Deer in our backyard
13 October 2008Yes, a deer was in our backyard under the crabapple tree. This was yesterday morning. DB was up at 4:30 a.m. and I was still snoozing. He said he pulled the curtains up on the patio door and Chase was barking and growling loud and sounded fierce, and the other two were standing by the door with their hackles standing straight up from the neck to the rum and the chorus of barking began. DBs looked out the door, turned the outside lights on and there the deer was, staring at them. I told him he should have taken a picture of it (camera sitting right by the dining table)! :) *DBs gave me the “roll the eye balls” look.*
As soon as DBs let the boys out and he followed along, the deer leaped over our fence and away he went. He said it could be a buck, not a doe. But anyhow, the deer must be eating what’s left of the crabapples on the ground and tree.
I’m sure our neighbors were very happy with us with the boys barking at 4:30 in the crack of dawn. I have see a deer up close and personal while out on my walks. Honestly I’m not afraid but I’m more afraid the boys will charge for the deer and pull me along. The many times I saw a deer with the boys with me, the command STOP worked good. *Touch wood* The boys really stop dead on their tracks but the growling continues and the hackles stays up till the deer disappears.











