I'm all over finding these furry wild animals appealing Today we found one of these in the horse stall (luckily the horses were outside and not in the barn). C tried to shoo it out with a broom, but it kept hissing at him and sidling around to go into the yard. The dogs went berserk, and as soon as it got in the yard they went for it. Both dogs (Newfys) got bitten, but the coon got shot by DH. A call to: the vet; the police; the DNR, as we feel the coon was rabid, to be so bold and aggressive in the day time, and so the dogs went to the vet for a rabies booster. $200. Because it was shot in the head, no autopsy is possible, but the assumption is that it was rabid, and so we washed all the blood, etc., with bleach. And will keep a sharp eye on the dogs for the next two weeks. Vicious damn animal. It has been bagged for pickup tomorrow.
Up until then it had been a nice day, sunny and cool, and lots of birds at the feeders. All the barn has been cleaned, and the laundry is all done, and some knitting is underway. I think that's it for today, yes?
Bumper sticker for the day: "I like poetry, long walks on the beach and poking dead things with a stick."
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How scary and stressful : (
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