The Big Sniff

A couple of weekends ago Ruby and I set out for a walk and a circuit to swap out the SD cards on the trail cameras.

Periodically, the dog would stop in her tracks on the trail, give a certain location a long and deliberate sniff followed by peeing on that specific spot.  Having accomplished that task at various seemingly random locations we would continue on our way.

I had my suspicions about this scent marking behavior and after I uploaded the photos from the memory cards onto the laptop sure enough; both red fox and our resident ditch tiger stopping to mark their spot on one of the trails.

Sorta like leaving a business card in someone's door jamb to let them know you've paid a call while you were out.