Coyote Attack!

[Cactus]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( <font color="blue"> Obviously the ones who were around your dog weren't all that hungry or he would have been in a world of hurt. </font> )</font>

I use to have a Yellow Black Mouth Cur/Leopard Cur Dog mix and we had a coyote or 2 hanging around,in the woods behind my house and that cur dog was after the coyote's more than once . I don't know what would have happened if the coyotes had called that dogs bluff, but I know that cur dog kept the coyotes away from the house.He was mad all of the time.

 

[GerardC]

Here's a photo of our A.I.D. Here is a link to an A.I.D. web page that you may find interesting. Click on the bottom of the web page to visit their entire site.

 

[Cactus]

Very interesting....beautiful dogs....intriguing.

 

[Laminarman]

In response to Toy: shoot now while you still have your dogs. A friend of mine had the exact similar situation with coyotes coming around every few days bothering her large dog (mutt). Apparently her dog was aggressive and over 100lbs. But one morning she heard an aweful screaming and it was her kids watching out the front window as a pack of five or six coyotes tore her dog to ribbons in front of their eyes. She couldn't stop them before the dog was disemboweled and dead. Shoot now, don't wait.

 

[ronnie2005]

This is to know one in particular, just about a dog we once had. I was 6 when Dad brought home a 2 year old Chow/Husky mix. He was so big I could hardly see over his back! We kept him for about a year, but because of his size just to big for our place in Southern Cal. We gave him to my cousin in Southern Or., he had 200 acres of farm, great place. Well, Kilroy(the dog) owned the place. We would vist about twice a year and my cousin would show me the grave yard behind the barn. There were several small graves, the neighbors cats, but I noticed some very large ones, and of course asked what were those? Three wolves, 5 coyotes, 1 mountain lion, was his reply. He had to make a trip to the vet after the lion for stitches but no real harm done. Kilroy weighed in at 175lbs during the summer and wasn't afraid of anything. Cousin told me that the last wolf he took down in less than 30sec and then just looked at the rest of the pack and they ran off and never came back. Kilroy went to sleep on the front porch at 22 years old and never woke up. My cousin has had 3 more Chow/Husky mix since then and all have had about the same attitude. This is my place and you don't belong here. Just alittle something I thought I would share with you' all.

 

[PBinWA]

In the west the coyotes are a lot smaller than in the south and east. This may be due to less in breeding with dogs/wolves/whatever or just Darwinism.

Apparently, coyotes have twice the jaw crushing strength of dogs. So pound for pound they will have an upper hand.

My 100 pound Weimaraner/Lab cross terrorizes the coyote population where I live. I suspect they are counting the years until he gets older but he will have a younger hunting buddy to help him out by then.

You need a BIG tough and physically fit dog with attitude to deal with Coyotes. My neighbors Great Pyrennes (100 + pounds with probably an additional 100 pounds of fur) has been torn up a little once or twice but she isn't very agile. She still comes home and is outside all the time.

A 175 pound husky/chow cross killing a cougar is amazing. I would have to see that one to believe it. Not saying it isn't true - just amazing.

 

[Laminarman]

PB: I don't care how big or tough a dog is, coyotes are killing machines and they'll kill any dog if they have a pack and are in the mood to kill. In the East they can get big. A buddy dropped one on a dead run with a 30-06 to the head and weighed at 80lbs. It's mounted in his study, howling, and is very scary to think he was running around his rural home. Never mind the neighbors complaining about the gun shot, once they saw the dog they agreed it was OK to shoot it.

 

[Boone]

If you run stock and are concerned about coyote and wolf just run one and only one medium or large donkey in with the herd.

 

[HammerFour]

The problem you will have no matter how big the dog is you have is the lion and hyena scenario...the lion can slaughter any single hyena, but if you get a few of them he can't spin fast enough to protect his back....and eventually the little nips and bites either drive him off or kill him.

Same thing with dogs if they run into enough coyotes, coy-dogs, or wolves.

 

[Tevi]

We have a pair of Great Pyrenese that fix the problem.They are also great with the kids

 

[Barton]

I walked with my Dad on several Coyote Roundups when I was a youngun'. This was in eastern Kansas back in the 50's. I don't think they are allowed or legal anymore but it was a great way to clean out a bunch of coyotes in a pretty good size area. It sounds like "they" need to bring the Roundups back!

 

[SPIKER]

today in willobughy ohio there was a full grown guy attacked !!! I just caught a few words on the news about it, he was in the cleveland metro parks where they are also having big problems with spring deer deaths lots of young dead ones apparent wasting away from lack of food and killing of trees plants from over grazing of the starving deer... guess the coyotes should have plenty of food but the guy was a bit tastier looking I guess... (news said they were wating about rabbies so they must have gotten the thing.)

Markm

 

[madozerman]

A dog that killed 3 wolves ,5 coyotes and a mountain lion.80 pound coyotes!!!!I love this place!

 

[Junkman]

He would have gotten the partridge also, but it was too high in the pear tree...... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[LMTC]

Any local links to a news story on this attack in Willoughby? Thanks.

 

[RedDog]

Very interesting thread! /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif I'm gonna get me some beer and popcorn and continue reading this movie. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

RedDog

 

[PitbullMidwest]

My son and I came home last fall to find a coyote in the lane acting drunk as a skunk, I don't know if it was the latter stage of rabies or not, but it was definitely sick with something. The 12 guage took care of that.

With no natural predetor left on the farm to thin the pack, we have coyotes in spades. We had a friend trap them out 2 years ago but the population is back up again this year. Since Iowa no longer pays a bounty for coyotes and fur becoming less popular even trappers aren't interested in them.

Having seen what a pack can do to a calf, I don't care how tough I think my GSD is, I'd rather shoot or trap coyotes then to send my pet out after them.

On the other hand, it is cool to listen to the coyotes sing.

 

[SPIKER]

sorry I don't have it but it may be available on FOX8 NEWS web site. search for clevelan & fox8 news. it was last night or sunday? I think the victome was riding a bike? I only caught last few words AFTER I heard the coyote word I was on here with tv going in back ground waiting 4 forcast of weather.
http://www.fox8cleveland.com/default2.htm

I wasn't quickly able to locate the info there though...

MarkM

 

[Bird]

I was accustomed to seeing coyotes out in the country (60 miles south of Dallas), but hadn't seen one since moving back into town about two and half years ago . . . until yesterday morning. I saw one that had been run over in Lewisville, but of course, it was pretty close to the Trinity River bottoms.

 

[BillG_in_TX]

I found it - dated the 20th!. Evidently you were clairvoyant. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

Coyotes Cause Park Closing
(4/20/05) — An area of parkland east of Cleveland has been closed because of threatening coyotes. The North Chagrin Reservation of the Cleveland Metroparks was closed to the public after two coyotes attacked a bicyclist and a pet dog during the weekend.

Park officials think the coyotes may be protecting a litter of pups. One of the two coyotes was shot and killed by rangers and will be tested for rabies.