Becoming a Feud

This doe is out of control. Once again she has terrorized my poor pup.

I was sitting in my back yard when Beatle started barking. Sure enough the doe was back. You can see one of our previous encounters (we’ve had several) here.

In the photo below you can see here just how close she was. I was glad to have the fence between us. I had to wave a shirt at her while yelling at her to “git,” before she “got.” Even then she ran off a few yards and returned twice before she got bored with harassing us and trotted off to find better victims.

Last week I saw her chase our neighbor’s cat. (I’m not kidding. This really happened.) My sister and I were standing on the front steps (at a proper social distance) and the cat came tearing down the road at a dead run.

Coyote or fox after him? Neighbor’s dog on the prowl? Nope. Two seconds later who appeared but the devil in disguise. That damn doe, charging after. I have heard of deer chasing animals to protect their fawn, but this is beyond the pale.

I have decided this doe must be a demon.She pretends to be a deer in order to lure her prey closer. But look how she bares her teeth when she thinks no one is looking.

In fact, if you look closely, you can see her fangs.

Demon. It’s the only answer.