The Dog and the Deer posted 1/15/2009 1:45:27 PM | 2 kudos what's this?     report abuse tagged: deer, humor, war

SpiritOrnery

I have an ongoing 'war' going on with the deer in my neighborhood. I have woods wrapped around two sides of my home which is very nice and private. The draw back is, I have four legged neighbors. These 'neighbors' seem to feel my home is their home. Yeah, I know, they were probably here first. Still, I have moved here and 'improved' the lot by removing unwanted trees and planting food trees.

Seems these food trees are highly attractive to the deer. Wow, they really like me now that I have added to their gustatory pleasure. I had no idea that they would like eating my trees and the fruit (while still green) off the trees. I lost most of my first year's peach crop to the deer predating the green fruits. Some of the trees (loquats) they have eaten the leaves off and stripped bark off the trunks. They appear to have killed at least one and possibly two loquat trees.

Now, I know all about birds and wasps getting fruit but until I moved here, I never had to protect the entire tree before. So I invested in wire to make tree cages. Made my beautiful yard look tacky because it is terribly time consuming cutting an acre of yard that has around 20 wire cages wrapped around trees. I would have to get off the lawn mower and remove the cage for each tree then put it back. I have wrapped trees with bird screen plenty of times to protect fruit that is ripening from wasps and birds. But I had no idea that deer were large crop and tree destructive critters til I moved here.

I have two dogs. One that is a medium large ferocious watch dog, named Homer. Or so HE think he is. He is very good. Fussy at times but great watch dog. I have a smaller wussy dog (Lonnie) that for his fearfulness, is still an excellent announcer of 'company' which includes ALL two and four legged critters. We have had numerous occasions of four legged company that I have come to identify by the sounds the dogs emit when they see them.

Cats... Homer moans and groans at. He literally sings at cats that are not his cats.

Depending on the dog he sees or the distance of the dog he sees is what you hear from him. I can pretty much tell how far from or how deep in my yard the dog is according to Homer's 'talk'.

The mailman or the parcel delivery people, both dogs literally flip out! Loud boisterous, frenzied barking ensues.

Now, deer, that is a different matter. The barks from both dogs are way more aggressive and makes the hair stand up on my arms sometimes by the tone. And the growls. Apparently, my dogs feel my energy on those fkn deer and get ANGRY sounding. Bastids! (The deer, not the dogs.)

Being the wicked Leo that I am, I had the idea some time back when I first was shocked and warned by this different tone of voice from my dogs to 'let the dogs loose' on the deer. I live in a rarely vehicle traveled area. Few cars come by and the deer always run back into the woods when I chased them off myself. Seeing and hearing how incensed the dogs got...well....

Anyway, the thought occurred...SIC 'EM! (this means...GO GET em, dog... the chase is ON!)

So, I did...sicced em. The dogs on the deer. Omg...the RUSH! The only problem was, when the two boys get out, they don't want to come back. It took 15 minutes or so for the boys to come back after me calling em off. So, the second time the lil devil talked to me , I let ONE dog, my fastest one out...Homer...Mr Ferocious. *hehehe* WHOOOOOOOSH! Omg, love it! Never saw a dog run so fast. Oh and I treat the dogs afterwards so they know it is a GOOD thing to run the deer off and come back home.

Last night...the deer alert. Without turning on any lights...I sneak over to the window Lonnie was alerting us to and Homer started up with him. Yep, I see a deer. It is looking at my house over it's shoulder and is standing near the last poor loquat tree they devoured near Christmas time. yeah, it is covered but it is a low cage because I am out of the tall wire. I covered the top with bird block and stuck a stick under it to lift it off the chomped leaves to keep leaves out of reach of destructive teeth.

I am fuming...the lil devil is talking to me.... And I am listening...yep... Psssst, Homer....cmere....

Throwing the door open... SIC EM!!!!! WHOOOOOOOOOOSH

I start calling him back immediately I hear him hit the woods. Lonnie and I go in the back and Lonnie is barking and I am calling. I go back to the front door! DAYUM! He is back! What a chow hound. He KNOWS already after three times that when he comes back...he gets the liver treats. Yayyyyy! I have a deer dog now. *happy sigh*

I treated BOTH dogs and told them both what a great job they did.

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