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As Chief of Security, Kiska is responsible for yard patrols and establishing the appropriate alert level for potential intruders. At night, however, Hu-dad makes her and everyone else sleep inside for safety reasons, so Kiska has to set out the overnight security measures to maintain control until dawn.
Perimeter patrol number 257 done for the day, so about time to go inside.
So if she has to go inside, how does she make that happen?
Rub my scent along the porch.
If it works for bears, and elk, and bobcat, and . . .
Almost done.
Yes, this is a nightly ritual to leave her scent throughout the yard, marking the territory of the Herd and making wild critters think a security detail is still at work.
Everything is secure. Let’s go to bed.
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