Just when you thought it was safe...

Rufus has been skittish about going outside - not sure why.  He walked like a champ the first few times we gave it a shot, even doing a bit of a real walk... not the "I carry him about 20 yards, then we walk back" stuff.

So, for the last few days, I have been sitting outside with him so he can get used to the noises and movement.  The last two days have been an Open House and airshow at Luke Air Force Base (a few miles northeast of this park), which means there has been more than the typical aircraft noise.

Yesterday, right after I took him out, something big flew over, low and loud.  He was not a fan.  So, I was more cautious when I took him outside today... it was very quiet out there.  Well, until our second round of walking, when the large dog (one of two) in the 5th wheel behind us noticed Rufus.  Yep, some seriously loud and ferocious barking.  That dog was leashed, so he wasn't a threat, but Rufus didn't know that.  He wanted inside real bad.  Joan came outside to sit with us, so he was OK with that for a while.  Then, a scary puff of wind... and he attached himself to the screen door like one of those Garfield window stickers.

Fortunately, Winnebago makes a solid screen door.  We had to lift his paws to "unhook" him from the screen.

It may have been something he learned yesterday, when I left the slider that covers the latch open on the screen door... we were outside, and he jumped through that small opening like a circus tiger through a hoop!  The boy is athletic.

We have been giving him indoor exercise, with the ribbon chase and rope attack - he seems to enjoy that a lot.