Fisher "Cat"

[Bear Foot Farm]

Quote: Dogs REALLY aren't great deterrents unless they are actively alerting to a predator.
Otherwise, predators tend to just sneak around them

 

[aart]

Dogs REALLY aren't great deterrents unless they are actively alerting to a predator.
Otherwise, predators tend to just sneak around them

Highly dependent on the individual dogs personality and habits.

 

[Bear Foot Farm]

Quote: That makes no difference if it's asleep, or even just on the other side of the barn.
If the dog isn't AWARE of the predator, it most likely won't deter the predator

The dog cited could have been the meanest dog in the world........BUT it was in the wrong place at the wrong time:

Quote:
A predator not detected is seldom deterrred

 

[aart]

Yes, I meant that some dogs are much more attuned to what's going on around them, and able to react to it...and some are oblivious.