I posted the link to the pictures on a local group and there is an overwhelming consensus that this is a coyote. Some of people who answered see them frequently, If you are looking for non-lethal suggestions -- not sure from your post -- fireworks and paintballs were mentioned, as well as simply bringing your dog inside. The one person said she talked to a state biologist who said that any coyote is a threat to any dog, simply because it is used to killing other animals for food, which a domesticated animal is not.
hope that helps Dana On 1/07, Mary Jo Sminkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Probably not, though I think it would depend on the size of the dog. My > wife > >and i have friends who have had small dogs killed by coyotes, which are > very > >common in the canyons in San Diego. My dog, on the other hand, is 80 lbs > of > >pure muscle and she does the chasing and killing. > > Sure...that's why we have livestock guardian breeds whose primary job is > to do that. They are even being used in Africa to guard flocks from > predators like cheetahs and lions, so coyotes certainly are not going to > give them pause. But I'd be careful letting an older dog regardless of size > tangle with a wild canid. > > --- Mary Jo > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:226007 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
