Working on Bears Today....But First....

Today I really need to do the fun part of my job, working on bears! I've got a show coming up this Sunday and I'm always trying to get "just one more bear" finished ;)

As usual though, I've got some work that I need to attend to first and it's pretty important! This morning I found a "present" by a HUGE raccoon on our deck! He must have been 30 pounds and that's bigger than our dogs!

My sweetie Athena was so busy and afraid sniffing where the coon came over the fence in the back yard that I had to take her on a leash outside the fence to do her business before breakfast.

Needless to say, this morning I'm going to the feed and seed place to get some Repel to scatter thru the latticework of the deck. I'm sure it's decided that under our deck would be a great place to sleep this winter (NOT!) We don't have any bird seed or trash cans or any other food source outside - so shelter has got to be the only attraction. So I'm off to make it UNattractive!