On Thu, 11 Feb 2016 08:44:19 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 2/11/16 8:28 AM, John H. wrote:
On Wed, 10 Feb 2016 21:53:48 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 2/10/16 9:09 PM, Boating All Out wrote:
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On Tue, 9 Feb 2016 19:23:59 -0600, Boating All Out
wrote:

Sounds like Harry - who once said he carried because of "dog
packs."
I can't imagine being attacked by a coyote. They are naturally
fearful of me, with good reason. Dogs too.
Excepting Chihuahuas. Tiny dogs are stupid. I have one.
Instead of "booking" it into the garage, you should have just
growled at it as you approached it. Make a fist too.
Would have sent it away with its tail tucked.
Bears are another story.

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Dog packs are dangerous but they're more interested in deer than
anything else. Dogs, wolves, coyotes, etc., are all dangerous in
packs and capable of taking down some fairly large animals. They are
all natural born stalkers and hunters if given the chance.

Yep.
OTOH, a single coyote - all 35 pounds of him - isn't much.
Especially if you're bundled in winter clothes.
Everyone has their own way of dealing with these kind of
incidents. My inclination would be to scare it off
immediately, since I don't want it attacking my back.
You have to let any canine know who's boss.
What's scarier is being attacked by a skunk. They have poor
eyesight and have come right at me at night time.
That's when I beat feet.


There's no shortage of news stories about packs of feral dogs attacking
humans or the pets of humans.

Gosh, I've not seen these stories. Perhaps you could direct us to some sites? Humans
attacked by feral dog packs along the Shenandoah River? Please?
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Google is your friend. Perhaps you can find some examples of attacks by
black dogs on white peeples.



I was able to find a handful, going back 10 years or so, less than one
a year tho. It is far less than bee sting deaths and most of the
people attacked by dog packs survived.
It is also unclear how many of these "dogs" might have been coyotes or
even wolves since some happened out west.
Your chances of being killed by a feral dog pack is certainly less
than a random crime by a human and that is still very rare.
Bear in mind, most dog attacks are from "pets" not feral packs.