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Cool story! I didn't notice it in there, maybe I just missed it, I would be worried about animals getting in the house, I wonder if they designed it to be anima

Cool story! I didn't notice it in there, maybe I just missed it, I would be worried about animals getting in the house, I wonder if they designed it to be animal proof? Being up in the woods there, the house must be under constant attack from the woodland creatures. Animals being anything from bees and ants and assorted bugs to squirrels and chipmunks and maybe bears. I have a SMALL woods behind my house and find all of those things have ways to get in without being invited way more often than I like. (Not bears)

ttul 5y ago
The Pemberton area is besieged by grizzly and black bears constantly. It is a lovely part of the world, and somewhat terrifying.
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- Scoundreller 5y ago
  Well, not right now in the dead of winter, no.
codingdave 5y ago
I had fears of that when we moved into our house surrounded not only by woods, but wetlands and farm fields. We were pleasantly surprised how little problems we've had from creatures. We do see animals of all kinds wandering on the property - deer, squirrels, rabbits, racoons, opossum, coyotes, owls, hawks, eagles... you name it. The tracks in the winter are even more evidence that we are surrounded by wildlife. But they honestly aren't a problem. They leave the home alone. We have had one mouse in our first year here. A few ants and flies last summer. Honestly, we had bigger problems in the city. My only guess is that there is such a strong natural ecosystem here that they simply don't need anything from our home, so they are just as happy to leave it to us humans.
- cableshaft 5y ago
  I live in a suburban city and I've had all of those either in our backyard or just beyond our back yard over the past couple of years (except the eagles). Squirrels, rabbits, an opossum, a skunk, mice, owls, hawks, toads have all been in our backyard before. Deer and coyotes just beyond our back fence. Raccoons I've seen in the neighborhood but not from our backyard. A couple times now I've taken pictures of hawks chilling on our back patio. I have a bird feeder so the birds might attract it. The dogs freak out whenever I inadvertently let them out with animals in the back yard (happened with the skunk and opossum), so I've had to rush out and put myself in between them and the animals to keep them from possibly getting attacked or attacking they animals (they did get skunked). We have a tall fence and do our best to repair holes and gaps, but it doesn't seem to matter much except keep deer and coyotes out of our yard (at least so far).

ttul 5y ago

The Pemberton area is besieged by grizzly and black bears constantly. It is a lovely part of the world, and somewhat terrifying.

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Scoundreller 5y ago
Well, not right now in the dead of winter, no.

codingdave 5y ago

I had fears of that when we moved into our house surrounded not only by woods, but wetlands and farm fields. We were pleasantly surprised how little problems we've had from creatures. We do see animals of all kinds wandering on the property - deer, squirrels, rabbits, racoons, opossum, coyotes, owls, hawks, eagles... you name it. The tracks in the winter are even more evidence that we are surrounded by wildlife. But they honestly aren't a problem. They leave the home alone. We have had one mouse in our first year here. A few ants and flies last summer. Honestly, we had bigger problems in the city. My only guess is that there is such a strong natural ecosystem here that they simply don't need anything from our home, so they are just as happy to leave it to us humans.

cableshaft 5y ago
I live in a suburban city and I've had all of those either in our backyard or just beyond our back yard over the past couple of years (except the eagles). Squirrels, rabbits, an opossum, a skunk, mice, owls, hawks, toads have all been in our backyard before. Deer and coyotes just beyond our back fence. Raccoons I've seen in the neighborhood but not from our backyard. A couple times now I've taken pictures of hawks chilling on our back patio. I have a bird feeder so the birds might attract it. The dogs freak out whenever I inadvertently let them out with animals in the back yard (happened with the skunk and opossum), so I've had to rush out and put myself in between them and the animals to keep them from possibly getting attacked or attacking they animals (they did get skunked). We have a tall fence and do our best to repair holes and gaps, but it doesn't seem to matter much except keep deer and coyotes out of our yard (at least so far).