I live in a condo I was just told by my neighbor that she saw a coyote about 20 ft away from her staring her down when she was taking her pug out at 12 am when she got back from work. Reportedly two other neighbors have seen them at night, one at 1 am, the other one at dusk about 30 ft away from their homes at the edge of the woods watching them on their deck! I searched the internet for coyote help, my husband has pepper spray but I am worried about it in the wind. My little girl has been waking up during the night due to UTI and I also have to take her out at about 10:30 pm before bed. I have a long hoe that I will be carrying tonight, a bright flashlight, and also I read rags dipped in ammonia on the property should work. Has anyone dealt with this and what did you do? I need something tonight. I will be ordering a cattle prod but it takes time to get here. Thanks so much for any help!
Unless they are in desperate need of food and water. Even then, you probably shouldn't worry. Just the only real reason I can see a coyote risk tangling with a human.
I could see mace, some sort of club, or a cattle prod being fairly useless. You have to hit them for those to be effective. Good luck with that. They're fast and are only gonna be there long enough to handle their business.
Just carry a flashlight, and don't risk it if they are out. Otherwise, get the pup to do her business and get back inside.
Cape Cod, Massachusetts. I just came back from West Marine with an air horn. I know that if I have to use it my little one will be mortified but better that than being eaten. I also hung up windchimes since they supposedly don't like noise.
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A coyote would not dare attack your on leash dog with you there....and if they do, there's a bigger problem (aka: these aren't coyotes, rabies, or improper human handling).
The coyotes in MT are wicked smart. They would probably leave you alone if your dog is leashed but all bets are off if the dog is loose. They are known in my area to use a coyote bitch as a decoy to lure a dog into their area and then the group will jump on and kill the dog.
While this article discusses a wolf kill, the advice in it is what I would give for coyotes as well:
My dogs are leashed at all times so that should not be a problem. This gives me some peace, I was going crazy because of the coyote kill of a human and her dog in Canada several years ago. I don't remember the details but I think it was an athlete who was jogging with her lab in the woods and two coyotes killed both of them.
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um....I think there had to be more to the Canadian Story.....coyotes are not maneats (and they don't attack them either unless they're sick...which is uncommon)
It sounds like you most likely have a couple of younger yearlings who are curious. Show them you're something to avoid. The most recent litter in our area is out of the den now and have been annoying the crap out of me at night now since they've discovered how fun dumpsters are to play in (I opened the dumpster to drop a bag of trash in their last night and it was one of those "oh...hello" moments)
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Hi Lenka:
Living in rural Canada and hiking the woods daily, there is rarely a day that goes by that we don’t spot a coyote. Some follow, some attempt to lure, but most are just curious and run. There was one that did scare me though. He was big and did not seem afraid in the least. He had an eerie look about him. We held our ground longer than he held his though and then he just trailed a good distance behind. My hubby is always “packing” so we have the back up if needed but we’ve never felt threatened to that point yet.
I think this is the incident you’re talking about. Some good discussion and tips in the actual article. It truly was a sad - young, up and coming folk artist on the east coast.
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