“As the line between natural, wildlife areas continues to blur with residential housing areas, pet owners will need to become more vigilant. Cats and small dogs left unattended in yards are easy prey to a hungry coyote, mountain lion, or even raccoon.”
Standard liberal boilerplate that has no basis in fact. The line between natural areas and housing areas has always been blurred. There were a lot more wild areas in the past. What has changed is that people no longer carry guns and shoot predators on sight as a menace. Lions and bears and coyotes learn that people are not dangerous and are potential food sources. We are not defending our position at the top of the food chain as vigorously as we used to. That is the difference.
Solution: Larger dogs.
“As the line between natural, wildlife areas continues to blur with residential housing areas, pet owners will need to become more vigilant. Cats and small dogs left unattended in yards are easy prey to a hungry coyote, mountain lion, or even raccoon.”
Standard silly animal rights nonsense. The line between natural areas and housing areas has always been blurred. There were a lot more wild areas in the past. What has changed is that people no longer carry guns and shoot predators on sight as a menace. Lions and bears and coyotes learn that people are not dangerous and are potential food sources. We are not defending our position at the top of the food chain as vigorously as we used to. That is the difference.
I live on forested property adjacent to lumber company land. Plenty of cougar around. I have only seen one in my 30 years here. They don’t like to be seen, so, you don’t, unless they want to eat you, your kid, or your dog. No doggy doors at my house. The dog gets stuck outside with a cougar or two, it’s pretty much “tough craps to y’all dog”, as there would probably not be enough time to grab a weapon & cover the ground between us to save the day.
kitty ping
They use every excuse for this mt. lion’s hunger except the most obvious — he was retarded, a lousy hunter, lazy, so he was looking for some neighborhood-organized welfare.
I wonder why the lion was malnourished ... was it somehow injured and unable to properly hunt, or is it more of a “famine” period out there?
"We're gonna need a bigger..........dog."
Not sure why they euthanized it. Put it in a zoo. He obviously was not able to care for himself.
Only a fool lives anywhere near open country or forest and doesn’t have a good shotgun. Protecting your kids is an obligation not to be trusted to the government!
After it was poured and the guys were smoothing it, out from the doggie door came the family pooch. It ran all through the wet cement and then back into the house, being covered with concrete.
My friend had a doggie door that operated from a magnet on the dog’s collar to keep the other critters out. But...the dog got out in the middle of the night and got sprayed by a skunk. The dog went back into the house and jumped into bed with him.
I’m giving my dog a gun.
With three large dogs, the smallest of which is 95 pounds, we’ve considered installing a doggie door, until we realized that other animals like coyotes and our neighbor’s cats could also enter. We do have a six foot chain link fence, but it’s not foolproof.
Wow! What a lion!
I understand this dog and will bet he/she is the smartest one in that pack.
They have the outside yard in their home? Great writing, there!