Oh NO, Rosie Roo!

[bunn]

Pp let Rosie out into the garden for her late-night pee.  20 seconds later I hear barking growling and snarling in the garden, but by the time I had got over there, there was silence, and before I could find some shoes, she came hurtling back in again, with a cut on her nose and smelling VERY STRONGLY of some animal musk.

It doesn't smell like fox, so after some thought, I conclude that Rosie has probably encountered a badger in the garden.  Thank goodness she got away with only a cut.

Go AWAY badgers!   Rabbits in the garden I can tolerate, but I draw the line at carnivores with honking big claws. 

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[pixel39.livejournal.com]

They can't all be geniuses. Which is probably a good thing, because then they'd start working together to open doors and cupboards and treat canisters.

My sister once lived with a Shepherd/??? mix who was very friendly and loving, but was regularly outsmarted by...pretty much everything, including furniture, trees, and other inanimate objects. The prevailing theory was oxygen deprivation due to Digger having spent her puppyhood at the bottom of the pile of her siblings.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

Gosh, you'd expect a Shepherd X to be bright, too. I suppose if it's an actual disability any animal could be affected...

Oh god, the opening of the doors. Lurchers are often so very good at it. Brythen can do them, but fortunately is not very food-motivated, so he mostly uses his skills for when he fancies popping out for a pee, which in the summer is quite handy. Sadly we have been unable to persuade him to learn to close the door after himself, so in the winter it can get a bit chilly!

[pixel39.livejournal.com]

None of my cats can open any sort of door. I am regularly thankful for this.