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White-tailed deer.

The deer must be very used to you. The closest I have ever got to one was 100', only for about 10 seconds then it bolted.
 
If it didn't muck-up the gralloching, that white tail makes a super target :eek:
 
The roe deer around here have white rumps and tails; often that is all one sees as they run away when disturbed. I see they are a very different species . The tails are often much whiter than this.
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I've just had a leveret skip up to within 4m of me and my dog (and look outside...it isn't dark yet) In a 10 minute long encounter, we just stood stock still in front of a tree as it skipped around in front of us......about 20m away when I first saw it and froze....then eventually walking right towards us and finishing at 4m. Even then it didn't run away immediately. It watched for 10 seconds or so before shooting off. My dog wasn't on a lead, and was just out of reach, but knows to stay still when encountering wildlife after many a long hour badger watching with me.
 
I had to look up leveret, isn't wildlife wonderful provided you are not their food. Your dog is well trained Mike.
 
That’s identical to the one walking the other side of the fence as seen from the kitchen window this morning duke, should have snapped a pic really. But thanks at least I know what variety it is now.
Yes a very well trained dog Mike, just been dog sitting 2 Samoyeds for a week, bred for sled pulling amongst other things, and had I been on a sled when they saw that squirrel the other day I would have been over the horizon. Not well trained, but not ours.
 
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We have a pair of Samoyeds, when you look them up, it says Casual Obedience.
They are very friendly but they are very inquisitive and love to run.
Must dog trainers do not like them turning up for classes 😂
I now have arthritis and walking our dogs is painful, all of the dog walkers we have contacted have not got back to us when we tell them about Skye and Staffa.🙄
 
@DaveL Casual obedience lol, sums up Pam’s old dog he definitely thought about what was being asked of him and if it wasn’t too much trouble he would comply. Very clever dog though, he understood a huge number of words.
 
Cabinetman said:
That’s identical to the one walking the other side of the fence as seen from the kitchen window this morning duke, should have snapped a pic really. But thanks at least I know what variety it is now.
Yes a very well trained dog Mike, just been dog sitting 2 Samoyeds for a week, bred for sled pulling amongst other things, and had I been on a sled when they saw that squirrel the other day I would have been over the horizon. Not well trained, but not ours.
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As a youth I can remember while walking in the bush (not on trails) and seeing a white tailed deer take off. The only way I knew this was it's raised tail which looked like a white flag. And I was moving very quietly cautiously minding my footing and I didn't see the deer till it took off.
Boy I miss those care free days.
 
'On the hill' in Scotland at Easter, one frequenly came across herds - of varying sizes - of red deer, trying to find forage by scraping away the top snow. They had been driven down from the tops by sub-zero temperatures and drifts of snow.
Sometimes alluded to as as "European Elk", equivelant to the Elk/Wapiti of N. America, this is not quite so: Wapiti, is a distinct species (Cervus canadensis) from the European Red Deer (Cervus elaphus).
 
Another White Tailed Deer on the way home from work. Usually after a heavy night rain they head for open areas. Too close to the road so I scared it away.1000010113.jpg
 
The roe over here have a fixed route. Almost every day you can see them walking by the house at around the same time. I know they are the same individuals, because one of them has one of its front legs missing. Luckily it seems to be thriving, as we have seen this one for about 2 years now.

I certainly can't let my dogs run loose. I wish I could. But we always adopt older dogs and most of them have never been raised properly. Currently we have 2 mountain dogs of the Maremma’s. Or, I should say had. We had to put one of them to sleep recently. He was treated too bad for him to recover from his trauma's. Sadly some people seem to think a large dog (he was 83 cm at the shoulders) has to be intimidating. That didn't fit his character at all. He was a very soft-hearted dog that was forced to act though. Never was properly socialised. What a shame, because when he was not afraid he was the sweetest dog you had ever met. Sorry for this, I just had to think of him when I read this thread.
 
HdV said:
The roe over here have a fixed route. Almost every day you can see them walking by the house at around the same time. I know they are the same individuals, because one of them has one of its front legs missing. Luckily it seems to be thriving, as we have seen this one for about 2 years now.

I certainly can't let my dogs run loose. I wish I could. But we always adopt older dogs and most of them have never been raised properly. Currently we have 2 mountain dogs of the Maremma’s. Or, I should say had. We had to put one of them to sleep recently. He was treated too bad for him to recover from his trauma's. Sadly some people seem to think a large dog (he was 83 cm at the shoulders) has to be intimidating. That didn't fit his character at all. He was a very soft-hearted dog that was forced to act though. Never was properly socialised. What a shame, because when he was not afraid he was the sweetest dog you had ever met. Sorry for this, I just had to think of him when I read this thread.
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We have always had rescued dogs , at one time six. They do adjust well to a caring environment. Millie, rest her sole was a trooper, abandoned twice. My father came for a visit and she kept smelling his leg and looking up at him, asked him to pull his pant leg up and he had a deep gash that didn't look right. He went to the hospital and was treated. They said that he was lucky Millie smelt the infection.
 
Yeah, that's what dogs can do for you.

It is our experience too that normally they will adjust quite well to their new life. They just need time and an environment where they can build up their confidence. Sadly, Shermann was too damaged for that.
 
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