we have currently been observing a buck and 2 does within 50 to 100 yards from the cabin. My feeling is that a dog arriving with it's own new scents, not to mention additional activity from more humans meandering aboutwill bring that to an end... Am I worrying too much? I don't want to create problems and make enemies if I am just blowing it out of proportion. I just feel that if this can be a potential time bomb, everyone would be much happier if we waited until after hunting season. If anyone here thinks I am wrong, I'll relax, so far 2 of you have kindly advised that pets should remain at home. I am being promised that the "pet" will be chained up and not allowed to free roam (OK, but it is still something new to the mix and in everything I have read so far, a dog, predatory by nature, will alert the deer that are currently there and used to what is going on around them right now even if it is chained, there will be a new scent in the air)