am an animal lover but I was not trilled to have a rat a few feet from my backdoor. My husband raised the planter up and out ran the rat with the cats, our dog (a Catahoula Cur), my husband and me right behind him. Almost immediately I felt sorry for the little thing. Before I could put a stop to the chase this brave little guy stopped and stood up. It is no fun to chase something that is not moving, so the dog (Buddy) stopped, looked and sniffed, what turned out to be a Pack Rat. I rescued the rat unharmed and put him in the woods with some food and shinny gifts, that Pack Rats are said to like.
btw hope we don't get a ton of these little guys ... we got squirrel week already :) Might want a little more room but this does look so good because of content I might not mess with it !!!! Big Congrats !!