Cayote or not?

I’m trying to get some opinions from people who have experience with cayote vs. cat. Our cat went missing 2 weeks ago, we live on a canyon in Souther California where cayotes are abundant and known to eat cats.

We searched the canyon endlessly and one day, a neighbor found our cats collar (picture attached). The collar is a quick release safety collar. The collar was found torn or cut, but the quick release was still attached.

We have many stray cats in the area and our cat is not of special breed. It’s just a grey cat.

Do you think this clean cut was possible by a cayote? Is this a pretty definitive indication that our cat is dead?

Thanks :(

I want to build a potty area for my dog so she can relieve herself when we're not home but still be safe from coyotes. I drew this rough sketch of what I'm envisioning (we'd be sure to add proper drainage and construct it in a way we can clean and maintain). I've read that chain link fences tend to not be strong enough to keep out a coyote, but would something like this made of wood be sufficient?

Open to any ideas on materials that would be best or designs that would be most effective.

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Hi there-

I live out in the country and we have a ton of coyotes. They typically leave us alone and do their own thing.

Recently my 22ish pound MinPin vanished from our property. I found his collar on the ground and the buckles were still clipped but the loop had been pulled through - I tested how much force this would require and it requires a great deal of force for that to occur.

I know that coyotes attack dogs I’m not naive of that. But what I’m concerned by is the fact that there was zero evidence of any sort of struggle. My property is enclosed with pipe fencing and chicken wire so if a coyote were to have grabbed him it’s not exactly ideal for him to just haul him away. It would require manipulation through the fencing that in my mind would only be possible with a larger animal.

I’m trying to figure out if I’m dealing with a larger predator or if a small coyote is capable of leaving no sign behind. Idk if that even makes sense. Just frustrated because we also have two large Great Pyrenees on the property that we hoped would deter this sort of situation.

Any thoughts or opinions appreciated.

Hi there,

Located in atlanta. At around 3:30, our dog started barking and a coyote ran down our backyard. Knowing that the coyote saw both me and my dog, we thought we were good and had scared it away.

However in the span of 3 hours, the coyote keeps on coming back to our yard, even though my dog and I have scared him off 5 times. I have a bear horn for crying out loud.

Any idea on why he keeps coming back?? My husband looked all around the shed and didn’t see anything.

Btw- we’ve never had coyotes in our yard before.

Thanks so much!!

She is very wild, she is very lovely with humans and other dogs loves to play and cuddle but loves to be outdoors run and hunt everything it moves... We have to take it hiking or to the beach on a leash...she once kill a marine bird tear her apart and was chasing a ray at the ocean 🤦🏻‍♀️

First time seeing these droppings by our barn. Anyone know if it’s coyote or something else? Thanks!

Weirdly aggressive coyote encounter

Well, I’m surprised I have to make this post. I’ve always subscribed to the idea that most coyotes will leave you alone when you scare them off.

I walk my dogs everyday at 4am. I take the same route I always do in the suburbs of Southern California.

I have a small 10lb chihuahua and a 45lb Brittany spaniel. We see coyotes almost every day but they usually keep their distance and at most follow us a for a few minutes. I don’t particularly care because my chihuahua keeps close to me and is on a harness to quickly yank off the ground. My spaniel is also about the same size as every coyote I’ve seen, so I never thought one would be dumb enough to pick a fight with him and me.

Today, the biggest fucking coyote I have ever seen ran straight up to my spaniel and tried to bite him. Taller and more muscular than my spaniel. That fucker had to be over 50 pounds. I did all the things. Pulled my dog back, yelled, stomped feet but this persistent guy came at my bigger dog again, and again, and again.

No interest in my chihuahua.

Clearly this guy isn’t missing any meals so I gotta imagine this was more of a territorial thing. Except that i take the same route every single day and have never had such an aggressive encounter before. Regardless, this guy proceeded to follow us a good 15 minutes all the way back to my house.

WTF. I’ve never seen a coyote act that aggressive before. If I didn’t know any better, I would had thought it was a Shepard but that guy was definitely a coyote.

Anyways, enjoy a picture of my good boy who was too silly to understand that the coyote was trying to bite his face off.

Did my morning trail run with my 60 lbs Australian shepherd, heard footsteps turned around and there was a lone coyote about 10 feet behind us. As soon as I saw I yelled and ran he ran away but once he got some distance he would stand and observe. Was he going in for my dog or just curious? Thing had to be at least 45 lbs