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The Animals That Aren't Dogs or Cats Thread

I have the advantage, fortunately, of having grown up with an awesome dad who was a part-time hiking & camping guide, so I learned from him to recognize tracks with some accuracy. I'm definitely not an expert, though, so I'm very lucky that my five doggos will give me a sign when they sniff one and sense danger...

They ignore the raccoons and foxes but go tail-up when they smell a bear or mountain lion and then paw me with a "Mom, mom, mom, mom, mom..." look until we skedaddle !

I actually have a fox who lives under my porch - he hasn't been actively domesticated in any way, but he is very friendly, used to me and the dogs, and has already lived far past the usual 3-5 year lifespan. He's old enough now, perhaps ten years or so, that you can discern how he's aged, so we call him Mr. Gray...

Such beautiful, highly intelligent, even playful animals, and methodical hunters, too - haven't had a mouse or vole in the cabin for years !

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Dinnertime !
 
Westie1701 said:
I have the advantage, fortunately, of having grown up with an awesome dad who was a part-time hiking & camping guide, so I learned from him to recognize tracks with some accuracy. I'm definitely not an expert, though, so I'm very lucky that my five doggos will give me a sign when they sniff one and sense danger...

They ignore the raccoons and foxes but go tail-up when they smell a bear or mountain lion and then paw me with a "Mom, mom, mom, mom, mom..." look until we skedaddle !

I actually have a fox who lives under my porch - he hasn't been actively domesticated in any way, but he is very friendly, used to me and the dogs, and has already lived far past the usual 3-5 year lifespan. He's old enough now, perhaps ten years or so, that you can discern how he's aged, so we call him Mr. Gray...

Such beautiful, highly intelligent, even playful animals, and methodical hunters, too - haven't had a mouse or vole in the cabin for years !

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Dinnertime !
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I love foxes.

For a moment while I was up by the stables on my bike ride, I thought I was going to see a couple of the horses mate, but the male must have been a gelding, because things didn't go that far. There were in two different pens, but I know enough about horses to know that if he had been a stallion the fence between them would not have stopped him.
 
We did have my mom's tablet, but we didn't think you'd be able to see it that well since it was kinda dark and cloudy that day.
 
Sorry about another horse story, but this was hilarious.
At the part of the stables by where I stop, there are two different groups of horses, and one is two drafts in one pen, one that is pretty much your standard Clydesdale, and one who is mostly black with white on his face and white splotches on his belly and chest, and next to them is another regular sized brownish horse. When I went up there this morning, the black and white draft had his butt towards the other pen the brownish horse is in, and the brownish one was biting and yanking on his tail. He kind leaned and stepped away, but the brownish one didn't stop, so he did eventually turn and bite at him. He started back up after a few seconds, and that time draft turned a looked at me, like he wanted my help, but since there's a wall between us and they're not my horses, all I did was shrug.
 
So since my last post about coyotes, we've seen 2 on our walks, one in another neighborhood with a lake we go to, and one in our neighborhood. I also had another funny horse moment on my Saturday bike ride, but if you guys are getting tired of those stories, I won't tell it.
 
TribbleFeeder said:
It’s 27° tonight in Philly, feels like 12°. This makes my heart hurt, thinking of all the animals living outside. I wish I could bring them inside and give them some warm broth and a blanket.
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Oh, I know, I do too. I don't know how people can leave their poor animals outside all the time.
So the other day I actually saw a couple of the horses at the stables playing. Somebody had put a rubber ball in their pen, and they were swinging it around, and chasing each other around, and kind of playfully biting at each other. At one point they were standing face to face, and one of them kept kind of swinging one of the front feet at the ball, trying to get it away from the other, but couldn't it actually reach it. One of them kept rearing up at the other, and it was the first time I'd ever seen a horse actually rear in person, and holy shit are they tall when they do that. I'd seen pictures and videos of them rearing, but it never really dawned on me just how tall they are when they do it, until I saw the one doing it right there in front of me.
EDIT: Oh, and when I went up there the horse by the drafts, was eating the other one's tail.:wtf: Not sure that is all about, but it does seem a bit odd. I'm tempted to say something if I see someone out there when go that way tomorrow.
 
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JD said:
Oh, I know, I do too. I don't know how people can leave their poor animals outside all the time.
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StarCruiser said:
I think she's talking about ALL of the animals having to live out there!
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It’s so sad. It’s especially sad for animals who have been living in a home and then ran away or was given the boot. They know what it’s like to be cozy, fending for themselves isn’t second nature anymore.
 
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