Ok some folks have problems with birds , field mice, chipmunks, squirrels etc,
stealing some figs.

Check out this article
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11442633

I ate the last of the negretta figs that were taking long time to ripen because of the 40 degree nights we have been getting. They were decent.

Cold front coming this weekend with daily highs at 55 only.
Its Autumn and expected .

Isn´t that crazy.

This year has been very bad for fruit/plant theft here in my Washington DC yard.  I caught a man in my front yard with a bucket picking all my favorite figs from my Kathleen's Black.  He did give me the bucket after I yelled at him, but he had picked them at a little earlier stage of ripeness than I like.  (A neighbor had seen this same man robbing me last year.)  Then someone stole potted fig and pomegranate plants and fig fruits from my back yard, and then later someone came and swiped all my (unripe) persimmons within arms reach off my Nikita's Gift Persimmon and all the best pomegranate fruits.  I'm going to have to build a high brick wall or hire a sharpshooter as lookout on my roof.  On the bright side the squirrels haven't been too bad this year.

Hi Apnoist n Gene,
just read your post about thieves and im actually shocked someone would pick ones fruit without asking first.
Dont get me wrong im very familar with thieves in the old neighborhood growing up but they did not steal fruit only valuable things if left outdoors.

In my yard with the 5 foot fence i have a double lock on my gate protecting my trees and shed valuables, and if one gets past that i would let my dogs get em.
At night when asleep they hear the slightest noise and there barking. Beats most alarm systems.
Here is picture of 1 of them that only likes the family.

Hi!
I don't know if this can help you..
But I never have a problems..I have 8 Dogue de Bordeaux- French Mastif .. And no one ever try come to my property..I have only one problem..My dogs love to eat figs leaves, so I'm putting fences to protect my figs from my dogs:-) But no more people or birds, or animals..

This is one of my baby

Zeua is a beauty and thanks for sharing the picture.
Im lucky as my 3 dont bother the figs.

You are lucky!
My eat mulberry leaves too, but this is Ok, because a tree is huge and I let them, they eat mulberry too..So, I share..
But almost all my figs  small, so I real don't like idea my dogs eating they leaves..
But, this is true, even in hurricane when we was without electricity for 2 weeks, no one, ever try come to my property , even all doors was open days and nights...
And now, almost all houses around me was rob..I never have any problems..
Nothing leave alive from my property...

Zeus rules!

My cousin used to have one. It was a monster. Looked like a lion.
I never got near him. Would've made a feast out of me.

Back in the 70s when I used to live in Detroit the kids used to come from the alley and steal from my dads garden.

Today,
I watched my pet squirrels go back and forth stealing my figs. I figured what-the-heck, There's a very slim chance of them ripening fully at this stage. Better for them to go and bury them somewhere so they can eat them during the Winter. I will deal with them in the Spring where there will be food for them to find.

Or, if anyone is interested in squirrel stew then,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,?