One, two foxes at my front door, that’s what I said now

Foxes, foxes who ignore you, they run ahead now

Sorry for the Spin Doctors reference, it just popped into my head.  And now, it’s stuck in yours.  You’re welcome.

Hubby made to step out the door Friday night intent on putting the doors on his jeep.  Sampson was right behind him, when he said, “There are two foxes out here.”

Isn’t this adorbs?  Yes, I want one.

Immediately I said, “Well he can’t go out then.”

Sampson said, “Woof, woof, whiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine” which is Retriever for, “Let me at that Schiznit.”

Then Delilah joined the party.  When they were denied access to the front yard, they raced out the back, but the fox were too fast.  Once they saw Hubby they high-tailed it out of our yard and into the neighbor’s yard.

The next day Sampson sniffed the yard methodically, I think he was trying to figure out whose dog it was.

 

We have seen wildlife around the area.  We’ve seen deer and wild turkeys.  We’ve been told there are fishers and coyotes but we’ve never seen them.  And we’ve never had a fox in the yard before.   It makes me a tad bit nervous, only because I worry about them getting into the fence and one of the dogs getting into an altercation with it. (Like the time we had the deer in the yard.)

What types of wildlife do you have in your area?  Are they bold enough to step into your yard? Do you worry about your pets getting into the animal version of a pissing contest?