I am hoarding, gathering, being educated by, and immensely ENJOYING your posts, but that story about the rabbit — man, what a GREAT post! Really, Salamander, thank you so much for all the great info. I’m a bit of a walker, and have been terrified of pits, Rotts, etc. Thanks so much for your info.
Well thanks...:)
I hope it serves you well on your walks.
BTW, that rabbit is the only one who has successfully avoided the local chicken hawks.
When one flies over, *bip!*...the I’m-not-a-rabbit-nothing-to-see-here-move-along act starts.
:)
I’ve also got an uppity possum regular visitor who doesn’t play dead when the dogs spot her. she goes all ‘primitive rage’ on them and it freaks them out.
She did play dead the *first* time they found her in the backyard but after releasing her stinky “been dead forever stench” scent glands in their faces, they now avoid her like the plague.
She hunkers down, snarls and hisses at them until I come out and escort her to her exit spot under the fence...LOL