This morning started with both dogs barking furiously at something.  Vicki went out and spotted a racoon up one of our trees.  It spent several hours n the tree.  We went for a walk with the dogs and when we returned it was smack dab in the middle of our yard!  That’s when we called animal control.  He didn’t think it was rabid and snared it but didn’t actually take it out of our yard- I guess they have rules preventing them from catching them .  I would have preferred him to be taken out of our neighborhood and released into a park somewhere.  All this while staying 6 feet from the Animal Control Officer!