Friday, July 17, 2015

What does the fox say?


So.  The last couple of nights, we have been doing the nighttime stampede- after hearing SOMETHING outside.  The other night my human got up to see what all the commotion was about.  Of course, she couldn’t see anything, but she did hear the mysterious sound.  She told us to go back to sleep – which we finally did after the intruder left the area –  and after several more stampedes .

Then yesterday morning at 5:10 when we were out for our morning jaunt, I stopped mid-step.  I froze.  I heard the sound in the distance. Then my human heard it.  She still didn’t know what the sound was, so when she got home she decided to do some research on the computer.  She found fox calls.  She hit the play button and all heck broke loose in our house.  All three of us sprang into action and raced to the deck door.  Barking and howling and pushing to see where the sound was coming from. 

My human figured that was the sound.  And then she decided to try other calls.  Cats.  No big reaction.  Raccoons.  I just tilted my head back and forth. Paxton barked but no big deal. Porcupine.  No reaction.  Fox again.  PONdemonium.  Mystery solved.  Now.  If she would just let me outside when we hear it.  I think I could solve the problem… Don’t worry – I won’t hurt him.  I’ll just chase him away.  Suuuuuuuuuure I will…

©  Linda Wozniak

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