Actually, I think Zena doesn’t like the rain for three main reasons:

1. She likes to be outside when it’s warm. It’s 65 degrees and raining so she’s not amused.

2. She HATES getting wet, particularly her paws. She’s like a cat in the way that she likes to stay dry. It’s rather funny to see her lick her paws clean. I’ve finally got her to stay calm whilst getting a bath but she still runs around everywhere when I try to dry her.

3. The sound of rain hitting the house and pavement freaks her out. Zena’s breed is bred with wide, funnel-like upright ears so they can hear their prey. She’s meant to hear everything from mice to pumas so her hearing is spectacular. We humans aren’t fazed by the sounds of rain, but I’m sure to Zena they sound like a Blitzkrieg style attack. Her hearing is phenomenal as Rat Terriers were actually given the name by Theodore Roosevelt as his Rat Terrier ‘Skip’ sniffed out and killed the thousands of rats in the White House in less than a day during a rat infestation. I pity the poor employees that had to pick up after T.R’s Rat Killing Spree.

Tabs seems the same way. Cats have good hearing as well to hunt them little mice.

I agree. It’s hard to find reds that are dead on (they always seem to be too orange or too blue). This one is just right!

Yah, it’s pretty! I wish it wasn’t so streaky…