Crazy story
I had to share this with everyone in the forum its kind of a crazy story. Last night around 8:30 pm I was walking Koda around the neighborhood and I live in whats considered the city so we do not see many wild animals running around. All of a sudden I turned and saw an animal running at Koda and me, it startled me and I thought it was going to attack Koda so I picked him up. After a second I realized the animal running at us was a fox and he was looking at Koda but kept a distance from us of about 10 ft. I set Koda down and walked toward the fox he looked at Koda as if he was one of his own it was the wildest thing because its almost like he was confused as to why Koda was on a leash. The funny thing about it is that people always comment on how Koda looks like a fox. So anyways we walked toward the fox and he didnt run like I thought he would he stood his ground staring and Koda and of course Koda was trying to get to him thinking he was another dog and he wanted to play. I got about 5 ft from this fox and I just thought it was amazing how he thought Koda was another fox. I got video of it on my phone but I dont know how to get the video from my phone to my computer Im working on it. I did hopwever get a couple crappy pictures you can kind of see the fox sittibg down looking right at me. It is bad quality because my camer phone does not have a flash and it was getting dark.
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I think shibas confuse foxes.
It's a pretty cool experience to have.
Did the fox smell? I've seen a documentary rating foxes as some of the world's smelliest animals.
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Rabies vaccines are not administered to canines until 16 weeks of age and it takes approx. another two weeks for immunity to develop after vaccination.
Therefore you must be cautious in reducing the risks.
Yep fox can be curious about Shibas but I would not let one get close enough to get snappy/snarky with a dog.
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That is an awesome story and good job not sacrificing the shiba to the fox!!
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In skimming quickly I did missed the comment about buster bud picking up his dog.
But, if calling people names is what this is forum all about….have fun…..Seems to me that is rather mean and counter productive. I guess enjoyable for some but probably not such a great way to help others.
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MON – Not to get contentious….You can’t make the assumption that everyone is aware of anything in regard to pets or wild animals. I take it you know everyone’s level of knowledge and abilities?
hmmmm...?
Who is Mon?
I also read the whole post which shows the knowledge portrayed by Bud. And yes I do make the assumption that people have a BASE knowledge about pets and wild animals.
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Anyway, a friend of mine actually has a few foxes that were saved from the fate of fur traders (she has a permit to retain wildlife). They are very curious creatures. She has them in a run area with a dog house and the little guys tipped it right over out of curiosity and a need to manipulate their environment via tunneling, and extensive digging. If not altered, foxes have a very strong stinky odor and tend to territory mark all around their enclosure. Even though they have been handled they can get a little demanding, especially at dinner time and they will charge the dogs, if they don’t want them near their territory. Usually the wait until the dogs are pretty darn close and do a frontal shang hi and then dash off or circle back around. They are not pets and retain their natural tendencies. But I think they really seem to like to tease the dogs. Similar to ferrets.
Here’s some info about different things about foxes:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/11/051123074810.htm
www.floridalupine.org/publications/PDF/trut-fox-study.pdf
PS: Humm...I’d post a picture but I have not really figured out how to do that directly since I don’t have any accounts in photo bucket etc. I don’t see an image upload feature on the forum. : (
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You can attach a picture file (it's below the comments field), by using the browse button. As long as it is smaller than 1Mb, it'll load.
LJ -Thanks for the tip : P