instinct and training are a lot alike... if you simply start doing what you see needs to be done, others will do the same and a leader will naturally emerge
Posted on 03/09/2014 2:01:08 PM PDT by DBCJR
The coywolf, a mixture of western coyote and eastern wolf, is a remarkable new hybrid carnivore that is taking over territories once roamed by wolves and slipping unnoticed into our cities. Its appearance is very recent — within the last 90 years — in evolutionary terms, a blip in time. Beginning in Canada but by no means ending there, the story of how it came to be is an extraordinary tale of how quickly adaptation and evolution can occur, especially when humans interfere. Tag along as scientists study this new top predator, tracking it from the wilderness of Ontario’s Algonquin Park, through parking lots, alleys and backyards in Toronto all the way to the streets of New York City. (Video streaming restricted to U.S. and Territories.)
OMG, they are doggie divinity!
I *like* pointy dogs.
:D
[and you need not worry that wolves will eat you, now]
Yeah, I watched that a few weeks ago. Amazing creatures. Right there in downtown Chicago, New York, and Toronto.
Thankfully, our coyotes in Alabama are the scrawnier, littler kind. I do image they’ll be on their way down here, eventually. Nature abhors a vacuum and bigger predators just aren’t here except people.
Makes me wonder what will happen when the Coywolf meets the Red Wolves reintroduced into North Carolina.
========================================================
Ain't dat da truth!
:) Apparently new neighbor is really into them. He described a get together with a bunch of other Borzoi owners on a large property. About fifty Borzois took off after a rabbit and by his description they clearly began working together in an instant. Amazing since they weren’t familiar with each other until that day. On the run they assumed the roles of leader, followers and flankers with no apparent confusion about it. He said it was beautiful to watch and I can see why.
instinct and training are a lot alike... if you simply start doing what you see needs to be done, others will do the same and a leader will naturally emerge
It’s pretty cool that they do it without even a practice run together and that it’s not just a competition of fastest one gets there first.
That is the beauty of the sighthound.
They all *just know* what to do.
I had 4 Ibizans here that were related but not familiar with each other, really.
Along with them, there were 2 Dobes and a small Am Staff.
One day, the aggravating squirrel who tormented them daily from the safety of the old maple in the front yard went suddenly stoopid and leaped into the back yard, right in their collective midst.
In a flash, the Ibizans gave chase and shockingly, the Dobes and AmStaff followed.
It was the only time I ever heard their infamous yodeling, war cry.
Blood curdling!
The squirrel made it to the back fence but not before Renne, the bitch in the lead, chomped down on his tail.
“Stumpy” lived many more years after that but never bothered the dogs again.
I only have Djinni the Ibizan and Gypsy, the Portuguese Podengo Medio left now but every spring and summer is spent keeping them from murdering my chipmunks.
Gypsy, smaller and fuzzier, zooms under the thickets to flush them out and Djinni, tail ‘flagging’ like crazy awaits on the edge of the briars to seize them as they run out.
It’s amazing how well they coordinate their hunt but still, I like my little chippies *alive*.
:)
I used to go to lure coursing events and the Borzoi and Scottish Deerhounds were my favorites to watch.
Very pointy dogs.
I did not realize the threat level in other parts of the country. Here in the PNW, you will hear about the occasional cougar attack, and wolves are being reintroduced, but people generally still wander with no protection in forest areas. The ones who do carry do so as much for homo sapien threats as animal.
I guess the fact that the northwest has no where near the population density of humans and pets has to do the lack of hybrid or cross development?
100%! as long as everybody does what they see needs to be done, the whole group wins it's not a race, it's survival, and they know it without having to be taught
poetry in motion
A pack of dogs coming together can assess hierarchy via body language and smell faster than the human eye can even perceive.
Especially hounds, that were specifically bred to cooperate with each other.
To them, ‘the pack’ is much more of a cooperative collective than a competitive rank.
LOL Yes, they kind of make your dobies look stocky and blocky. ;-)
100% they don't call it a pack mentality for nothing... and i don't mean a pack of feral youts either
If you’re squeamish about the real purpose of Borzoi, don’t watch...:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oneQ5XGrLHA
Nice pack of Lurchers, there, too.
It’s not unusual for coyotes and domestic dogs to breed so what’s the big deal.
Just one dog screwing another dog and making puppies.
:D
My first Dobes were of the old "pointy" type.
My current are Euros which are quite stocky/blocky.
There was a time in their history where they were much more "greyhound-y"
We live in an area in NC around a lake where the homes are all on lots of 5 acres or more. Husband and I argued about whether what we have been seeing was wolf or coyote. Now I know. The cats are no longer allowed to roam needless to say. The dog is an amstaff - I don’t let him roam either, but for different reasons.
Truthfully, we need the deer control. I think everyone in the county has lost a vehicle to deer. They are out of control, so I guess I’ll welcome these big guys.
I didn’t think they were coyote because they are so much larger than what I saw growing up in Oklahoma and Texas. Husband said not wolf, because he’d seen the real thing in Alaska.
I love it, myself.
[that’s probably why I hang around with bikers, too]
;D
that's the problem of running from a pack, you have to run flat out ALL THE TIME, where the pack can switch out the point dog while the others are catching their breath for another go
It's very hard to exaggerate how slender and pointy a Borzoi is. :)
it's cause you're BAD... 8^) still have the trike, yes?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.