We went camping with 3 other families this past weekend. Although it rained on Saturday we had a fantastic trip. Lottie came face to face with a racoon eating mussels out on the tidal flats. She froze, and think was very relieved when I called her to me. Those 'coons' are well fed by both the tidal flats and marshmallows they steal in the camp ground, and I'm sure could do great damage to a dog. I had no idea that they swam, but Bob saw the one in the photo below enter the water and swim away.
The island in the above photo is completely above water at low tide, and all the kids, and most of the adults hiked around on it. I am so afraid of heights, that I almost vomitted seeing the kids so close to the edge.