Have you thought about getting those fido-fence things? the electrified
ones? You may get zapped a couple of times before you remember to turn it
off, but supposedly they work quite well. I think I would invest in a
two-layer set-up, a few feet apart, so that if it got through the first one,
there would be second line of defense (de-FENCE!) to discourage the nasty
little creature.

Lee

"Gunnar" wrote in message
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Had first raccoon visit of the year here in Rode Island.
Heard dog barking around 2 am go to let her out and she goes nuts, so out
I
go in undies (18 degrees brrrrrr) and what do I find thebiggest raccoon
with
hand in pond swiping away hoping he grabs something. No fear of the dog
barking or me hollering so I grab a rake and toss it at him he goes and
grabs it growling, at least he got him out of pond. I lost over 30 fish
last
year due to bandits went out and bought a havaheart trap and removed 13
coons,1 skunk and 3 possums. so set trap this year no visitors yet wish me
luck.