u/hobby_ranchhand

I have seen this lil' friend a couple times on cameras around our property, but this is the first time it has wandered in front of one of the 4K cameras. We live in a rural area of Dallas, TX. While we see coyotes from time to time, this does not look exactly like a coyote? We have lived here for 8 years, and I have only seen one fox from a great distance (only recognized because it was very red). I'm thinking this might be a gray fox? Hard to tell colors on the camera. It's presence might explain the small mammal leftovers I've been finding in the fields lately.
Also, I trust this is no threat to our dogs? We have 2 Great Pyrs and 1 Redbone Coonhound mix, all with up-to-date rabies vaccinations that stay in a fenced in backyard when out and sleep inside at night, so my expectation is that they're unlikely to meet, and even so, our new friend has far more to fear from them than they do from it.

Hi there; I'd like to plant a Little Gem magnolia in our yard.
There is a spot that used to have a few wing bark elms that I think I killed by trenching for a drain line close to them a few years back. I'd love to put a Little Gem Magnolia in the same area they were in but a little further from where the drain line runs. Unfortunately, the area is completely circled by a concrete walkway and fancy ditch. The area is ovoid, with the smallest diameter around 24'.
Pictured is the magnolia in question right about where I'd like to plant it- it is about 6' tall now, and where I have the pot, it is 11' from any concrete. Would that be enough space for it? I've read on the internet that Little Gem Magnolias only need 6-10 feet from foundations, so I'm hoping this would be a good placement? The two fake rocks have some plumbing for a pool that is behind where I was standing for the picture, but the pool deck is nearly 15', putting the magnolia 30-40' generally downwind and downhill from the pool to keep the leaves out of the pool.
In this location, it is on a slight hill headed down toward the pond, so it is well drained, and it will have near complete exposure to the southern sky, so it'll get plenty of sunlight. There's a 30' tall white oak (Shumard, I think?) about 40' north of where it is.
We live in Dallas and I think our soil is a bit basic, so I was going to test and add some sulfur, but is the footprint OK for this tree here? I marked the rough location of the drain line in red, but it is sch 40 solid 6in, so I'm hoping it is root-resistant and that I don't need to revisit it in the near future, plus the magnolia would be 25'-30' from the drain line.

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[Dallas, TX] Coyote? Fox?

Little Gem Magnolia Tree Placement?