Just how wiley are coyotes?

[JP33]

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There would be more available except that most are snowed in at Washington DC or tied up in legislation!

Been waitin', left the door wide open!

One word of caution about poisoning, don't! Secondary poisoning to other animals feeding on dead coyotes or the poisoned meat put out would be a travesty.


...JP

 

[SteveH]

I'm glad they have not made a return visit . A good electric fence around the perimeter of your place may be enough deterrent to prevent future problems . If some are black its possible they are pure coyote , but unlikely . The only good thing about coy dogs is that that they very rarely manage to live past the first generation unless they have humans helping them . At least from what I've read and experienced male coyotes , unlike domestic male dogs , are seasonal breeders just like the females , and breed only once a year in the winter to welp in the early spring . The males coyotes help feed the litter . Crosses are said to come into heat only once a year in the fall and welp in early winter , male coy dogs won't help feed so there is little chance a second generation can make it . There are anomalies or exceptions to the rule , because I saw what appeared to be a pure coyote that was a rescue and raised in captivity . She came in heat in between the times coyotes and coy dogs are supposed to . I've been around pet coyotes , pet coy dogs , and owned a wolf hybrid . I don't recommend any of them as pets . Even the 1/4 coyote , 3/4 dog crosses were still showing wild tendencies .

 

[gottsegnet]

We once had what was suspected to be a coydog as a pet. Best dog we ever had, but definitely a predator. He used to bat birds out of the air and could catch anything. He hunted and stalked his prey, nothing like other dogs I've seen take after prey. He was incredibly intelligent and there was no keeping him in the house. He could open every door but the outside doors and figured out the cranks on the windows.

He was trained when it suited him, but used it to his advantage when it didn't. He learned to get off the choke collar when I was walking him by doing a really good heel just before thrusting his front paw in the chain and jerking his head out to freedom.

Funny thing was, despite all the animals he gifted us after his outings, he never once touched the guinea pigs though their cage was open at the top and he had free access. Never paid them any attention at all. Somehow he knew they were off limits.

 

[gottsegnet]

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Interesting. My daughter thought she saw some pups, but I didn't really believe her. She didn't have that much time to look at them before I was outside, and they started to take off as soon as I opened the door, even before the dogs took off after them.

I've been talking to people, and everyone is saying that the coyotes are abnormally bold this winter. There have been a lot of sightings. Friends of ours in Lincoln are seeing them, too. But there haven't been any attacks on people or pets so far.

Some speculation it may be due to the abnormally cold winter? I'm hoping. From what I've read, in the areas where there have been attacks, it is usually preceded by abnormally bold behavior. But we don't live in the city and even our friends in town shot at them. Everyone shoots at them. There's even a guy who comes around every so often and pays for the skins.

This isn't CA where friendly people think it is good to feed coyotes. It's rural NE where everyone seems to say the only good coyote is a dead coyote.

And no intention to poison. Most people around here just let their dogs run. We've never had any of them visit us, but I still don't want to be responsible for killing someone's dog unless I have good reason to. And I certainly don't want our dogs getting into it.

 

[Harleena]

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Yes, be careful with your dogs, even during the day. We have seen coyotes roaming in broad daylight, and we are in the partially rural suburbs. Over the years, we've lost quite a few cats, we think, to coyotes. The last cat we lost escaped with his collar on, but no one called us. We have a flood wash behind our back brick wall, and we occasionally hear coyotes at night.