Good morning, Guardians! Up early to pack the car for the drive back to Texas. Charlie’s

with Oreo again. Sharing this as prelude to a quick wildlife encounter story…
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Last night as we were getting ready for early bedtime at my mother in law’s house, we released the hounds for a final pee in the yard before lights out. I opened the back porch door and heard a cacophony as Callie the pup pushed through at 3x her normal velocity.
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Callie encountered shop cat Oreo and a family of raccoons in a growling standoff at the leftover cat food. They scattered instantly, breaking a few tchotchkes in the process of scrambling.
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Callie and Oreo tag-team chased the big mom (or dad) coon off into the night. Then I noticed these teen raccoons attempting to hide clinging to a high corner of Granny’s porch lattice work.


Needless to say it took a few minutes to get everyone calmed down and the dogs back inside for the evening. No coons were harmed in the incident. Never a dull moment in southern Mississippi!