Fox V small dog

Red-1 said:
OK, a friend who knows about these things advised that we "marked" our property as belonging to another hot blooded male.

OH was initially horrified at his new found duty :eek: :o but has 'obliged' and marked his territory ;)

Seems to be working. We are still either accompanying Hector out or turning any noise in the house off and keeping the door open so we are sure to hear whatever is going on.

Who knew??? :D:D:D
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I once read a book by a man who'd spent a long period studying a single wolf pack. He was never under serious threat but found they got used to him and uncomfortably over confident. His solution was to regularly "mark" his territory which kept them at a better distance :)
 
Sorry you have had a fright with this fearless fox. Around here they are a rare sight indeed as they are so cautious of man and that is how they should be. I am a rubbish shepherd as I actually like foxes, but just not near my lambs or hens! I would be very surprised if a fox took on a terrier but I hope he has moved on now, and is giving you no more cause for concern?
 
WorkingGSD said:
Sorry you have had a fright with this fearless fox. Around here they are a rare sight indeed as they are so cautious of man and that is how they should be. I am a rubbish shepherd as I actually like foxes, but just not near my lambs or hens! I would be very surprised if a fox took on a terrier but I hope he has moved on now, and is giving you no more cause for concern?
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The male marking his territory seems to have done the trick. Sadly I have since fitted CCTV on the yard, and OH is being rather more circumspect in his marking duties! :D:o:D:eek::D
 
Red-1 said:
The male marking his territory seems to have done the trick. Sadly I have since fitted CCTV on the yard, and OH is being rather more circumspect in his marking duties! :D:o:D:eek::D
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😂😂😂😂

We have seen a fox, well mum did outside her bedroom window and over the roads did to, round here and we are in a town. Never seen one before in town and its worrying as we have outdorr rabbits. They are being more sucured as we speak
 
Clodagh said:
Reloacting them is very cruel, they have to try to find a territory in an area they don't know.
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But I didn’t mention relocating them? National Fox Welfare will trap and remove, generally the fox is unwell/injured and ends up being pts. Lots have toxoplasmosis, so are kept, not released. I dunno if NFW re-locate. They took the one from our yard and PTS, half the internal structure of its jaw was gone and there were maggots in the mouth. Obviously been attacked or smacked by a vehicle.

Re looking ill with toxoplasmosis, not necessarily, no. Just fearless.
 
cinnamontoast said:
But I didn’t mention relocating them? National Fox Welfare will trap and remove, generally the fox is unwell/injured and ends up being pts. Lots have toxoplasmosis, so are kept, not released. I dunno if NFW re-locate. They took the one from our yard and PTS, half the internal structure of its jaw was gone and there were maggots in the mouth. Obviously been attacked or smacked by a vehicle.

Re looking ill with toxoplasmosis, not necessarily, no. Just fearless.
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Sorry, I assumed they relocate.
 
I once had a fox go for a terrier I had. I took them in the garden ( edge of village, backed on to woodland)for their morning pee and as I was hanging around waiting this orange/reddish blur shot past me and the Dalmatian and picked up the terrier( who was mid pee poor boy), shook him and then slammed him to the ground. He then ran off and we were just stood there like idiots saying what the f just happened. It was over so quickly and no harm was done and I never saw a fox in the garden again. I think the fox had been sleeping on my humongous compost heap as there was a round dent on the top.
 
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