I guess I'll be thankful for the dogs! There's one squirrel that lives in the front yard that visits the critter water bucket that chatters at me when I refill, but so far he's left all of my plants alone. The deer are being fairly good neighbors too. No one has dug up any of my bulbs in front - although the deer must be getting really hungry as they've even been chewing down the ruellia in the front bed. (I'm okay if they eat all of it down to the roots...I'm not sure I'd miss it) Haven't seen much of the raccoons around here lately. I don't think there's enough reasons to visit when one of the houses up the street has a pond.