Here are my babies, they have been raised with the herd since they were pups:
Posted on 12/06/2022 12:23:00 PM PST by rktman
What a great dog!
True!
I've encountered them many times in the boonies of Nevada...they really bark at vehicles and its best to just drive by.
They know their jobs
Was working on a cattle ranch in a remote part of central Nevada and had just let my male Rottweiler, Angus, out in the morning.
Heard him barking and coyotes yapping.
Grabbed a rifle and ran outside to find 6 coyotes in a half circle around Angus taking turns sneaking in close enough to nip at him
I launched a round over the group and they all ran off. Pretty certain what the outcome would have been if I hadn’t intervened.
The scary part is 11 coyotes. They’re not supposed to be pack animals, yet these obviously had come together for a common purpose. You could almost say ... they had a plan.
Eastern coyotes ALL are a hybridized western coyote, with a little red wolf, gray wolf and domestic dog mixed in. And as a “subspecies” (if you can call them that), they (literally) didn’t exist until about a hundred years ago. So I’m thinking their behavior is still evolving to suit their new physiology and intellect. I also think it would be insane not to encourage people to hunt them — maybe put a bounty on them — to keep them fearful of humans.
Because if 11 coyotes attacked an unarmed human, I doubt he’d fare as well as Casper did.
It bears mention that in 2008, a pack of coyotes killed a 19-year-old woman named Taylor Mitchell in Nova Scotia. There was snow on the ground and investigators said they could tell from the tracks that the coyotes had been stalking her,
Sheep in Nevada? Who would have thought right? LOL! Uh, the Basque folks might use them. Not sure. Woof!
Those are big dogs. I am guessing a full size male can be 150 lbs or so
There are hunts in Nevada.
Our Pyr was a 125 ilb. male. Ultra gentle with children and other domestic animals. However, any unfamiliar intruder, whether animal or human, he would be extremely protective of the household. He chased 3 coyotes off the property after they attempted to surround him. When tested, he is ferocious.
Imhave great pyrs protecting my goat herd. I would not want them herding the goats, that’s not their job. What they do is my male dog (160 lbs) plops down in the middle of the herd and watches the goings on and let’s out a booming bark from time to time. The female patrols the fence line and alerts everyone if something is amiss.
They are very sweet and gentle with humans, but they do create a wall between visitors and their goats. They don’t mind me or DH messing with the goats, thought. I’m part of the herd a I think, lol. They don’t like the billy goat too much, they are not aggressive but they physically steer him away from the does. 😂.
Oh and my neighbors said that they used to hear coyotes all the time until we moved here with the pyrs - we don’t hear any now but I know they are still sighted in the neighborhood.
Here are my babies, they have been raised with the herd since they were pups:
Our ranch property borders a 4,000 acre working cattle ranch. Every once in a while I have to thin out the Johnson ground squirrel population. When I go out the next morning there is always a Yote or two around. I like to take them out with my bolt .308 or M1A using Barnes 150gr MPG FB frangible bullets, which are jacketed sintered powder tungsten carbide. These bullets detonate when they hit a Coyote and just obliterate varmints. Because they are frangible you do not have to worry about anything beyond the Coyote.
I hope Caper makes a full recovery and lives a long doggie life.
That dog is dynomite!
On the same note, there is a video that captured one (eastern) coyote killing three large pit bulls in a fenced in yard. I agree, eastern coyotes are basically wolves and they have a level of conditioning and strength/weight you won’t see even in well exercised dogs. To have a chance, you need a very large, powerful, well conditioned dog... sounds like this good boy fits the bill.
Hundreds of encounters
Sounds like you need a coyote gun.
A lot of coyote hunters would like to have that number.
Where I live in Arizona, coyotes have learned how behave playfully to lure a dog out into the desert where a pack will attack and kill the dog. Many years ago I had a German Shepard in the backyard and a coyote would come to the gate (which the dog could see through) and start scampering around playfully while my dog would go nuts wanting out. So one night I let him out just to see what would happen. He and the coyote ran into the desert and quickly I heard a vicious fight in progress. I went charging into the desert with my .45, scattered the four or five coyotes and retrieved Sombra. He had blood all over him and was as happy as a dog could be. I washed him off and examined him carefully, not a scratch, the blood wasn't his.
That was one happy and excited dog, but I never did that again.
Fantastic dogs-out here just about every other neighbor has at least a few goats-and Great Pyrenees are the guard dog of choice for animals and humans-fearless, and wonderful companion dogs, too-like other working breed dogs, they are well worth the hefty price to buy a pup...
I had a German Shepherd that my kids could climb all over and she’d let them but G-d help you if you tried to get in my fenced yard and she didn’t know you and if my kids were out, she’d go bat shiat crazy on you.
Where is Laurel Ridge???
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