Hello everyone! The last week I wrote about the way that foxes communicates, I think that the last post was really interesting because I surprised about how foxes used all their senses to communicate. But today, I am going to talk about people. During the foxhunting, every person that participates has an encomended activity. I’m going to explain you how the activities are distributed.

Master of foxhounds. The master of foxhounds is the person that will always have the final say over all matters in the field.

The huntsman. This person is in charge of directing the hounds in the course of the hunt.

Terrier man. Their job is to control the terriers

Honorary secretaries. Volunteers that collect the money from guest riders.

Whips. The whips are assistants of the huntsman and their job is to keep the pack all together, with these, they are preventing the hounds from straying.

Kennelman. The kennelman is the one that is assuring that all the tasks are completed when staff returns from hunting.

All these people are really important during the hunt because they all work in group to maintain the sequence of the activities.

Bibliography

Robards, Hugh. Foxhunting. United States , 2011.

Foxes

Hello everyone! The last post I wrote about the field hunter that is the most common horse that is ridden for fox hunting, and well, as you noticed, I love horses (:! But now, I am going to talk again about foxes. While I was reading some articles on the Internet I found information that was about the way that foxes communicate. I think that this is a really interesting topic because, Who hadn’t ask yourselves how the animals communicate? Well, I’m going to explain you how the foxes communicate with other foxes.

Sound: Foxes are one of the most silent animals but they also use a wide range of calls like, for example, they ask for their mother’s attention or also to locate another fox or a mate. These calls are made all the year but it is more common to hear fox callings during the winter.

Smell: The use of smell to communicate information to other animals is called scent marking. The foxes use urine to communicate to other groups. For example, they mark their home range and also the urine is used to communicate when the females are fertile.

Posture: Foxes used many facial expressions and body posture. Tail wagging is used when meeting family members and aggressive behavior may be directed towards.

Well, these are the most common ways that foxes used to communicate between them, but there also some investigations about if the foxes recognize each other’s smell, but people can not know for sure if foxes could do that.

Bibliography

Bristol, University of. The fox website . 04 02 2009. 19 10 2011 <http://www.thefoxwebsite.org/>.