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To: bunkerhill7
Raccons, on the other paw, will come when I call them by name and they never ignore me. Squirrels will always come when I lie to them and tell them I have peanuts. Same for chipmunks. Opposums tend to ignore me as well as skunks and fishers,...

Are you serious? If so, astounding. I've trained some squirrels to come for peanuts and cookies, but it took years. Racoons, never, and I've tried. I've had skunks and possums that don't run away too fast, but the dog chases them off (or uses them for dog toys in the case of the possums; three times now I've carried off saliva soaked possums that "fainted" as my chow chow licked them incessantly only to see them wander off later). Bobcats skulk off out of sight and then just sit me out (used night vision to figure this one out). Foxes same as bobcats.

60 posted on 04/29/2014 1:52:10 PM PDT by LambSlave
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To: LambSlave

oh any animal, wild or tame, will listen to you if you know how to talk to it in a high tone, not a low tone..

I was raised on a farm in the mountains. I got to talk to cows, horses, chickens, geese, ducks, birds, goats, burros, deer, etc. Once you know how to talk to them they will stand there and listen and come to you if you teach them the words “come here”.. If you give them names they remember their names.

A fox [Mr. Fox] here will stand and listen to me talk. He comes up on the porch every once in a while. But I have to keep the cats indoors. Wolves sometimes come in pairs at night and just stand there and growl. The bears come around when it is dry in the high mountains, so they usually go down into the towns looking thru the garbage bins, then leave.

But raccoons are just like big fluffy dogs. The females will sit there and listen to you and let you feed them and their babies... they even let you pet them. But the males are kind of jittery coz sometimes they have more than one mate and they are nervous and jealous. The males need coaxing . My sis has raccoons in her house - now they use the doggie door to come into her bedroom at night to eat the dog food. She doesn`t care. Here the females will lay down and guard the porch at night against all intruders. [Watchcoons]

Chipmunks will come up into my lap - I just call them and talk to them. Woodpeckers will also come when I call them- They like to catch peanuts in mid-fight.
Horses are ok -we have 19 on the other farm but they always stepped on my feet or squashed me against the stall walls or bit my butt... They are great for quarter horse bareback racing, no reins, just mane and knees and horsetalking, ride with the wind..

Once they know that you are talking to them, any animal will come to you if they know you have food. Animals think they are people once they are around humans..


70 posted on 04/29/2014 3:56:12 PM PDT by bunkerhill7 ("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione.")
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