Coyote

[bently]

well just now about 15 min ago.....i head barking and howling, so i go out back with my cane corso and .40 while i turn on the lights i see a group of coyotes mabey 3-4 neer the puppy pens. my corso chases some off while i fire some rounds at the others.

i am really fucking getting tired of these damn yotes. i have lost 2 young dogs to them over the past 3 years and my older dogs have killed around 5-6 of them. How the hell do i keep these things away.? am thinking about getting some adult shepards and putting them on a cable run that goes all the way around the yard? any recommendations?

[skipper]

Kavkazskaja ovtjarka even keeps bears away. Make sure he grows up with the dogs though.

[gabbagabbahey]

They sound interesting,Skipper & very usefull !!

[Nut]

Kavkazskaja ovtjarka even keeps bears away. Make sure he grows up with the dogs though.

wow.. lol

[Officially Retired]

Would not want something that big around my dogs on chains.

I mean, look at them, they're going after each other, which means they're dog-aggressive, and they're HUGE.

Ch Mr. Serious (a 38 ) got killed by two loose Rhodesian ridgebacks who ganged up on him and killed him while he was on the chain.

Jack

[Infidel77]

I love to hunt coyotes. Coyotes are scavengers and are always looking for an easy meal. What I would do, is try to call them in with either a distress call of some type (rabbit, bird, even a hurt pup distress) using an electronic caller. There are even a few apps you can download to your phone you could try. Give it a few nights and set up in a spot where you see them regularly. The .40 would work in close range, but I prefer a 12ga with extra full choke (I use a choke called Dead Coyote and a 3" no. 4 buckshot). This will extend your range out to 50yrds. If you happen to kill a few, coyotes that live through it are smart enough to learn where danger is and avoid those areas.

Good Luck

[AmberLamps]

Imagine if that thing got hungry, it would decimate your whole yard.

[skipper]

These dogs aren't suppose to be brought up as regular dogs. They are bred for one reason, to protect the heard. As pups they are left with their heard and they grow up with their instinct to protect. Now you can make that heard your yard of dogs or your cattle or whatever. I have a family member who breeds ovtjarkas, it's amazing to see to what extent they will protect their heard. If you have a problem with wolves coyotes or bears for that matter i think you should have your dogs in kennels to begin with. One of these motherfuckers will keep those animals away or he will die trying. I live amongst wolves bears and bobcats, seen it first hand.

[skipper]

I mean, look at them, they're going after each other, which means they're dog-aggressive, and they're HUGE.

Thats like saying pitbulls are viscous killers. I have enough experience with the breed to say they are not a dog for anyone, they should not be kept as pets. If brought up right they are amazing. No disrespect intended.

I think the problem would be that u cant trust a gamedog with any other dogs LOL

[Officially Retired]

Thats like saying pitbulls are viscous killers.

Pit bulls are potentially vicious killers ... wouldn't guard pit bulls with bigger pit bulls either

I have enough experience with the breed to say they are not a dog for anyone, they should not be kept as pets. If brought up right they are amazing. No disrespect intended.

This has nothing to do with the subject.

The subject is GUARDING your pups, not replacing one potential killer with another.

Any animal that is dog-agressive, HUGE, and even mildly game is a threat to the lives of the smaller pit bulls on the chain.

Has nothing to do with respect, it has to do with basic horse sense.
I tried to explain this to Griddog, when he proposed the "great idea" of getting two huge Rhodesian ridgebacks (lion killers) to guard his little dogs, and I told him it was a bad idea.
He didn't listen, the inevitable "squabble" happened while he was gone ... and his best friend & greatest dog got killed, and he has never been the same (or heard from) since.

I think the problem would be that u cant trust a gamedog with any other dogs LOL

It doesn't really matter who starts it; what matters is IF the (supposed) guard will engage, IF it can cause damage, and IF it's game "enough" to kill a pit bull with its weight advantage.

For this reason, I think a simple German shepherd would be better (a female).
They're not monstrously huge.
They're not game enough to kill a small bulldog.
But they WILL run off coyotes if trained to ... without jeopardizing your yard.

Jack


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