Raccoons!

Well, we're under attack. Apparently Ricky the Raccoon (as dubbed by Grant) has decided to make our garage his new home. He was spotted in our garage yesterday for the first time, during the day, which is unusual since raccoons are nocturnal. After he was chased out of the garage by Chris (with a shoe & two-by-four), he came back tonight! Grace (the dog) got after him for a minute, but then Chris had to get the shoe back out.

And this Ricky is a brave one. He's entering our garage through the doggie door!

I can just see us waking up in the middle of the night to Ricky feasting in the kitchen. Grant & I recently watched "Over the Hedge", so I have very vivid pictures of what raccoons can do!

After consulting our varmit expert (Nathan), we will be setting up a trap ASAP!