at dogpark - fox? or coyote?

[Corinna]

Looks like a fox to me . Do you have cougars in your area? Except for the hairy tail looks long legged enough to almost makes me think of one.

[shais_mom]

Looks like a fox to me . Do you have cougars in your area? Except for the hairy tail looks long legged enough to almost makes me think of one.

I live about 20 miles of where cyber sibes lives and we do not have any cougars around here.

Do you have Bobcats in your area?

Negative for that also




It is most likely a fox but rather long legged - so it could be a young coyote. Or a coy - dog - all are very thick around here.

When I lived at home we had a fox bust thru the screen in a hold under out house and attempt to make a nest. It was very very sick looking and had to be disposed of.

[jesse_3]

That looks like the fox up here in Nort'ern Minnesota! Our fox don't have very bushy tails at all. Then again, look at squirrels, one has a HUGE fluffy tail, then you come across one that looks like you took a lawn mower to the tail!

Steph and the gang

[slleipnir]

I never said it didn't look like a fox, or wasn't a fox :P

[Kfamr]

I never said it didn't look like a fox, or wasn't a fox :P

Who/what are you replying to?

[cyber-sibes]

Well, looks like the majority opinion is skinny-tailed long-legged fox of some sort! I'll continue to keep an eye out at the park, maybe one day we'll spot him again! Shai's mom - coy-dogs? I know we have coyotes, one got hit on the road in front of my neighbors last week. And I haven't heard any sightings of cougars close by, although they've been seen north of here in Mich. and in Illinois.
Kfamr- believe it or not, I've brushed two grocery bags full of fur off that Star girl already! She's finally about done shedding. And while she may need a long brushing, she sure doesn't enjoy it- it takes two of us to hold her still, she reeeaaaally doesn't like being brushed! LOL!
Buttercup - LOL! definitely not a kangaroo, but here's Sherman doing his "Kangaroo" pose:

Thanks for the opinions, everyone!

[4 Dog Mother]

The first thing I thought of when I saw the picture was kangaroo too LOL! I didn't think fox or coyote because the picture doen't look like my mind's eye of them. We saw a fox run across the road on SR 12 W coming from Kathy's and Kathy said she had seen one on her way to work one morning. This one was short and had the bushy tail. So I didn't think your picture looked like a fox but with the pictures others added, I guess there are different kind of foxes and probably is one. That hill in the dog park with the holes in it and the trees was a fox den before they filled the holes in. So it makes sense that it was a fox!

[Cinder & Smoke]

That hill in the dog park with the holes in it and the trees
was a fox den
before they filled the holes in.

'Splains why ALL the FurKids like to Dig & Hunt under the BigTrees!

(Nebber knew that!)

[shais_mom]

Shai's mom - coy-dogs?!

well at least in Hardin County where my parents live - due to the assinine Coon Dog trials they have a high incidence of dogs being left there fore turning wild and mating with the existing coyotes. Hence - coy-dog.

[lv4dogs]

Looks just like a fox to me. I see lots of foxes in my area of foxes with longer legs, skinnier tails etc...
Keep in mind that mange is very common in foxes, therefore making the coat thinner than it should be too!

[my_boy_red]

Definetly a Fox, just a long, skinny, long-tailed one.