♫I get by with a little help from my friends♫
♫I catch mice with a little help from my friends♫
♫Gonna try with a little help from my friends♫

Okey dokey.  So here I am, all ready to start building my better mousetrap.  With what I have learned so far, I am planning to build it out of a Ferrari.  I was out looking for a Ferrari left out on the curb for me to use when I got dogmail from some friends.  Turns out there might be an easier way.

My friends Impy and Max had some excellent advice.  Turns out Max used to be an expert mouse catcher.  Field reporter Impy tracked him down at the Bridge and brought back the following advice:

"1. You have to be fast.
2. You have to be sneaky.
3. You have to have quick jaw action.
4. You have to chase the little buggers into their holes.
5. You must present them as a present to your humans.
6. You must listen to your woman human scream when you do that.
7. You must chew and swallow quickly before your human man takes your treat away from you.
8. When you throw said treat back up because you swallowed it whole, be sure to do it in the middle of the living room carpet.
9. Be sure your human man is the one who picks up the mouse from the carpet--part of catching the mouse is for the human man to chase the human woman around the house with it!"

Next I got mail from my friend Skye, who is pretty sure mice are not cream filled.  Why I am trying so hard to catch one, then, I have no idea.  AnyLoo, she says mice love peanut butter.  I love peanut butter.  I am pretty sure I am not a mouse.  Skye says that if Brady dips his tail in peanut butter the mice will come a' runnin'.  Mmmm....peanut butter kitty.  This just gets better and better.

My friend Carter also has some experience with mice.  And redecorating.  This is what Carter had to say:

"I spoke with the cats in my house about your friend’s mouse problem. They said to listen carefully to the walls. Mice tend to play a CD of themselves singing three blind mice every time the humans leave the house. Using this as a distraction, the mice creep into the couch to steal supplies. Our old cat suggested tearing apart the couch daily to check for the critters.

Although I deduce this could lead to confinement to your crate, the cat shouldn't worry about it though because humans don't put cats in crates." 

Carter, Max, Impy, and Skye are smart dogs. 

So there you have it, Brady.  If that doesn't catch you some mice, well, then, I'll keep looking for a Ferrari.