Meet Vinnie!

Vinnie is one very lucky fox! Don't think I have seen such a healthy looking fox before.

 

Hello and welcome Vinnie
Vinnie is absolutely gorgeous

 

Aww...he is quite a looker. I do like foxes even my dogs don't or the chickens....

 

Foxes really are clever things!

We have family of them living here on the allotments that are just behind our property. And each year we see cubs coming out...they are so looovely.
But they are rather too nosy for their own good and often not scared enough of dogs on neighbouring properties.
Last year we had one youngster who would come to our garden every bloody night at the almost same time too.
Now I'm only swearing of it because it sent my dog crackers for some weeks. That youngster fox did first learn to walk along on top of our hedge to reach our aviary and sit on its roof and of course it would send roosting birds into frenzy....which of course alerted my dog and she would be 'uffing and puffing' (I managed to teach her not to do full blown bark!), running around house waking us and no doubt next door neighbours too And only way to calm her down was to let her out to send the fox flying, away from the aviary. But then I would not get our now adrenaline hyped terrier in and back to sleep for hours.
After while the youngster fox would wise up and not to try to get to the aviary, but would inspect the garden by sitting on at the bottom of the property on the shed roof. By then the aviary birds would have learned their lesson and even the fox was some meters away from them...the mayhem started again. This time the fox would just sit tight on its safe place, out of reach and see how my dog would go wild and frustrated on the ground....and yet, the shed where the fox would 'perch' was our chicken shed, those girls were not bothered...never showed any sign of panic what so ever. After all, they were brought up in presence of nosy terriers, who would try their best to get them but would be left with just bloody pecks on their button noses
Just last night I could hear foxes again making some noises...and owls making their calls nearby too..so much night time activity around here to get terriers going...

 

Ohhhh…..Irish terrier...a breed that has been in my mind for some years now and I'm itching to one day have one. It is nice to have even a borrowed dog company when not having one permanently to live with. Will you be tempted to start looking for one now?

 

Hope your husband has recovered @Flobo. Many years ago, when my sister moved house the previous owner regularly feed the local fox – even left instructions about its favourite food! The fox had become very tame and would invite himself into the house if a door was left open. My sister is not really an animal lover. I remember getting a rather hysterical phone call from her – she was standing on the kitchen table while the fox was sitting patiently underneath waiting to be fed.
@Finsky I do like Irish terriers too. They are second on my terrier list, beaten only by Sealyhams – I just love them. Unfortunately, I don’t think I’ll own either. Visions of a Sealyham living in harmony with cat, chickens, bunnies aren’t really going to happen are they

 

Aww....'hurry up...somebody here is getting very hungry !'