If you treat her the right way, which is probably slightly different to what you think, you can get on it.
Doesn't mean she's not a dick though. Evaluate whether she is or not and if she is, leave her be, lol.
Hahaha, sure, that would definitely be funny.
You'd need the dogs though still, the whole point of the dogs are so you don't lose the fox.
Although what you do when a fox scales a garden gate effortlessly escapes me.
You can try new cables.
You also want to try setting them up properly.
That includes fiddling with the screws that change the tension on the springs (on the v brake) to get the arms to move evenly.
That won't necessarily work, especially if it's square taper, it will just make it round the crank out inside quicker.
The bash does look massive... what frame is it? I didn't see that in the OP when I quickly read it.