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Well, this is right on time for the grand opening of our newest forum. Sometimes the Great Outdoors is right in your back yard. Just minutes ago, I heard my sometimes fearless Pic-A-Poo Rudy barking up a storm out back. It was not his usual bark. He was barking and growling and he sounded really serious. I could tell he was onto something. I figured some neighbor's cat had climbed the fence and Rudy was giving it hell, so I grabbed a flashlight and went out to investigate.
Low and behold, he had this pair cornered under an overgrown honeysuckle bush that climbs up a trellis. He was dashing in and out, barking and growling, not quite knowing what to do with them. The fearless little pair was holding their own, taking turns making feigning lunges at Rudy who would back off and then dart back in. It was quite the choreographed dance they were doing and a downright comical little standoff. My yard is completely enclosed by a privacy fence, so I don't how they got in. I guess they squeezed in somewhere back behind the shed in a corner that has a small gap.
Fearing their mother was around, I grabbed up Rudy, closed off his doggie door and plopped him in the house. I grabbed my camera and cautiously went back outside shining the light around, ever cautious that the mother might show up and really put up a stink, no pun intended. I got down on the ground just inches away and got these shots of the little invaders. In the pics, it's a little hard to tell tell how small they were, but they were little guys, maybe 8 or 10 weeks old and not yet able to spray. Note their size relative to the leaves and blades of grass. I have to say, they were extremely cute little buggers. When I got down near them with the camera, they resumed their battle positions and made a couple of fake rushes at me until the flash scared them off back behind the trellis where I could no longer see them. Geez, I sure hope they find their way out of my yard before their mom finds her way in. :-/
And the mighty baby skunk hunter, Rudy, not happy to be stuck in the house with all that cool action going on... in the Great Outdoors. [smiley=smiley.gif]
Low and behold, he had this pair cornered under an overgrown honeysuckle bush that climbs up a trellis. He was dashing in and out, barking and growling, not quite knowing what to do with them. The fearless little pair was holding their own, taking turns making feigning lunges at Rudy who would back off and then dart back in. It was quite the choreographed dance they were doing and a downright comical little standoff. My yard is completely enclosed by a privacy fence, so I don't how they got in. I guess they squeezed in somewhere back behind the shed in a corner that has a small gap.
Fearing their mother was around, I grabbed up Rudy, closed off his doggie door and plopped him in the house. I grabbed my camera and cautiously went back outside shining the light around, ever cautious that the mother might show up and really put up a stink, no pun intended. I got down on the ground just inches away and got these shots of the little invaders. In the pics, it's a little hard to tell tell how small they were, but they were little guys, maybe 8 or 10 weeks old and not yet able to spray. Note their size relative to the leaves and blades of grass. I have to say, they were extremely cute little buggers. When I got down near them with the camera, they resumed their battle positions and made a couple of fake rushes at me until the flash scared them off back behind the trellis where I could no longer see them. Geez, I sure hope they find their way out of my yard before their mom finds her way in. :-/




And the mighty baby skunk hunter, Rudy, not happy to be stuck in the house with all that cool action going on... in the Great Outdoors. [smiley=smiley.gif]
