Coyotes vs dog concerns

[cmom]

The neighbor has invited some of his friends to come and hunt the coyotes but I don't think anyone showed up.

 

[cmom]

A couple of years ago a lady bought the 10 acres behind us. She let her miniature schnauzer out one evening and a coyote attacked it. It died the next day from its injuries. Another neighbor has goats and every time his goats had kids the coyotes would get the kids. He always left them out in the pasture. He has lost several goats to coyotes. Now he doesn't have a billy goat so no more kids for the coyotes to take.

 

[Willowspirit]

Donkeys will kick and hurt or possible even kill your dog. Lots of videos out there on it if you want to watch it. They will protect sheep, chickens and such from big predators and come down on dogs too if left with them. I have heard LLamas can be bad also, just don't know anyone that has them.

That's what i thought you meant but i wasn't sure. I will take your word for it and skip the videos. Dr. Pimple Poppers about as far as i go.

 

[Serin]

Unless you live in the northeast, where there are the large, pack-hunting hybrid wolf x coyote hybrids, a coyote will not mess with a dog as large as a shepherd, period.

 

[Willowspirit]

I won't provide details but someone i know was outside on her horse property with her small dog next to her on a show lead. A coyote came right up and took the dog off the leash. It was so traumatic for her she never speaks of it. Coyotes are bold and quick.

 

[Willowspirit]

Unless you live in the northeast, where there are the large, pack-hunting hybrid wolf x coyote hybrids, a coyote will not mess with a dog as large as a shepherd, period.

I disagree with you. I saw a video taken in soCal of a pack of coyotes luring a large dog away from a woman riding her horse. It started with one coyote showing itself to the dog and encouraging it to chase. Eventually five coyotes revealed themselves in the brush where they were trying to get the dog. Fortunately the dog had a superb recall and was unharmed.

 

[Serin]

That is territorial behavior, not predatory behavior. A dog that chases a coyote into its territory will warrant defensive behavior but coyotes will not go out of their way, into the territory of a very large dog, and try to eat it.

 

[Willowspirit]

That is territorial behavior, not predatory behavior. A dog that chases a coyote into its territory will warrant defensive behavior but coyotes will not go out of their way, into the territory of a very large dog, and try to eat it.

Well given they were luring the dog into their territory to kill it its really a distinction without a difference.

 

[Serin]

Coyotes don't lure dogs intentionally. They do eat some dogs, if those dogs are small enough, but the process is the same as if they caught a cat or a rabbit and does not involve a complicated luring process where they encourage a dog to follow them home to be killed by the family! That is nothing but a wive's tale.

They will grab small bite-size dogs, and some coyotes will interact with larger dogs conspecifically, engaging in friendly or antagonistic social behavior depending on the circumstance. A dog that chases a lone coyote back to its den site will be subjected to a defensive attack by the coyote's mate, or if it is a yearling, it's parents and if it is a smaller dog and outnumbered they might kill it.

Most coyotes don't live in packs but in mated pairs with only one years' immature young.

Coyotes are extremely misunderstood animals and not malicious. They're just predators.

 

[cmom]

Most of the time when I see a coyote on one of my cameras, they are alone. Once in awhile I have see a pair and in a very great while I have see a trio but mostly here they are loners.