We (and our neighbours) have longish rear gardens and we are occasionally see foxes in the garden or crossing over the fences. Fine, we love nature.
We have a dog, that sleeps in the kitchen at night. Our kitchen backs onto the garden and we have glass doors onto a decked area that then leads to the garden. Most nights the dog will bark for a few seconds at what we think are the foxes she can see in the garden.
Last night we had guests over and my niece slept on the sofa downstairs. The dog barked and wouldn’t stop. So she got up and went to the kitchen door, to see a fox pawing at the glass and pacing up and down. We have motion activated lights covering the decked area. She went back to the living room, grabbed her phone and took a couple of photos, with the flash on, of the fox still pawing at the glass and decking. The dog was still going bananas but this didn’t faze the fox! We also have a cat flap, which we now hope they can’t fit through…. Eventually after banging on the glass door the fox sloped off.
So, are urban foxes this bold? Would this play or aggression?