catty spiders

Yeah, that's my attempt at a witty title  ;-)  The "catty" part is me - we were at shows this weekend and I picked up a bunch of Dog News.  I found another ad where I wondered if the owners actually look at the dog before they write the ad copy -

 

That is not "exceptional reach & drive".  Maybe the dog actually has it, but in that picture?  No.

Yesterday, I went out to turn the sprinklers on in the back yard and found this staring back at me -

I looked it up online and it is some sort of jumping spider and apparently not likely to bite the dogs, so I left it alone.  Funny little sucker tho; every time I tried to get a picture of the markings on it's back, it would turn around to face me.  Guess I looked dangerous!