Cute,
Now you have to figure out how to out smart a real fox too!
Sorry, cannot help you there; but I hear that it is no easy
task. Good luck.
George (NJ).

The grey fox is a notorious tree climber. I've had a family of them coming around my place for a number of years. I toss chicken & steak bones over my back deck and they come like clockwork to cart them off. They climb up my 8 foot high arbor and eat my Concord grapes every night that the grapes are ripe. They actually peel the skin off and suck out the insides and leave a pile of skins under the arbor. They make a noise like a screaming banshee. For years I thought the noise was a screech owl. FF

I would recomend you a strong dog like mine but then again she still my figs any time i am not looking,and then farts all night in my room.Here is a picture of one of my thiefs

Herman, Think I'll stick with the fox, at least they don't perfume my house.
FF, Great story about your grey fox! Do you ever worry about rabies? Fairfax Co, VA frowns on fox, blaming them for all kinds of things. The ones we have are red, and are really beautiful creatures. And smart to boot. If this weren't the Fig Forum I'd tell you about the time I was walking my son's bluetick coonhound down a dirt road when suddenly we began hearing what sounded like puppies playing and snarling at each other somewhere to the left of the road; next there appeared a grown fox on the right berm of the road and he started barking at the dog, then led him on a chase through the woods; as the chase went on the sound of the kits got farther and farther away. This happened no fewer than three times, until the sound of the kits playing disappeared entirely. But, since this is the Fig Forum I won't tell the story.....Elder

Hey Elder, I'd worry more about all the diseases that I can get from touching the entry door handle at Macdonalds than I would about getting rabies fron the wild creatures of the night. I live in the mountain foothills so, in the past 25 years, I have seen every kind of 4 legged creature that mother nature has invented eating chicken and BBQ scraps off my back deck. I call at night, when I have scraps, and they come. The grey fox sits and waits for me. She lets out a screeching, ungodly sound like you've never heard. A beautiful creature. They have special rear claw that allows them to climb (and eat figs and grapes).I quess, since I mentioned figs, I can legally post this . FF

Reminds me of the sour-grapes (fox) old story...

Herman, It looks like your pooch ate one too many figs. I miss my dog. Half german shepard, half malamute and half wolf. A great friend. I put him down due to hip disease several years ago. Smarter , he was, than most people I knew. You know the old saying," The more I deal with people, the more I like my dog". FF