Backyard dinner

[Geezer]

One of my neighbors had a couple of mastiffs. As far as I know he didn't have any trouble with coyotes. B)

The two dogs I lost were a german shorthair and a chocolate lab. The lab was basically the family house dog and the pointer was a well trained bird hunter. I miss them both.

 

[OrangevaleFJR]

One of my neighbors had a couple of mastiffs. As far as I know he didn't have any trouble with coyotes. B)
The two dogs I lost were a german shorthair and a chocolate lab. The lab was basically the family house dog and the pointer was a well trained bird hunter. I miss them both.

It surprises me that a Coyote would take on a lab...sure you don't have a mountain lion around there?

 

[donaldb]

One of my neighbors had a couple of mastiffs. As far as I know he didn't have any trouble with coyotes. B)

The two dogs I lost were a german shorthair and a chocolate lab. The lab was basically the family house dog and the pointer was a well trained bird hunter. I miss them both.

It surprises me that a Coyote would take on a lab...sure you don't have a mountain lion around there?

Coyotes run in packs from few to several to many. They "tune" up just after night fall and hunt as a group. Several can easily take down a lab. Lost a cat to a pack that was running in the woods behind my house several years ago.

 

[Toecutter]

It surprises me that a Coyote would take on a lab...sure you don't have a mountain lion around there?

I've seen Coyotes try to get dogs to chase them from populated areas, to where their homeys are waiting around the corner. They will also travel miles to hunt in the dark, then return to the countryside at dawn with a belly full of unwary pets.

 

[OrangevaleFJR]

It surprises me that a Coyote would take on a lab...sure you don't have a mountain lion around there?

I've seen Coyotes try to get dogs to chase them from populated areas, to where their homeys are waiting around the corner. They will also travel miles to hunt in the dark, then return to the countryside at dawn with a belly full of unwary pets.

I guess I never lived where there were packs of coyotes...I've only seen them one at a time. Clearly, pack hunters have the advantage. I know the dog I grew up with killed 3 coyotes, but all three were alone. Good thing eh?

 

[Geezer]

The coyotes we have in the Catskills are frequently called coy-dogs by the locals because some people believe they are a mix of coyote and some kind of dog. They are bigger than a western coyote and hunt in packs.

One of my kids let the dogs out unattended one evening and they must have heard the coyotes and gone to investigate. I don't think the lab would have gone by herself, but the pointer loved to hunt and the lab followed.

 

[krashdragon]

My backyard a few weeks ago:

Last night someone told me that they were considering bringing coyotes into the area (Washington County, PA), to help with the deer problem.

It really isn't the deer's fault (as much as I dislike them). More developments going up, forcing the deer into more populated areas, We've killed off most, if not all of their natural predator's. This is what we get. The deer are just doing what they do and what they've always done. Eat and **** (actually, that doesn't sound half bad). So what do we get? Car's and bike's damaged, people hurt or killed. What the insurance companies pay out annually to repair auto's damaged by deer strikes is unbelievable.

We've created the problem, now we have to find a way to fix it.

No need to worry about bringing coyotes into your area... They've documented coyotes in every county in Ohio, I'm sure they'll managed to move into PA all on their own....

My neighbor saw one kill a groundhog in our backyard a couple weeks ago, and I only live about 20 miles from Cleveland, but out in the country...

Mary

 

[Mogambo]

My backyard a few weeks ago:

Last night someone told me that they were considering bringing coyotes into the area (Washington County, PA), to help with the deer problem.

It really isn't the deer's fault (as much as I dislike them). More developments going up, forcing the deer into more populated areas, We've killed off most, if not all of their natural predator's. This is what we get. The deer are just doing what they do and what they've always done. Eat and **** (actually, that doesn't sound half bad). So what do we get? Car's and bike's damaged, people hurt or killed. What the insurance companies pay out annually to repair auto's damaged by deer strikes is unbelievable.

We've created the problem, now we have to find a way to fix it.

No need to worry about bringing coyotes into your area... They've documented coyotes in every county in Ohio, I'm sure they'll managed to move into PA all on their own....

My neighbor saw one kill a groundhog in our backyard a couple weeks ago, and I only live about 20 miles from Cleveland, but out in the country...

Mary

I hope they have an appetite for chipmunks too. My property is absolutely over-run with chipmunks. They do however make a mighty tasty shish kabob, though. I just tell the neighbor's it's chicken and then they ask me for the recipe.

 

[RonBB]

The two dogs I lost were a german shorthair and a chocolate lab. The lab was basically the family house dog and the pointer was a well trained bird hunter. I miss them both.

Dogs are people too. Many times they are better.