Pooch Cafe by Paul Gilligan for September 08, 2013

Busted by a tell-tail clue.

Very tricky. Even the best criminals make mistakes, though.

I can actually tell which racoon was Poncho, though was his partner a dog or a real racoon?

It’s easy to tell a raccoon from a cat. They move completely differently. I know because I feed some outdoor cats (they keep away the snakes and rodents) and a raccoon keeps coming by. I don’t leave the food out because of the raccoon, but it knows when feeding time is, so I have to keep watch!

You’re usually smarter than this Poncho. You must be losing your touch.

Years ago (waaay years ago) when I lived in S. Cal, I had a neighbor who would wander around in the middle of the night trying to shoot the raccoons rummaging in his trash with his bb gun. I don’t think he ever got any but we sure knew when they were all outside wandering around.

Once again, the tail gave away his guilt!

One snowy day a family of raccoons showed up on our deck. I was new to the PacNorthwest and didn’t know any better, so I threw some stale marshmellows out for them. BIG mistake! They would get up on the roof and play raquet ball at 2am! Bang on the slider at 3am, and if you tried to shoo them away, they would stand there and hiss at you. Took 2 weeks of ignoring them to get rid of them!

Did he chew apart a Davy Crockett coonskin cap to get that?