Would’ve been handy to have had a pistol to protect himself but no, this is New Jersey where common sense and the Constitution dare not tread.
I always pack while walking my dog, and just about anything else.
His dog didn’t warn and protect him?
I was in a health center last summer, and a man comes running into the building asking for help- then explained that his wife and he had been bitten by a rabid fox repeatedly- the woman came in with shorts and you could see the bite marks all over her legs, and on her hands- The fella had bites on his arms- The woman had to grab the fox around the neck to keep it from biting further, and was finally able to strangle the creature- the man put the fox in his back seat of his car to have it tested-
It was surreal to witness, and must have been quite shocking for them to have gone through all that
One night about 14 years ago I took my female greyhound out at 3 or 4 A.M. This was at our old house, which was on a hill on a corner lot. I had her on a flexi-leash, so I was up the slope from the street, and she was at the edge of the lawn. I heard a sound, which within a few seconds was clearly the clicking of a canine’s nails, and realized that it was unlikely that it was a dog. It was moving quickly, so I called my dog and pulled her leash. As she came up into the yard, I saw that the sound was indeed that made by a coyote. It was frightening.
Recently in this area there was an attack by a rabid fox.
Bet he had a small dog. Coyotes have been known to grab small dogs, even with the owner standing right there.
There are coyote/coydogs in my area. Sometimes they are in my yard at night. I have two blocks of wood handy and clap them. This noise scares away the coys.
Last year I opened my back door to let my dog out at night. Thank God my dog was old and slow at the time and didn’t get a chance to go outside. The instant I opened the door, the coys started barking. I quickly stepped inside and closed the door. They went silent. As a test, I reopened the door and they started barking again. Scared me. What puzzled me was that they were noisy. They bark when they already have caught their prey and fight over it. Now I don’t go outside at night.
He needs to get a bigger dog.
I hope he had a concealed carry firearm to kill the coyote to send it to be checked
Wile E. Coyote
I was wrong, it was a 100 lb German Shepherd. In that case, I think he screwed up by running and triggering the predatory response.
While fishing along the local river, I’ve had coyotes walk past me, even bushing against my leg as they passed. With the high traffic along this river the local wildlife has no fear of man or woman.
We see coyotes on a regular basis on our golf courses here in Tucson. I have never heard of one attacking a person. Little dogs on the other hand, if unaccompanied, are definitely coyote kibble.
Arctic wolves stroll up to workers in Canada
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/11545837/Arctic-wolves-stroll-up-to-workers-in-Canada.html
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I have a friend whose neighbor owns two Great Pyrenees and they now longer have any coyotes in their neighborhood.
This happened in my brother’s neighborhood. He saw the coyote in question just a few hours before chasing down a turkey.
