Day 92: Free-Range Bunny

This is Reggie, sitting outside of the backyard rabbit pen that we use for them. We've mostly had him living upstairs, as opposed to the basement where the other bunnies live. Because of this, and because he has such a mellow personality, he does really well around the dogs, and likewise, the dogs pretty much ignore him, other than an occasional sniff from Mango. So we used to let him run around the deck during the day and he would always stay there, enjoying the fresh air and company.

The dogs just recently spent 2 1/2 weeks away from our house (1 while we were at Camp, and the rest of the time being housed at my mom's while the floors were being worked on) so I think Reggie noticed the difference and got a little more daring. One day, all of a sudden, he went down the deck stairs and explored the backyard. He loved it, and ever since, the first thing he does when we let him out is hop down the stairs to explore.

Maybe we should be concerned with large birds preying on him, but we've never really had a problem with that. Even though the dogs are good around Reggie, they are still dogs and we know that they might see him running fast out of the corner of their eye and instinct might take over, so we're being careful about letting them out together. Other than having to be careful, it's been really fun having a backyard bunny.