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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I live in the Southwest. We have coyotes in our backyard. The pups are cute. We also get mountain lions but you have to be very savvy to see them, usually it’s in the very early morning.

Also lots of rattlesnakes and other venomous critters. Scorpions, centipedes, Pepsis wasps, velvet ants, tarantulas…all of which I’ve seen in my backyard.

Like PP said, the only thing I’d be afraid of are loose dogs. Wild animals are scared of humans. Dogs, not so much, plus many have been bred and trained to be aggressive.

I wouldn’t want to run into a grizzly but a pistol won’t do much against them anyway. [/quote]

That’s where you are wrong. I’m from the south and went in the woods often, and yes animals stayed away. I knew to make noise while walking so not to sneak up on a snake, don’t walk on piles of leaves or play with logs where animals may hide.

Now in the suburbs, the animals are all tame but still wild — raccoons get into trash cans and packages and I have to carefully check before venturing out. Foxes get ridiculously close — I wonder if a neighbor feeds them.  So they don’t keep thei distance like they should. [/quote]

That’s still very different than a dog raised by humans and bred/trained to be aggressive.

There are WAY more dog attacks and deaths from dog attacks than foxes or raccoons. Breaking into a trash can is nothing like being mauled by a dog. [/quote]

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