I just took my golden retriever outside to relieve himself. He had squirted a couple places and was sniffing around for another. We were both maybe 15 to 20 feet from the house and under the dim light of the security light. I heard something coming towards us pretty fast and turned towards the sound. At first I thought it was the neighbor's german shepherd but it turned out it was a small deer. It looked to possibly be this year's fawn. It had its head down and somewhat stretched out and was heading right for my dog. I yelled, Hey!!. The deer stopped about 5 feet from my dog and turned and ran away. Max heard me yell and looked towards me. Thankfully he didn't see the deer right away or the chase would have been on. As he turned towards the deer and the deer was running away I was able to get close enough to him that I kept him from chasing it.

We live in the country so there are lots of deer. Never saw one charge towards my dog before. I don't know if in the dim light the deer thought Max was another deer or what it might have thought.

Best defense is a good offense CH. I've seen it many times.
Prey makes a run at the predator.

Blessings,
Mark

Rut is kicking off and those young of the year are getting the boot

Could have thought your dog was another deer?

Better get smart whatever it was because it will not last long if it runs up on a coyote, bobcat or dog that has nobody watching it

I have seen a doe try to stomp a dog that was out running around in a field. Pretty sure she had a fawn hid out