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Friday, April 30, 2010

Curiosity Almost Killed the Dogs!




Just the other day, I had one of those moments when I wish I had a video camera handy. Something that I've never seen before happened that in a way goes along with some of my prior posts regarding coyote control. If you've read Coyote Control you've gotten the point that deer fawns have a tough go at it about this time of year. Well, lets just say that I think the deer are taking things into their own hoofs.

My sister has two dogs, Tipper and Jake, who are a sister/brother combo and their curiosity almost got them in trouble. These two are total opposites and hilarious to watch. Tipper is the mischievous one. Jake is laid back one. Both like belly rubs, but only if you can manage to give them at the same time. Can we say jealous? An interesting note for this story is that both are approximately equal in size to your typical coyote. Well anyways, to the story...

As I stand on my back porch, I hear an awful scream come from the treeline about 300 yards away. As I look across the field, saying out loud "What the heck was that?" I see Tipper and Jake storm out of the woods like they had seen a ghost. To my amazement, right on their paws was an angry doe. Jake and Tipper were on a dead sprint back towards my house and so was the doe. For about 100 yards, she chased them. I was in shock. Apparently, the two dogs stumbled upon her fawn in the woods. I had always seen and heard of dogs chasing deer, but not vice versa. WOW! I wonder how often this happens to predators. It at least left the impression that they are ready for a fight.