LOL! I don't blame you JJ, no way am I picking up squirrels!!
Sadie-Marie (my Lhasa) loves chasing squirrels, HOWEVER she has yet to even come CLOSE to catching one THANK GOODNESS!
And hey, I've wondered the same thing....I've caught Cinders with a red wasp cornered on more than one occasion. It always scares me to pieces that she will get stung! I'll kill it really fast but I bet I've caught her with one 4 times this summer. I don't know how she keeps from getting stung.