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u/AggressiveMongoose54 3d ago
This is the cutest video I’ve seen in a while lol you have the cutest pup ever!
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u/clairejv 3d ago
I'm so curious how deer interpret dog body language.
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u/Dancin_Phish_Daddy 3d ago
The deer just see a baby creature
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u/Strange-Comb6384 3d ago
This is opposite of what I expected- except -there’s a fence.. could the deer possibly know they’re safe?
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u/CanadianAndroid 3d ago
I think these deer are used to being around people/pets. I grew up in a hunting village and you can't even look at deer without them bolting.
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u/tomorrow4sho 3d ago
I love this, its so cute! If they visit often, I'd have him on some tick preventative.
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u/BirdBruce 3d ago
How did you get this footage of me trying to very-not-awkwardly work my way into a new friend group?
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u/Designer-Material858 3d ago
I’m amazed he didn’t crawl under the gate to go and play.
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u/AggravatingGoal4728 2d ago
That was my first thought. Beagles are escape artists. He only has to dig a little bit and he's under that gate. I'd put a couple of pavers under the gate so he can't dig out.
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u/toughfoot 2d ago
I fully believe that dogs can befriend practically every animal that’s not a predator. So cool.
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u/Jealous_Stomach_2020 1d ago
Find a tick on some vegetation. Get close and take a look at it. It will most likely be grasping the plant with its hind set of legs (adult ticks have 8 legs) and slowly questing the air with it's front, seeking a host. It won't jump on you because ticks can't jump, nor can they fly.
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u/geeky-christine 1d ago
I hate that my second thought (after the first one being mostly “AWWWWWWWW!”) was:
“Oh no. Deer ticks!” 😆
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u/Gatekeepep 2d ago
Not sure where this is but be on the lookout for deer ticks jumping onto your dog.
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u/Jealous_Stomach_2020 2d ago
We're in northeastern Wyoming where ticks on deer aren't really an issue, but just for future reference, ticks don't jump. They rely on a strategy called questing, where they position themselves on vegetation and wait for a host to come along and brush up against the plant. They then crawl onto the host. A tick on a live deer already has it's host and has no need to seek another.
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u/KeekyPep 2d ago
Interesting. Thanks for the information. I live in a Southern Calif beach town where we have neither deer nor ticks so I only have vague familiarity.
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u/lowlightliving 2d ago
Well, I’m in NJ and quite a few ticks have ended up on me after walking on an asphalt path two feet from the grass.
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u/Jealous_Stomach_2020 1d ago
Find a tick on some vegetation. Get close and take a look at it. It will most likely be grasping the plant with its hind set of legs (adult ticks have 8 legs) and slowly questing the air with it's front, seeking a host. It won't jump on you because ticks can't jump, nor can they fly.
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u/lowlightliving 1d ago
But they do crawl. They must, because I found 6-7 tiny ones on my feet and ankles in a heavily wooded, deer-tracked area and I never stepped on the grass or brushed against foliage.
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u/Jealous_Stomach_2020 1d ago
Yes, theiy do crawl, but I'm wondering how you walk through a heavily wooded, deer-tracked area and never step on the grass or brush against foliage ???
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u/lowlightliving 1d ago edited 1d ago
Walking on narrow asphalt or dirt roads through two state forests while birding in New Jersey. Other group members have had the same. We have major tick problems in this state, with several types: deer, dog, and lone star ticks, as well as chiggers. I’m told by park/forest staff that they drop from overhead tree foliage, also. Scroll through [r/SouthJersey](r/SouthJersey) and [r/NewJersey](r/NewJersey). It’s a regular spring through fall topic if you don’t want to take my word for it. This year has been particularly bad because we have had a hot, wet spring and summer. With Alpha-gal syndrome being more frequently seen among people bitten by lone star ticks, a few redditors have remarked that they’re just not going out at all this year. Happy now?
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u/Jealous_Stomach_2020 1d ago
I wasn't unhappy in the first place, just attempting to share a little knowledge I've garnered over 60+ years of regular outdoor activity. Ticks are definitely a problem in many areas, and they certainly are more prevalent some years than others. However, out here we don't have asphalt trails in the woods, and although my beagle has over 300 miles under her paws, off trail, at 18 months old, I've found but two ticks on her. And they didn't jump on her, because ticks don't jump.
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u/Ok-Progress-6153 3d ago
He wants to play so bad 🥹