Well, we have coyote again.
Discreet matchmaking is allowed, however.
Thanks.
Even though everybody keeps telling me I shouldn't do what I want to do, I still want to do it.
Yeah, but they don't generally take down deer.
And given the choice between more bears, or reintroducing mountain lions, or the wolves... I'd rather go with the wolves.
Maybe even werewolves. Do a little about the excess stupid people population, too.
Discreet??
If that's 10s idea of discreet, I'd hate to see her being direct.
Black bear and cougar are incredibly shy, and almost never come out into the open. Those dogs, on the other hand....
Mountain lions (or cougars, same animal) actually attack a fair number of people each year. Especially people on horseback. Whereas attacks by wolves on people are, in the main, more myth than substance.
Kick-ass movies with Liam Neeson aside.
Also, if it helps, you can hear them howl for *miles* away. I remember being up in Canada and hearing them, and even though they sounded like they were in the next campsite the ranger in charge of the howl said they were well over on the next ridge.
Have a good night, all! Don't do anything I wouldn't do.
And I know exactly where the feral canines in question are; they're in Brushee, the next valley over.
Have a good night, all! Don't do anything I wouldn't do.
Oh, wait- do you have actual feral *dogs*??
Those scare me. Coyotes don't go in packs, but feral dogs do and they tend not to be as people shy as their wilder cousins.
Those I'd want to shoot on sight, too.
Coyotes don't pack, and they almost never take down livestock. Least nothing bigger than a sheep, certainly not a cow. They aren't big enough for that by themselves, or really even in a pair. Everyone thinks coyotes are like wolves, but they aren't, they're smaller.
I've seen one or two in the wild, and it's like black bears to grizzlies, the difference in size. (Not that black bears aren't themselves dangerous.)
Feral dogs, on the other hand, do form packs. And because they are often originally domesticated, they don't have the fear of people that they should. They scare me. I ran into one, once, in an urban setting. Small pack, mostly smaller dogs, except for the big one that was clearly alpha. I just came around a corner on the far side of a mall and there they were. They went past me, but it was a tense moment and there was a definitive "Am I or am I not on the menu?" feeling. If the pack had been comprised of larger breeds, I would have been considerably more worried.
So you weren't being pushy.
I know sometimes people turn their dogs loose in tough economic times, figuring that will be better for them when the owners run out of money to keep them properly.
Somebody's probably done a study on it, somewhere. Though if not, maybe we could get a hold of some grant money.
Marines, we are LEAVING!
(not you, Cobra. Just the colonials)
Have a good night, all! Don't do anything I wouldn't do.
And yet there is still no picture in my inbox
Are you trying to get Hillz to pimp out her brother?