Dog's new friends

I love the way in which dogs alert us to anything unusual as they patrol their surroundings. We have grey squirrels, such clever little beasts. They can circumnavigate any attempts to keep them from eating the bird food in the gardens around us (including ours). Our resident dogs see the squirrels as part of their job. The dogs day includes patrolling the garden first and last thing, chasing off any intruders such as squirrels, the odd cat, mice and those huge genetically modified pigeons that seem to be taking over the world around here.
Nell sounds a true nose hound When. My dogs are led by scent, but also sit close to the windows looking over the back garden. They love guarding us

Yes, Iam64 having a scent hound is fascinating to observe. I've got an all glass back door overlooking the garden and she sits there watching out for the slightest gust of wind, then goes out to smell the air. It's amazing that she can get half an hour's pleasure from sitting there with her nose in the air, gathering information! She patrols her territory and alerts me about squirrels, magpies, wood pigeons and cats, but doesn't bother about small birds.

I know this is not strictly about dogs and foxes, but I have a maternity colony of pipistrelle bats in my roof. I like watching them leave a dusk. The most I counted in one evening was 73, and that was just from one side of the house. My son does not care for the youngsters, who sometimes make a wrong turn and end up flying round his room. I've never found out how they get into the house though.

Picked our dog up from hospital yesterday - he is sooooo weak but hopefully is now on the mend - 4 tiny meals a day of rice and boiled chicken or fish and keep up the fluids. He looks all sort of haggard and thin and needs a bath - which when we do will be the first one in his life!!

My local fox cub litter is getting bolder. I planned to get shots to show where mother was jumping the wall to visit them, but caught more than I expected. There is a six-foot drop on the other side of that wall, but with a compost bin and a water butt beside it. https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=MzuJVlKyj_4

Link not working for me Elegran

I'll try again, Phoenix How about this? youtu.be/MzuJVlKyj_4

I love these videos Elegran. We saw a fox, sitting having a look around, at mid-day today in DD1's garden. She has filmed cubs playing in the snow there before now. She said she thinks they probably live in the 'wild bit' at the end of the garden. GC used to make lovely dens there when they were younger.

dustyangel I have a lot more shots, but they are mostly boring - the motion sensor sets the camera off, and it takes one minute of video than stops. If anything is still happening it starts again and takes another one minute, but it takes nearly a second to get its act together so there are sudden jumps in the action.

Sometimes the little so-and-sos have rushed past so fast all you get is a blur, then fiftynine seconds of background, sometimes you get a few seconds. Sometimes they come back and do something interesting after you think they have gone, and sometimes you can hear squeals and yelps off-camera. I have to watch all of it to note the good bits and delete the rest, and make sure I don't delete the parts where they have returned part way through the minute. Not to mention the times the battery runs out and I get absolutely nothing. I am sure that is when all the best bits happen.

All this takes time

I had to add this one. The white thing on the grass is (or used to be) just a stuffed toy, no need to worry about the carnage. You could see it on the wall in the previous video. One of them has carried it down onto the lawn, but it still causes surprise and delight and gives them some practice in catching and dispatching small prey. youtu.be/w-V9eDrr2_Q

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