One of the best parts of my house is the proximety to nature. I was just startled from the keyboard from a “woof” from Socks and I ran to see what made her bark (she is not much of a barker). Outside our living room window were several deer foraging for breakfast.
We regularly see geese, ducks, and deer. At least once a month, we see a opossum.
The bad news about nature is that same soft “woof” that caught my attention, caught Dexter, the Neurotic Dog’s attention. He was still sleeping with my husband and he jumped off our very tall bed to see what was happening. He heard his back in the jump. argh.