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This morning about 1:30am my lactating mama, Mini, who has three babies only 3 weeks old heard something outside and flew off our bed, down the hall and out the doggie door onto the decking!
My hubby heard her barking, then the 'ol man, Chipper, he's 11yrs, hypoglycemic and now doesn't have any teeth on top except his two canine, and is also on arthritus meds follows her and we hear both barking ~ then one growling and screaming!
My hubby flies out of bed ... (all this happened so quickly) ... when I got there he was running, stomping and yelling at the top of his lungs on the decking ... a raccoon had one of my Yorkies underneath the decking!

I started screaming "Mini, Mini, Mini" and "Chipper, Chipper, Chipper" ~ then Mini came dashing from the other end, up the stairs and across the deck to me, she was terrified and shaking like a leaf!
My hubby is still stomping and yelling for me to get a flashlight! The fight was still going on, horrible growling and screaming! I ran for a flashlight and when I got back, hubby had Chipper and practically threw him to me as he ran for his rifle!
Chipper was dripping blood from his face! He was covered in blood and dirt! I wrapped him in a towel, and ran to stop my hubby ~ it's a felony to fire a gun in city limits! I have never seen him want to kill anything so much as he wanted to kill that hugh raccoon! But, I stopped him by telling him he had to help me with Chipper.

Well, we put Chipper in the sink and washed as much dirt off as we could and flushed the puncture wounds as best we could. As I dried him I cut his coat off, down to the skin, the only way I could see how bad he was hurt ... he'll live but he's not going to win any beauty contests for quite a while!

From the puncture wounds the raccoon had his face in it's mouth! He is so lucky neither eye area puncture hit his eyeballs, plus I don't know what the under ear punctures will do. The raccoon also had his right foreleg shoulder in it's mouth. The rest look like claw wounds. The Vet agreed he was extremely lucky he wasn't killed, and that he is one tough old dog!

I know Chippper went for the attack and, in doing so, saved young Mini's life! I think she knows it too, she is being so attentive and loving to him when she isn't hiding under my dresser today. She will not go outside, we have to carry her and we're taking both out the front door until the shock wears off. Chipper is on two antibiotics and pain meds, now we have to watch for abcess.

We never put food outside, those raccoons came for the dogs ~ they got my neighbors three kittens a couple of weeks ago. We are going to put lattice up to block off going under the decking. I'm going to ask my Hubby about getting a trap and relocating them far, far away! And, from now on my Yorkies have to wake us to go outside at night ~ doggie door is closed!

We don't live in Country ~ this are neighborhood raccoons! I've heard of things like this happening, but didn't believe it would happen to us!

Edit! I wish I knew how to make the pics go big !! The wounds look terrible but they're too small for anyone to see!