"Kathleen" wrote in message:

The arrogant treerat waited until Cooper was almost on top of him before
starting his getaway and it was almost his undoing.

That sounds like the one that used to bait Khan. He'd wait until Khan would
pass by on his morning walk, drop down from the tree right in front of him,
and run like hell. Then one time, we saw that he had lost part of his tail.
Then, we didn't see him anymore. He probably tried this with the wrong dog.

Cooper ran up the
vertical tree trunk after him and made it a good 15 feet before he fell
off.

Methinks you need trees with branches lower to the ground. And a camera at
the ready.

Suja