We just sold our home in central Oregon. We didn't/don't have a dog, but our neighbors directly behind us have 2 dogs that bark at ANYTHING (grr) and a neighbor at an angle behind us have 2 dogs (who also bark at ALMOST anything). We had tooooo many deer in our yard!!!!! Our deer were oblivious to the dogs. They came because we put in a waterfall/creek/pond. Yeah, they LOVE water. And I say too many deer, because they would eat my flowers and poop in the yard. :) :) But we did enjoy watching them. Especially when the little guys would play with the sprinklers.