Rascal is getting outside a little more lately. He is more used to living here and is starting to realize this is his place. He even spends time in the barn. Sometimes all afternoon. Now that the barn is not packed full of small hay bales he can jump up and lay on some, and also walk around looking for mice. I only leave the barn door open during the day. I don't want the neighbor's cat to come and mark the inside of the barn as his territory. Even though I built up a good part of the north fence to keep him away, occasionally I find his footprints in the fresh snow and going into the hayshed building. So the neighbor's cat does come around once in a while.
Today it was wet outside. Rascal is not fond of wet ground, and after a short time outside he walked to the house door. So I carried him to the corral so he could then walk to the barn. Rascal doesn't like to be held. He is also pretty "chunky". So it was a struggle for me to carry him to the corral. He then walked to the barn.
Earlier this week Rascal came out to help me outside.
