Scary, Sandy! I would have freaked out!
We're very protective of our dogs, and if something can kill them, it isn't welcome in the fenced in yard. If it is on the rest of the property, and isn't bothering anyone, it can stay. Not long after we moved in, there were two wolves on our property. That is when we put up the fence. No way could the dogs fight off a wolf, and I didn't want to run into one of them either. Luckily, we haven't seen them since. There are coyote everywhere, and they stand on the other side of the fence every night, and make that awful noise. As long as they don't jump the fence, they are free to make as much noise as they want. Rattlesnakes are killed as soon as we see them in the yard. We have poisonous toads here too, and they aren't allowed to stay, either. My husband relocates them, but we've been told that they are an invasive species, and need to be dealt with. So, we'll rethink that in the future. There was a mountain lion killed less than a mile from our house last year, but not by us. It was stalking the neighbors sheep. So, we're pretty much at the bottom of the food chain around here!
Had a moose walk through our property a month or so ago, and that was pretty cool! We get to watch wild turkeys all day long, and we have lots of Bald Eagles here too. There are more deer than we can count, and we love seeing them. So, I guess things are balanced out. Still, if the deer or turkeys turn into dog killers, they are on our menu.
