That sure could be. Yeah, I wouldn't want to leave my dog all vulnerable like that either. If the fox were to be sizing him up, that would be creepy. He did look like he was offering those signals though, which confuses me if it were a prey- sizing up situation...lots of appeasement gestures, but if that's a "ploy" they use... (?) It could also be a fox that is very use to seeing humans and dogs and isn't seeing the dog as prey. We had coyotes where I use to live (not in Idhao, but near here where I live now) that would become friendly with some of the neighbors' dogs. One, in particular would take walks down the middle of the private roads we had in our development of 5 acre pieces. My best friend's dog was a Lab mix...rather smallish and they took walks together through the neighborhood, then they'd both part and go their separate ways. Strange, huh. Well, and like someone mentioned...what about the possibility of rabies? That would be scary.