thanks for the followup. I didn't hear/see them at all last night. Maybe a shot near them will be enough to keep them away.
On 1/28/07, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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:226012 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
