Full Moon! :)

 It all started when Coal walked over to the glass French doors and looked out! He started barking the alarm, so I went to see, thinking it must be deer! As I scanned the yard, well lit by the bright moon, I could see there was nothing out there. Rud laughed and said he must be barking at the moon. :)

 Coal galloped over to Rud, barked, and led the way back to the French doors, where sure enough, blazed the full moon! :) We laughed and returned to our seats. Coal excitedly started running back in forth in front of us, barking his excitement! Of course we laughed! Then he spun on his heal and gleefully nipped Rud's arm! Rud began laughing in surprise, which made me laugh, which made Coal repeat the gleeful attack, which made Rud laugh, which made me laugh harder, ... and do to the laughing and the lightning-quickness of Coal's nip-and-run actions, we couldn't catch our breaths enough to correct him! I breathed, "Get him outside! :)", which Rud managed to do by opening the front door! Out Coal ran, quick Rud closed the door, and we had time to control our laughter and take control of our situation! :)

Soon Coal was at the door and, now composed, we let him back in. We all smiled at each other, and all was back to normal. ... We blame it on the full moon! :)