Are you sure that they aren't bald beavers? They can be very dangerous as well.The only cougar I've seen didn't have that much fur. Equally dangerous though
Awesome dogs / Crazy pets Thread
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JRHill
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Inside the pen with the dead sheep.
Date is correct. We don't do sheep anymore.
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Bobcat are a somewhat common encounter here anymore. Adult males can get quite stout.
I was on a rural road a few years ago and saw couple critters in the road ahead. As I got closer they went into the ditch and up the bank on the uphill side. No doubting it was two bobcat kittens. Maybe the size of an adult house cat.
Like black bear, fisher, coyote, bald eagles and even turkey; never heard of them 40++ years ago.
The bears and coyotes have really gotten accustomed to suburban life. Probably more of them in more populated places than out in the sticks like here.
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Bobcats and chickens are not a great mix. This one survived. It's predecessor, who ate 5 of my birds before I solved it's lead deficiency problem, did not.
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That's for sure. Flocks of 10 or 20 turkeys in the back yard are commonplace, don't dare put a bird feeder out as the bears will destroy them, an eagle flying over doesn't even raise an eyebrow (and I've lost birds to them too). I haven't seen a fisher but I know they're around and I hear coyotes but haven't laid eyes on one.
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Some years back in a different place a friend set trap lings for bobcats, mainly. In some particularly nasty weather he ran his trap line and came up empty. On the way home in his pickup he hit one on the county road.
My two clowns sure did not act like they were cold…
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9 hours later, he came in to eat. Now he wants to go back out.
Long story, short. My daughter had a Pit Bull for 14 years. Last 2 it was being treated for cancer. This dog was my daughter's life. When she had to put it down it was really terrible. She loves dogs but was especially attached to Remy. . . .
Two weeks go by and serendipitously she gets a call from a rescue that there is a Pitty about to be put down as its time at the shelter was up. Would she just foster it for a couple of weeks until they could find him a home?
This is the luckiest dog on the planet. 'Blaze' had been through 10 different fosters before he ended up at the shelter. Some of them weren't so great. Its been great for both of them. Of course she adopted him.
Two weeks go by and serendipitously she gets a call from a rescue that there is a Pitty about to be put down as its time at the shelter was up. Would she just foster it for a couple of weeks until they could find him a home?
This is the luckiest dog on the planet. 'Blaze' had been through 10 different fosters before he ended up at the shelter. Some of them weren't so great. Its been great for both of them. Of course she adopted him.
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After their dog passed, one of our daughters and SIL fostered several pits in Philly a few years ago.
Long story, but I will never be a fan of the breed.
They were all sweethearts and probably had some terrible upbringing/backgrounds. Not their fault. It was the idiots that had them.
One sweet gal was likely used as a "Bait Dog" (?) and part of her jowls were torn off......amazing she was so good natured with people after what some of them had done to her.
I kind of lean toward your thinking RCW. My daughter's last dog had an edge to her when she was younger. Always tried to dominate one of ours. This one has some scars on him. Problem is you don't know the whole history except the last 'foster' was really brutal to the dog.
I've met him and he seems like the sweetest thing - after 2 weeks with my daughter. The problem I see is if there becomes a problem its a real problem because of their strength. That said one of my sons has 4 dobies & rottweilers. They are great pets.
I've met him and he seems like the sweetest thing - after 2 weeks with my daughter. The problem I see is if there becomes a problem its a real problem because of their strength. That said one of my sons has 4 dobies & rottweilers. They are great pets.
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Got my 11 year-old gal (Standard Poodle) her second Librella shot. Really seems to help her mobility.
I can't understand the mentality of people who treat any animal like that. Our boy got mistreated before we got him. Don't think it was anything that bad, bit it still makes me sick when I go to pat him and cowers. It's a rare occurrence these days, but it's still there.
He has proven a few times already that he will put himself between us and danger. (Wild pigs, snakes and a random guy he didn't trust)
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They probably treat people and their family the same way so maybe the best ya can say is they are consistent.