Urban Foxes
May 3rd 2009 | 12:55 pm
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Urban Foxes
No, mandy and 4bells, this is about dogs.
I've just come back from walking Geordie my border collie and we met a fox strolling along the road in the opposite direction to us. Now we live near a large park and some other green areas such as ravines etc., but this is a well established built up neighbourhood.
Geordie, who as ever is off leash, stopped as he does to wait for the traffic to give us a clear crossing and, blow me down, so did the fox across the street.
Traffic clears, so I whistle Geordie to cross, and the bloody fox does the same in the opposite direction
They totally ignore each other.
Gobsmacked.
I've just come back from walking Geordie my border collie and we met a fox strolling along the road in the opposite direction to us. Now we live near a large park and some other green areas such as ravines etc., but this is a well established built up neighbourhood.
Geordie, who as ever is off leash, stopped as he does to wait for the traffic to give us a clear crossing and, blow me down, so did the fox across the street.
Traffic clears, so I whistle Geordie to cross, and the bloody fox does the same in the opposite direction
They totally ignore each other.
Gobsmacked.
May 3rd 2009 | 1:54 pm
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Re: Urban Foxes
No, mandy and 4bells, this is about dogs.
I've just come back from walking Geordie my border collie and we met a fox strolling along the road in the opposite direction to us. Now we live near a large park and some other green areas such as ravines etc., but this is a well established built up neighbourhood.
Geordie, who as ever is off leash, stopped as he does to wait for the traffic to give us a clear crossing and, blow me down, so did the fox across the street.
Traffic clears, so I whistle Geordie to cross, and the bloody fox does the same in the opposite direction
They totally ignore each other.
Gobsmacked.
I've just come back from walking Geordie my border collie and we met a fox strolling along the road in the opposite direction to us. Now we live near a large park and some other green areas such as ravines etc., but this is a well established built up neighbourhood.
Geordie, who as ever is off leash, stopped as he does to wait for the traffic to give us a clear crossing and, blow me down, so did the fox across the street.
Traffic clears, so I whistle Geordie to cross, and the bloody fox does the same in the opposite direction
They totally ignore each other.
Gobsmacked.
That would have been quite a sight to see - quite surreal in fact!!!! Our urban foxes look and act a lot like Coyotes
May 3rd 2009 | 3:11 pm
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Re: Urban Foxes
No, mandy and 4bells, this is about dogs.
I've just come back from walking Geordie my border collie and we met a fox strolling along the road in the opposite direction to us. Now we live near a large park and some other green areas such as ravines etc., but this is a well established built up neighbourhood.
Geordie, who as ever is off leash, stopped as he does to wait for the traffic to give us a clear crossing and, blow me down, so did the fox across the street.
Traffic clears, so I whistle Geordie to cross, and the bloody fox does the same in the opposite direction
They totally ignore each other.
Gobsmacked.
I've just come back from walking Geordie my border collie and we met a fox strolling along the road in the opposite direction to us. Now we live near a large park and some other green areas such as ravines etc., but this is a well established built up neighbourhood.
Geordie, who as ever is off leash, stopped as he does to wait for the traffic to give us a clear crossing and, blow me down, so did the fox across the street.
Traffic clears, so I whistle Geordie to cross, and the bloody fox does the same in the opposite direction
They totally ignore each other.
Gobsmacked.
May 3rd 2009 | 5:16 pm
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From: Sarf Lundun to East Van :)
May 3rd 2009 | 5:17 pm
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Re: Urban Foxes
Actually having said that, back in the Uk last summer, was in local park - Nonsuch - Scoobs disappeared into woods - comes trotting out with half dead fox in his mouth!!! I assumed it was injured and he found it in the woods not that he caught a fit one!
May 4th 2009 | 3:41 am
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Re: Urban Foxes
Postscript:
It was a very pleasant morning today in Richmond Hill, so I was sitting outside on the patio at about 7:45 am having a cup of coffee and a smoke. What I can only presume to be the self-same fox appeared out of the ravine at the bottom of the yard and stretched out luxuriously in the early morning sun. Hmmm, a house guest.
(Luckily it's a fairly big yard).
It was a very pleasant morning today in Richmond Hill, so I was sitting outside on the patio at about 7:45 am having a cup of coffee and a smoke. What I can only presume to be the self-same fox appeared out of the ravine at the bottom of the yard and stretched out luxuriously in the early morning sun. Hmmm, a house guest.
(Luckily it's a fairly big yard).
May 4th 2009 | 3:46 am
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Re: Urban Foxes
He obviously likes you......
May 4th 2009 | 3:58 am
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May 4th 2009 | 12:17 pm
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May 4th 2009 | 12:18 pm
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