What has the dogs looking up?
This little guy and three of his siblings!
We discovered four baby raccoons living in the tree right off our back deck. When standing on the deck, we’re eye-to-eye with them. They’re cute and curious!
Of course, this is driving the dogs crazy!
If I sit, can I have a raccoon?
The raccoons don’t seem very fazed by the dogs. I think they’re only about three weeks old. Some of them don’t have their eyes open all the way yet.
They crawl all over the tree and “talk” to each other with a little cooing noise.
I’ve received lots of conflicting advice about these little guys. Some people I’ve spoken to think they are orphaned since I haven’t seen mom around, but most don’t. It’s likely that mom just hasn’t made herself seen by us.
Of course, lots of folks think I should have them killed or removed. I certainly don’t want to have them harmed. At this point, we’re going to give it awhile longer before resorting to having them removed. It seems that as long as we don’t give them reason to return (i.e. FOOD!), they’ll move on soon enough. I do worry about the dogs attempting interaction with an adult raccoon, so we’ll see how things go.