As the house nears completion, our pets all enjoy the comforts of home and in deed live a very comfortable life. Here, Boy and Pitoune enjoy a scratch from Lee. Pitoune looks comatose with pleasure - check out the tongue!
Olivia loves the outdoors and is a force to reckoned with for the dogs next door. Inside or out, all our pets enjoy freedom to roam as they please, provided they are careful of the other animals that surround us. 
They have friends who come by regularly. After some intitial tension, Pitoune has become quite fond of Winston (we call him "Prancer"), the standard poodle who lives next door. 
Prancers brother, Bower, is as big as a moose, hence our nicname for him, "the Moose" He is as big as a pony but very gentle and friendly. He's the "old man" of the group and had a hip replaced which slowed him down considerably.
Our neighbors, Cory and Patty recenlty brought home an English Bulldog, Franky, whom we call "Piglet". Piglet loves coming over to play with Pitoune.
But, as is with most homes where we live, we are frequently visisted by wildlife from the woods. Some, like the deer, visit on a daily basis, sometimes twice a day. There is an abundance of food for the deer on and around our property.
We have about five regulars who eat from the apple trees in back. Oddly enough, most of the deer under the apple trees this year are bucks with varying degrees of antlers.
As you can see, they are not bothered by Pitoune and even share the yard amicably.
This doe allowed Lee and Pitoune to get uncomfortably close before she scampered off back into the woods.
We have a wide array of small critters that we truly enjoy. Our bird feeders are used by woodpeckers, sparrows, carindals, chickadees, finches, robins and a host of hummingbirds. Here is a Chestnut Breasted Chickadee ready to feed.
Chipmunks and rabbits are everywhere and frequently come inside the house or are brought in by the cats. We have very few squirrels considering where we live, which is okay with Paul who is no fan of squirrels. We have seen the occasional opposum and a few skunks. Coyote, some of them quite large, and fox are some visitors with whom we tend to be cautious. We have not personally seen any bear but have been told they are near by.
