Ok. I found a flaw in my Shamrock's hunting style.  I thought he was a
fierce hunter; running on the prowl every time I said the word "bug".
Problem is, he would always look... up ^^^.  I guess to him "bug" is
moth, or teensy spider on the ceiling.  Or a fly.  Earlier I found the
monster of all spiders on the floor of my downstairs bathroom and
hollered for him to come save me.  "Bug".. says me.  "meewww?" says
him, looking up ^^^.  "no, down here!!"  (pointing to monster spider).
"oh"... he bats it a little bit, spider curls up and Shamrock loses
interest.  "BUG!!" says me again... "mewwwww??"  he says looking up
^^^ again.  He spots it again while it runs and tries to take cover
and bats at it a few more times and that is it.  Leaves it for me!
AAAAHHHHH!  <sigh>  My hunter.... heheh