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Guess what The Tilted Dog did today? She almost got herself horribly attacked by a groundhog. I don’t get it. She has never chased a groundhog before. We have one that’s lived in our backyard for her whole life, and she’s never bothered it once. Today, I was walking her in the woods, and she saw two groundhogs chasing each other. I think it was the chasing that did it. One of the groundhogs climbed up a tree (didn’t know they could do that, did you?), and the smaller one tried to escape on foot. Bad move. Lucie was on it. Every time the groundhog would scoot away, Lucie would tackle it again. I chased her for what felt like forever. I just kept screaming at her, but of course, she kept ignoring me. Finally, I managed to get a stick in between them and push Lucie back. I did this twice before I was able to grab her collar. I was terrified the whole time. I’ve heard of dogs who’ve gotten their stomachs ripped open by groundhogs. Lucie just kept cornering it against trees and logs. She and the groundhog were literally nose to nose and snapping at each other. I swore she was going to get shredded by either its claws or teeth. Fortunately, she didn’t. I was still shaking an hour after it happened. This dog is going to be the death of me.