I will come and hunt down your killer when I get some free time!
You are near Peoria right?
You are near Peoria right?
heart broken... coyote... my final say
- Thread starter mmaddie's mom
- Start date
Quote:
I couldn't leave my dogs outside for the night. Advantage and heartworm medicine protection aside, a dog could get injured badly facing nasty predators like that! But I buy my dogs for companionship (and to deter burglars, who might go to another house if they see my dogs inside), and I don't know how I would deal with a coyote mangling my dogs up.
And congratulations, that is a very happy surprise for you, after dealing with the losses.
Maybe your dogs are pets and thats all well and good~ congratulations. At least they are good for something. Mine are dual purpose, as are my chickens. My dogs are working dogs and pets, and I wouldn't have them if I thought they couldn't defend themselves and this place from predators.
Some people can afford to feed pets and thats okay too....but here everyone has a job. Every animal and person has a purpose....and dogs were created with fur, teeth and a protective and prey drive. I just let my dogs be what they were created to be....dogs. These are working dogs from a working class/breed....they can't do their jobs from the couch, cowering in the safe house with mommy. That may sound all mean and heartless to all you folks with your pets tucked safely in the house....but out here in the country dogs are more than pets. They are brave, courageous and part of a team~I would never keep them caged in a house all night when nighttime has the best scenting conditions for dogs. Mine wouldn't have it any other way!
I couldn't leave my dogs outside for the night. Advantage and heartworm medicine protection aside, a dog could get injured badly facing nasty predators like that! But I buy my dogs for companionship (and to deter burglars, who might go to another house if they see my dogs inside), and I don't know how I would deal with a coyote mangling my dogs up.
And congratulations, that is a very happy surprise for you, after dealing with the losses.
Maybe your dogs are pets and thats all well and good~ congratulations. At least they are good for something. Mine are dual purpose, as are my chickens. My dogs are working dogs and pets, and I wouldn't have them if I thought they couldn't defend themselves and this place from predators.
Some people can afford to feed pets and thats okay too....but here everyone has a job. Every animal and person has a purpose....and dogs were created with fur, teeth and a protective and prey drive. I just let my dogs be what they were created to be....dogs. These are working dogs from a working class/breed....they can't do their jobs from the couch, cowering in the safe house with mommy. That may sound all mean and heartless to all you folks with your pets tucked safely in the house....but out here in the country dogs are more than pets. They are brave, courageous and part of a team~I would never keep them caged in a house all night when nighttime has the best scenting conditions for dogs. Mine wouldn't have it any other way!
Last edited:
I just wanted to add that my dogs are also dual purpose. My animals are my babies, all of them. But I do have to tell a tale about a 110 pound male that I rescued. I named him Dakota and at first we had him in the house as well as outside. He wasn't happy being inside so we started putting him on the porch at night and out in the yard during the day. Before I got him I would see raccoons walking along the top of the fence and near the back porch. Never saw a single one again after I got him. We have since moved out the sticks and he free runs at night (we have no fence, but he doesn't go far). I have seen and heard him chase down and literally eat coyotes. I found out he came from off the local indian reservation and he must have learned a bit growing up there- he is so smart! If there is only one coyote, he's chasing it like a greyhound! But if there is more than one or two he will stay safely by the driveway and just bark until they run away. I even saw a mountain lion once on the hill behind our house! He stayed right by my side, and barked and huffed until it sauntered off. I have no doubt in my mind he is 100% effective at keeping those nasty critters out of my chicken and rabbit pens. He is such a good dog. Oh, and knocking on wood, we have done this for close to two years and he has never come back injured from his escapades. But just to be on the safe side I got a mastiff pup to follow in his footsteps and back him up.
Great dogs...and pretty! I have two fearless but smart dogs also...I'm very proud of them both!
That's why I have two dogs also....and the place is completely fenced and the dogs are also on wireless electric fencing, so they aren't going anywhere outside my acre. But they are a great team here and the coyotes come close enough to hear but they never come here....neither do the bears. Too many teeth inside the fence to chance it!
That's why I have two dogs also....and the place is completely fenced and the dogs are also on wireless electric fencing, so they aren't going anywhere outside my acre. But they are a great team here and the coyotes come close enough to hear but they never come here....neither do the bears. Too many teeth inside the fence to chance it!
Last edited:
I was pretty scared when we first moved here as its a rental on the back of a families 40 acres. There is no fence. At all. I was always worried about people walking right up to the house and breaking a window or something. The chickens and rabbits have their fenced yards, but everything else is open. I feel SOOO much safer since I have these two dogs here with me. I don't think they would ever attack a person, but they definitely let us know when someone is walking through our property. Actually, one night, at 2 am, about 5 months ago the dogs were barking non-stop for like an hour. (Usually they bark for 15 minutes or so until the coyotes run away.) I got up and went to the windows and found we had 6 illegals walking through our front yard. (We're 13 miles from the border). We would have NEVER known they were there unless we had the dogs. They could have come right up to the house while we were dead asleep or broken into our sheds or anything! It was SO scary! Thank god for good dogs!!!
Last edited by a moderator:
your dogs are beautiful
X2 on the love my good/protector dog, and free ranging with caution/experiance
Quote:
Actually, Old Pointy frequently hunts in pairs; they lure domestic dogs out by "playing" with them and then the mate joins in and they kill and eat the dog. Domestic dog is a fairly frequent meal for Old Pointy. Do not underestimate Old Pointy Nose.
Chickens are a domestic animal and free range means free eats for many predators unless you take precautions. Sorry to not have anything warm and fuzzy to say; to paraphrase Temple Grandin: nature is cruel, but we don't have to be.
Actually, Old Pointy frequently hunts in pairs; they lure domestic dogs out by "playing" with them and then the mate joins in and they kill and eat the dog. Domestic dog is a fairly frequent meal for Old Pointy. Do not underestimate Old Pointy Nose.
Chickens are a domestic animal and free range means free eats for many predators unless you take precautions. Sorry to not have anything warm and fuzzy to say; to paraphrase Temple Grandin: nature is cruel, but we don't have to be.
mmaddie's mom :
* a friend has said anti-freeze... I could keep the cat penned up when I put this out, but I'm not sure about this method? Opinions?
diana
Anti-freeze? You want to poison all the local wild birds and animals? In most states such indiscriminate poisoning is illegal. In some it is felony animal cruelty.
* a friend has said anti-freeze... I could keep the cat penned up when I put this out, but I'm not sure about this method? Opinions?
diana
Anti-freeze? You want to poison all the local wild birds and animals? In most states such indiscriminate poisoning is illegal. In some it is felony animal cruelty.
Quote:
In most states it is illegal to transport and release problem wildlife.
A true story from back in the dark ages when the practice was still legal.
My friend, Doc Ed, was an avid hunter and had a small farm at Peoria, Oregon. He also had a problem raccoon that was getting into everything and beating up on his small hunting Spaniel that would bravely go out and try to confront this bull coon. He also threw great parties.
My friend Eric, lived on his family farm out in Crescent Valley, on the other side of the Willamette, in fact clear on the other side of Corvallis. He also had a problem raccoon.
One weekend when Doc Ed had a party I decided to bring Eric since Eric was also fond of hunting and I figured he and Doc Ed would get along great.
Doc Ed and Eric got to talking. They wound up discussing their raccoon problem. It seems both were in the habit of trapping and transporting problem raccoons. They got into a discussion on trapping methods and finally talked about where they dumped their problem raccoons.
It seems that Eric dumped his not far from Doc Ed's place; and Doc Ed drove out to Crescent Valley.
Next time Doc Ed had a problem coon he marked it with Day-Glo orange spray paint before dumping it. A week later Eric found a bull coon with a big bright orange patch on it in his trap.
It seemed they'd been providing round trips for raccoons between their two places.
After that I think they both took to transporting them to the afterlife.
In most states it is illegal to transport and release problem wildlife.
A true story from back in the dark ages when the practice was still legal.
My friend, Doc Ed, was an avid hunter and had a small farm at Peoria, Oregon. He also had a problem raccoon that was getting into everything and beating up on his small hunting Spaniel that would bravely go out and try to confront this bull coon. He also threw great parties.
My friend Eric, lived on his family farm out in Crescent Valley, on the other side of the Willamette, in fact clear on the other side of Corvallis. He also had a problem raccoon.
One weekend when Doc Ed had a party I decided to bring Eric since Eric was also fond of hunting and I figured he and Doc Ed would get along great.
Doc Ed and Eric got to talking. They wound up discussing their raccoon problem. It seems both were in the habit of trapping and transporting problem raccoons. They got into a discussion on trapping methods and finally talked about where they dumped their problem raccoons.
It seems that Eric dumped his not far from Doc Ed's place; and Doc Ed drove out to Crescent Valley.
Next time Doc Ed had a problem coon he marked it with Day-Glo orange spray paint before dumping it. A week later Eric found a bull coon with a big bright orange patch on it in his trap.
It seemed they'd been providing round trips for raccoons between their two places.
After that I think they both took to transporting them to the afterlife.
Similar threads
New posts New threads Active threads
-
Latest threads
-
-
-
-
Help me figure out her breed please 🙏🏼
- Started by Nicolemc123
- Replies: 1
-
-
-
Threads with more replies in the last 15 days
-
-
Question of the Day - Saturday, July 12th, 2025- Started by casportpony
- Replies: 164
-
-
-
-
