We enjoyed the nightly visits of the raccoons on our deck for most of the summer. I put water out on the deck in the dish pan. We thought that feeding them would allow us to take some photos for a raccoon painting. Each evening, the raccoons would come up on the deck, splash around in the water and get wet.
One evening, we had the door open a little later than usual. Our little dog, Cassie the Papillion was out on the deck enjoying the evening. Suddenly, she started barking and then yelping.
I raced outside to the deck and saw a swarm of fur. Cassie was mixed up in the middle of six baby raccoons, trying to escape back to the safety of the house. The mother raccoon was a bit confused as to which one was the small dog and which were her babies. That was lucky for Cassie, as she did not get injured; only scared. And so ended Cassie’s brief experience as a baby raccoon.
