NINE NEW NEIGHBORS

This year we have acquired some new neighbors in our back yard. We have nine deer that have made their home on the Country Club this year. We have had the most wonderful time watching them. The most interesting was last night when there were only four of them. One was definitely the mother figure, the other three were small and most likely the children. The mother would watch carefully as the smaller deer ate. She would keep a most watchful eye on our neighbors two dogs which are half wolf and half husky. (They are incredibly beautiful and gentle in nature.) These two dogs hardly ever bark, unlike our dog who barks at everything and anything!

Over time the curiosity of this mother deer got the best of her and she cautiously made her way over to the fence line of these two dogs. All of a sudden she started lunging at them. Over and over again she would lunge at these two dogs hitting the fence as she did. She walked away after a while and then a few minutes later she walked over and did it again. Of course Tekon and Kari thought she was ready to play. Scott and I still can't figure out if she was being protective or if she was playing herself and taunting these dogs.

The funniest thing of all was that our neighbor heard the dogs getting excited and walked out to tell them to be quiet. Although, why he did is beyond me, he has two yappers himself. It was only then that the deer got spooked and took off. They weren't that afraid of the dogs but when a human comes into the picture, off they go! Amazing!!!