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I have a fenced in back yard where my poodles play. I keep finding fox scat in my yard. I am pretty sure it is from foxes as they are common in my area, and my fence is not high enough to keep them out. It is an annoyance since my poodles want to either roll in it, or eat it. I don't want to harm any foxes, and at any rate, I think they are mostly nocturnal anyway, so I don't see them when they come. Is there anything I can use to repel the foxes without harming them? | ||
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| Oh stewardess, I speak jive.  |
Fanny Packs. | |||
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 Place your clothes and weapons where you can find them in the dark. “If in winning a race, you lose the respect of your fellow competitors, then you have won nothing” - Paul Elvstrom "The Great Dane" 1928 - 2016 | |||
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| Cruising the Highway to Hell  |
Are you sure they are going over the fence? Around here they seem to dig under them. If they are digging under it, attach some chicken wire to the bottom of the fence and then bury it to keep the from digging under the fence. I've not found any repellent that works well for them. “Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.” ― Ronald Reagan Retired old fart | |||
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And those glasses they used to give out in navy bootcamp. Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. "If dogs don't go to Heaven, I want to go where they go" Will Rogers The definition of the words we used, carry a meaning of their own... | |||
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Plowing straight ahead come what may |
Looking something like this pretty much almost always results on "Fox On The Run"...especially with fanny packs and boot camp glasses tossed in ...  ******************************************************** "we've gotta roll with the punches, learn to play all of our hunches Making the best of what ever comes our way Forget that blind ambition and learn to trust your intuition Plowing straight ahead come what may And theres a cowboy in the jungle" Jimmy Buffet | |||
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As with 93flhr, I wonder how the are getting in. Perhaps it’s a different critter? Ask around and see what your neighbors have. I’d first suspect raccoons or possums. Then there’s a game camera. I’m always surprised at what goes on at night. “ The work of destruction is quick, easy and exhilarating; the work of creation is slow, laborious and dull. | |||
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It would be really unusual for a fox to come into a yard where there are dogs unless there is a source of food they are after. I would put up a trail camera to find out who you are dealing with. Maybe raccoons or opossums? CMSGT USAF (Retired) Chief of Police (Retired) | |||
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Very good. I was gonna say varicose veins or toupees but I like yours better. ____________________________________________________ "I am your retribution." - Donald Trump, speech at CPAC, March 4, 2023 | |||
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Hell at my age I have no desire at all to repel any foxes! They're all welcome! Certifiable member of the gun toting, septuagenarian, bucket list workin', crazed retiree, bald is beautiful club! USN (RET), COTEP #192 | |||
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| 10mm is The Boom of Doom  |
Foxes keep down the rodent population. The more the merrier. Also good for parties. God Bless and Protect the Once and Future President, Donald John Trump. | |||
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Foxhounds. The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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| Staring back from the abyss  |
No posts for eight months and he comes back with a zinger. Well done! ________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton. | |||
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| Fill your hands you son of a bitch |
Go to a sporting goods store and get some coyote urine and sprinkle it around. Chases away foxes, raccoons, skunks,deer and most people. | |||
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| Plowing straight ahead come what may |
Yurn...works every time! ******************************************************** "we've gotta roll with the punches, learn to play all of our hunches Making the best of what ever comes our way Forget that blind ambition and learn to trust your intuition Plowing straight ahead come what may And theres a cowboy in the jungle" Jimmy Buffet | |||
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Yep, pretty sure they are foxes. The neighbor across the street is complaining they actually come onto his deck and sleep on the deck at night. Our fence is a typical split rail fence. Not very tall. We've even seen deer jump over it into our back yard. Mrs. btanchors has even seen foxes walking along the top rail of the fence! Pretty amazing they keep their balance. | |||
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| The Constable |
We have been coexisting with a Family of red foxes here for about 20 years. They have their kits about 300 yds from the house, in a den dug into a hillside. Then we see them hunting in our hayfield occasionally. Few days ago one came into the yard to hit the outside dog/cat water bowl and our big tom cat CHASED the fox away. Frankly they don't do much, short of leaving little fox turds here and there. | |||
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 _________________________ NRA Endowment Member _________________________ "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." -- C.S. Lewis | |||
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