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I could have had a better week…

How stressful it’s been! But it had all started really quietly (At least that’s what I thought!) as I noticed a cute deer hanging out in my backyard, keeping my dog company.

It was all so nice to see them chillin’ together… I started feeding the deer some carrots. Deers love carrots! But then again so does my dog! I hand fed it, took 50 & some pictures. Everything was dandy!

At some point, I decided to call the wildlife preservation people, thinking they could capture it and take it back to the woods. But when the guy got here, he told me it wasn’t a wild one, that it had been on a farm and was exotic so I only had two options: either I find someone who will capture it and keep it or they shoot it down!

Anyone who knows me, knows how much I love animals! So on the same day, I find someone who’s interested in keeping it. He goes to get the necessary permit and takes his trailer here. I thought at this point, that everything was going swell! It turns out this guy has no idea what he’s doing and doesn’t know how to capture it, although he already has pigs and deers and lamas on his farm! So he leaves the trailer in my yard with a trail of carrots leading all the way to the back of it. It stays there over the weekend. But it seems this deer isn’t as dumb as one would think. Something tells me he had seen trailers before and was in no way interested in going inside there!

Well, the deer only showed up the next morning when I saw it standing right over my poor pooch, looking down at it, with its hooves touching my poor doggy’s legs as he was trying to avoid eye contact with it. You see, the problem was, my dog had trouble getting back up on his legs since he had been bumped in and was feeling so vulnerable that I heard him crying out to me so that I would get him out of this unfortunate and slightly scary situation he was in. That’s when I tried to get the deer’s attention, calling it, bearing carrot in hand. Hmmm… carrots! It worked and it followed me to the back of the yard. But little did I know that this d*** buck had just risen from his slumber and was feeling up to a challenge that morning! There I was offering it carrots when I suddenly see it rising up on its back legs, tilting its head towards me, getting ready to charge! I was never so scared in my life! And God knows I’ve done some wild things before… So I jumped on top of a high stack of logs that was luckily at the left of me. I was so frightened, boyfriend had to come and get me with the car!

The thing a lot of people don’t know is that the hooves of deers are like razor blades and they can stomp you to death with them, leaving a bloody mess all over or, if you’re lucky, you might simply get away with major cuts all over your face and body! Scary animal! That day, I locked myself inside the house with my dog. And that d*** dear, still very much interested in the dog, was walking around the house looking into every window. That was nothing short of eerie!

Well, we didn’t see it for a couple of days after that…. until we had the guy take his trailer away. I wasn’t feeling so safe around it anymore. So I didn’t dare walk outside, especially at night. This animal is so quiet, it can appear right behind you, like a ghost, when you least expect it. So not knowing if it was still in the neighborhood or not, I had to keep my dog locked inside a barn at night for his own safety. He hasn’t been trained for staying inside the house. I tried that and ended up mopping the floor all day. That was fun! … Not really!

Yesterday morning, I wake up and see it standing there next to my neighbor on his front lawn. He and his wife were feeding it apples. So I give them a call to warn them of the danger and tell them to go back inside the house for their safety. That’s when I stepped out, gathered all my courage and attracted it to my place. Then I called the wildlife preservation guys with a totally different idea in mind. This nightmare had to come to an end. It took them an hour to get here… A whole excrutiatingly long hour during which I was doing all in my power to keep the deer busy, feeding it carrots, talking to it, having the dog bark back from inside the barn, so that it wouldn’t run away….

They finally got here! And I will spare you the details ’cause I’m no hunter and I hate this kind of stuff. But even though the deer was standing only two or three feet from them, they didn’t shoot it exactly in the right place and it ran off to the back of the yard where it fell. Man! I felt so bad! I felt like a traitor… but I had no other choice!

It took them one more shot to finish the job. And these people do this for a living! They are supposed to be trained, right?!

Really ****** week! But at least now, I can walk outside safely…

I’m telling you all this so that you be careful when you’re out in the wilderness. It’s not Disneyworld out there and you better be equipped to defend yourself… just in case something unexpected pops up.

I could have had a better week… But that week’s over (Yay!) so post is closed! :):)

How stressful it’s been! But it had all started really quietly (At least that’s what I thought!) as I noticed a cute deer hanging out in my backyard, keeping my dog company.

It was all so nice to see them chillin’ together… I started feeding the deer some carrots. Deers love carrots! But then again so does my dog! I hand fed it, took 50 & some pictures. Everything was dandy!

At some point, I decided to call the wildlife preservation people, thinking they could capture it and take it back to the woods. But when the guy got here, he told me it wasn’t a wild one, that it had been on a farm and was exotic so I only had two options: either I find someone who will capture it and keep it or they shoot it down!

Anyone who knows me, knows how much I love animals! So on the same day, I find someone who’s interested in keeping it. He goes to get the necessary permit and takes his trailer here. I thought at this point, that everything was going swell! It turns out this guy has no idea what he’s doing and doesn’t know how to capture it, although he already has pigs and deers and lamas on his farm! So he leaves the trailer in my yard with a trail of carrots leading all the way to the back of it. It stays there over the weekend. But it seems this deer isn’t as dumb as one would think. Something tells me he had seen trailers before and was in no way interested in going inside there!

Well, the deer only showed up the next morning when I saw it standing right over my poor pooch, looking down at it, with its hooves touching my poor doggy’s legs as he was trying to avoid eye contact with it. You see, the problem was, my dog had trouble getting back up on his legs since he had been bumped in and was feeling so vulnerable that I heard him crying out to me so that I would get him out of this unfortunate and slightly scary situation he was in. That’s when I tried to get the deer’s attention, calling it, bearing carrot in hand. Hmmm… carrots! It worked and it followed me to the back of the yard. But little did I know that this d*** buck had just risen from his slumber and was feeling up to a challenge that morning! There I was offering it carrots when I suddenly see it rising up on its back legs, tilting its head towards me, getting ready to charge! I was never so scared in my life! And God knows I’ve done some wild things before… So I jumped on top of a high stack of logs that was luckily at the left of me. I was so frightened, boyfriend had to come and get me with the car!

The thing a lot of people don’t know is that the hooves of deers are like razor blades and they can stomp you to death with them, leaving a bloody mess all over or, if you’re lucky, you might simply get away with major cuts all over your face and body! Scary animal! That day, I locked myself inside the house with my dog. And that d*** dear, still very much interested in the dog, was walking around the house looking into every window. That was nothing short of eerie!

Well, we didn’t see it for a couple of days after that…. until we had the guy take his trailer away. I wasn’t feeling so safe around it anymore. So I didn’t dare walk outside, especially at night. This animal is so quiet, it can appear right behind you, like a ghost, when you least expect it. So not knowing if it was still in the neighborhood or not, I had to keep my dog locked inside a barn at night for his own safety. He hasn’t been trained for staying inside the house. I tried that and ended up mopping the floor all day. That was fun! … Not really!

Yesterday morning, I wake up and see it standing there next to my neighbor on his front lawn. He and his wife were feeding it apples. So I give them a call to warn them of the danger and tell them to go back inside the house for their safety. That’s when I stepped out, gathered all my courage and attracted it to my place. Then I called the wildlife preservation guys with a totally different idea in mind. This nightmare had to come to an end. It took them an hour to get here… A whole excrutiatingly long hour during which I was doing all in my power to keep the deer busy, feeding it carrots, talking to it, having the dog bark back from inside the barn, so that it wouldn’t run away….

They finally got here! And I will spare you the details ’cause I’m no hunter and I hate this kind of stuff. But even though the deer was standing only two or three feet from them, they didn’t shoot it exactly in the right place and it ran off to the back of the yard where it fell. Man! I felt so bad! I felt like a traitor… but I had no other choice!

It took them one more shot to finish the job. And these people do this for a living! They are supposed to be trained, right?!

Really ****** week! But at least now, I can walk outside safely…

I’m telling you all this so that you be careful when you’re out in the wilderness. It’s not Disneyworld out there and you better be equipped to defend yourself… just in case something unexpected pops up.

That week’s over (Yay!) so post is closed! :):)

I could have had a better week…

How stressful it’s been! But it had all started really quietly (At least that’s what I thought!) as I noticed a cute deer hanging out in my backyard, keeping my dog company.

It was all so nice to see them chillin’ together… I started feeding the deer some carrots. Deers love carrots! But then again so does my dog! I hand fed it, took 50 & some pictures. Everything was dandy!

At some point, I decided to call the wildlife preservation people, thinking they could capture it and take it back to the woods. But when the guy got here, he told me it wasn’t a wild one, that it had been on a farm and was exotic so I only had two options: either I find someone who will capture it and keep it or they shoot it down!

Anyone who knows me, knows how much I love animals! So on the same day, I find someone who’s interested in keeping it. He goes to get the necessary permit and takes his trailer here. I thought at this point, that everything was going swell! It turns out this guy has no idea what he’s doing and doesn’t know how to capture it, although he already has pigs and deers and lamas on his farm! So he leaves the trailer in my yard with a trail of carrots leading all the way to the back of it. It stays there over the weekend. But it seems this deer isn’t as dumb as one would think. Something tells me he had seen trailers before and was in no way interested in going inside there!

Well, the deer only showed up the next morning when I saw it standing right over my poor pooch, looking down at it, with its hooves touching my poor doggy’s legs as he was trying to avoid eye contact with it. You see, the problem was, my dog had trouble getting back up on his legs since he had been bumped in and was feeling so vulnerable that I heard him crying out to me so that I would get him out of this unfortunate and slightly scary situation he was in. That’s when I tried to get the deer’s attention, calling it, bearing carrot in hand. Hmmm… carrots! It worked and it followed me to the back of the yard. But little did I know that this d*** buck had just risen from his slumber and was feeling up to a challenge that morning! There I was offering it carrots when I suddenly see it rising up on its back legs, tilting its head towards me, getting ready to charge! I was never so scared in my life! And God knows I’ve done some wild things before… So I jumped on top of a high stack of logs that was luckily at the left of me. I was so frightened, boyfriend had to come and get me with the car!

The thing a lot of people don’t know is that the hooves of deers are like razor blades and they can stomp you to death with them, leaving a bloody mess all over or, if you’re lucky, you might simply get away with major cuts all over your face and body! Scary animal! That day, I locked myself inside the house with my dog. And that d*** dear, still very much interested in the dog, was walking around the house looking into every window. That was nothing short of eerie!

Well, we didn’t see it for a couple of days after that…. until we had the guy take his trailer away. I wasn’t feeling so safe around it anymore. So I didn’t dare walk outside, especially at night. This animal is so quiet, it can appear right behind you, like a ghost, when you least expect it. So not knowing if it was still in the neighborhood or not, I had to keep my dog locked inside a barn at night for his own safety. He hasn’t been trained for staying inside the house. I tried that and ended up mopping the floor all day. That was fun! … Not really!

Yesterday morning, I wake up and see it standing there next to my neighbor on his front lawn. He and his wife were feeding it apples. So I give them a call to warn them of the danger and tell them to go back inside the house for their safety. That’s when I stepped out, gathered all my courage and attracted it to my place. Then I called the wildlife preservation guys with a totally different idea in mind. This nightmare had to come to an end. It took them an hour to get here… A whole excrutiatingly long hour during which I was doing all in my power to keep the deer busy, feeding it carrots, talking to it, having the dog bark back from inside the barn, so that it wouldn’t run away….

They finally got here! And I will spare you the details ’cause I’m no hunter and I hate this kind of stuff. But even though the deer was standing only two or three feet from them, they didn’t shoot it exactly in the right place and it ran off to the back of the yard where it fell. Man! I felt so bad! I felt like a traitor… but I had no other choice!

It took them one more shot to finish the job. And these people do this for a living! They are supposed to be trained, right?!

Really ****** week! But at least now, I can walk outside safely…

I’m telling you all this so that you be careful when you’re out in the wilderness. It’s not Disneyworld out there and you better be equipped to defend yourself… just in case something unexpected pops up.

That week’s over(Yay!)so post is closed! :):)

I could have had a better week…

How stressful it’s been! But it had all started really quietly (At least that’s what I thought!) as I noticed a cute deer hanging out in my backyard, keeping my dog company.

It was all so nice to see them chillin’ together… I started feeding the deer some carrots. Deers love carrots! But then again so does my dog! I hand fed it, took 50 & some pictures. Everything was dandy!

At some point, I decided to call the wildlife preservation people, thinking they could capture it and take it back to the woods. But when the guy got here, he told me it wasn’t a wild one, that it had been on a farm and was exotic so I only had two options: either I find someone who will capture it and keep it or they shoot it down!

Anyone who knows me, knows how much I love animals! So on the same day, I find someone who’s interested in keeping it. He goes to get the necessary permit and takes his trailer here. I thought at this point, that everything was going swell! It turns out this guy has no idea what he’s doing and doesn’t know how to capture it, although he already has pigs and deers and lamas on his farm! So he leaves the trailer in my yard with a trail of carrots leading all the way to the back of it. It stays there over the weekend. But it seems this deer isn’t as dumb as one would think. Something tells me he had seen trailers before and was in no way interested in going inside there!

Well, the deer only showed up the next morning when I saw it standing right over my poor pooch, looking down at it, with its hooves touching my poor doggy’s legs as he was trying to avoid eye contact with it. You see, the problem was, my dog had trouble getting back up on his legs since he had been bumped in and was feeling so vulnerable that I heard him crying out to me so that I would get him out of this unfortunate and slightly scary situation he was in. That’s when I tried to get the deer’s attention, calling it, bearing carrot in hand. Hmmm… carrots! It worked and it followed me to the back of the yard. But little did I know that this d*** buck had just risen from his slumber and was feeling up to a challenge that morning! There I was offering it carrots when I suddenly see it rising up on its back legs, tilting its head towards me, getting ready to charge! I was never so scared in my life! And God knows I’ve done some wild things before… So I jumped on top of a high stack of logs that was luckily at the left of me. I was so frightened, boyfriend had to come and get me with the car!

The thing a lot of people don’t know is that the hooves of deers are like razor blades and they can stomp you to death with them, leaving a bloody mess all over or, if you’re lucky, you might simply get away with major cuts all over your face and body! Scary animal! That day, I locked myself inside the house with my dog. And that d*** dear, still very much interested in the dog, was walking around the house looking into every window. That was nothing short of eerie!

Well, we didn’t see it for a couple of days after that…. until we had the guy take his trailer away. I wasn’t feeling so safe around it anymore. So I didn’t dare walk outside, especially at night. This animal is so quiet, it can appear right behind you, like a ghost, when you least expect it. So not knowing if it was still in the neighborhood or not, I had to keep my dog locked inside a barn at night for his own safety. He hasn’t been trained for staying inside the house. I tried that and ended up mopping the floor all day. That was fun! … Not really!

Yesterday morning, I wake up and see it standing there next to my neighbor on his front lawn. He and his wife were feeding it apples. So I give them a call to warn them of the danger and tell them to go back inside the house for their safety. That’s when I stepped out, gathered all my courage and attracted it to my place. Then I called the wildlife preservation guys with a totally different idea in mind. This nightmare had to come to an end. It took them an hour to get here… A whole excrutiatingly long hour during which I was doing all in my power to keep the deer busy, feeding it carrots, talking to it, having the dog bark back from inside the barn, so that it wouldn’t run away….

They finally got here! And I will spare you the details ’cause I’m no hunter and I hate this kind of stuff. But even though the deer was standing only two or three feet from them, they didn’t shoot it exactly in the right place and it ran off to the back of the yard where it fell. Man! I felt so bad! I felt like a traitor… but I had no other choice!

It took them one more shot to finish the job. And these people do this for a living! They are supposed to be trained, right?!

Really ****** week! But at least now, I can walk outside safely…

I’m telling you all this so that you be careful when you’re out in the wilderness. It’s not Disneyworld out there and you better be equipped to defend yourself… just in case something unexpected pops up.