elizabethann
05-01-2005, 11:22 AM
Have any of your dogs even gone into a fox den? We've been watching a fox near a cemetary near our home for about 2 weeks now. Well yesterday we went to the field near the cemetary that is about 3/4 fenced in. I let him off his leash (like I always do) and he takes off down this gully! I ran after him and got to the edge of the gully and looked down to see him going into a fox den! Then I hear sqweaking! I don't know if it was the adult fox or the kits (baby fox). I was screaming! I kept telling him to come but being the obidient terrier that he is, he continued into the fox den! I had to climb down this deep gully and grab him by the collar and haul him back up. At first I was so afraid for him. I thought he would go deep into the den and the fox would kill him (he's only 20lbs). I kept saying bad boy and took him home. After all the commotion and I was able to calm down (which was a good 2 hours afterwards), I then felt bad for the fox and its kits. I hope they didn't get hurt and I hope they're okay. We went back this morning (with Fenway on his leash) but I couldn't see them anywhere (and I usually see them all of the time). However, I think Fenway smelled them because he kept smelling the air and wanted to go back to the den. It looks like I can never let him off his leash ever again. We used to play soccer and frisbee in that field. But if I let him off his leash, he'll go down that gully again. I almost wish he would get squirted by a skunk (he almost got a face full of porcupine quills) just so that he would learn his lesson and not go after animals. Also, I'm thinking we need to go back to obidience school. I was screaming for him to come and he just ignored me!