Wolf on 30A

[BlueMtnBeachVagrant]

It's not just your kitties that could be in danger...
http://www.yahoo.com/s/872456

 

[Will B]

I have probable proof of coyotes in the back corner of my yard. There's a disemboweled racoon in my yard. Not exactly something a dog would do. A lot of it is gone...

Blech...

 

[barefootguy]

That kind of thing does happen, but dog attacks are a whole lot more common. I've been growled at by a coyote, licked by a coyote, but it's the loose dogs that I have trouble with. I've been attacked by way to many dogs. I must look like a hoodlum or something. Relaxing bike rides in the country just don't happen for me without being chased down by a group of wandering dogs. I need to keep a billy club strapped to my bike.

 

[Smiling JOe]

I learned to pedal faster. About 15 miles into my usual bike ride, I used to always get chased by two dogs, one pit bull. I quickly learned that no matter if I was tired, I needed to get a second wind when riding up that long hill where the dogs lived.

Around here, riding through the neighborhoods, if a dog comes out running at me on my bike. I stop the bike, get off and introduce myself. I am amazed at the difference a shift in my attitude makes. The dogs are much happier when I stop to visit. Some, even follow me around for a while when I get back on my bike.

 

[NoHall]

Coyotes are sort of scrawny and tan and more foxlike, wolves are bigger, more of a grey color and are much more doglike.

I've seen/heard coyotes all over the area (including trotting down 30-A in daylight), but I don't think wolves are a local animal.

Cool to see neat animals whatever it was!

And foxes are more feline in the way they run. Much smaller than a coyote or a wolf.

 

[barefootguy]

Sometimes cats and coyotes get along just peachy ...

 

[Will B]

Sometimes cats and coyotes get along just peachy ...

True...but Charlie is a most extraordinary example. The cat, Eli, is his best friend. There is a very popular blog about Charlie at http://dailycoyote.blogspot.com/

The pictures and blogs are from newest to oldest so take the time to click all the way to the beginning and, then, work your way backwards. Pretty neat story...

 

[barefootguy]

Yes, that's where I grabbed the pictures. I've really enjoyed that blog, and the pictures are awesome.

 

[Will B]

It's interesting to read that despite Charlie's being somewhat domesticated he is still all Coyote. I don't think he could ever survive in the real world by himself, but at least the owner still lets him have his coyote behaviors...

 

[RiverOtter]

Sometimes cats and coyotes get along just peachy ...

Road Runners and Coyotes don't get along at all

Nor do sheep dogs and coyotes