[nagdu] now what, a fox in my relief area!, any advice?

[Daniel]

Thanks,
I think I am on my way slowly. I have been trying things by myself so far so
I am limited to my measures. I have hosed down the patio to discourage use.
I think the rain we have had lately compounded the smell of the fox urine.
Now that things are drying out considerably I don't notice the scent too
much and I have got Cass to go in a corner area. I have raked all of the
gravel into a pile on one side and put 2 fresh bags I had down, which is
where she is going. As soon as I can get someone with a car to take me to
Home Depot or somewhere I will re-gravel the area and hope for the best. I
think that is the best I can do.
No chemicals, no trapping, I will just have to live with the fox until - if
it is a female, like I am thinking, and has kids, feels secure enough to
leave my area alone.
Thanks to you and others who have commented on this. Your help is greatly
appreciated!
Best thoughts to all,

Daniel Sweeney and his troubled little "neurotic" guide dog, Cass in the
wild and wonderful foothills of Denver, Colorado



-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Deanna Lewis
Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 6:30 AM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] now what, a fox in my relief area!, any advice?

Daniel,
I really do not have much advice for you, as I am stumped on this one. I
know at stores they have products to deter wild or stray animals from peeing
in certain areas. But, they also may make the area undesirable for Cass too.
Have you called GDB to rack their brains? Maybe they can offer some
solutions.
If I can come up with anything else, I will let you know. Good luck!
Deanna and Pascal

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Daniel
Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 2:56 PM
To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
Subject: [nagdu] now what, a fox in my relief area!, any advice?

Hi,

I guess the subject line says it pretty well. I am about to go crazy. If you
remember I wrote a couple weeks ago about Cass being stung and suffering an
allergic reaction. At that time I allowed her a bit of latitude when we went
out to use our relief area.

The area is just off my patio where I have a gravel area for her. She has
always used this area with absolutely no problem. I can clean it very easily
after every time. The patio has that astro-turf material on it, and when she
was going through her "stung and allergic" period, she stayed away from the
pea gravel and used the patio about 3 times. I didn't think too much about
this since she was sort of drugged, and it was easy to hose off being on the
edge of the patio near the rocks.

She returned to using the pea gravel and all was fine again until a couple
days ago. I would take her out and she would go to the farthest point away
from the edge of the patio, next to the house to do her business, and then
hustle behind me to get in the patio door to get in the house. Then when we
went out again I forced her over to the gravel and she just ran back to the
house area on the patio and relieved herself. I didn't want to try pulling
her back again to the gravel since I felt that there must be something
wrong. Then yesterday when I got her leash to go outside to relieve, she ran
back to her bed! She would not come when I called. I had to go get her.

We went outside and she just hugged the wall to pee.

Come to find out there is a fox that has been marking all around her area. I
live in an open area with no fences, and I am at a loss at what to do now to
do. Animal control will not do anything to trap the animal if they believe
the fox is not a threat. Any suggestions?

I have tried the grass area in front of my house and she will not go there
either since it must be carrying the same scent. I would rather not have to
go a block to have to do our relieving if we don't have to.

 

Daniel and Cass

Lakewood, Colorado

 

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