A friend of mine just said someone took a video of a mountain lion here in town. So they’re not only up by our land.
It was just a matter of time. We have a lot of deer comfortably wandering around…we’ve seen them in our parking lot and from my bedroom window. And our local paper often has pictures of them lounging in people’s yards. On the whole the residents welcome them, so it’s a tempting source of food for a brave, hungry lion.
It’s probably best not to let pets out unattended. A few years ago a dog was attacked in the bushes of its back yard. The owner heard the fighting in the bushes and rescued the pup.
Life is never dull.
November 20, 2021
I’ve often wondered about that. it would be horrible to lose your dog in its own back yard! I’m glad they rescued it.
wildlife is wonderful. but because everything has a predator… it’s probably not a great idea to mix with humans. xoxo
It will be interesting to see if we have more sightings, given the number of deer.
Oh gosh. Well, I guess they leave PEOPLE alone? Around here, it’s bears.
We have bears too, but they’re not interested in people, just food.
more “wow” from me, where neither a mountain lion or a bear – are just roaming my country, let alone my back yard! And yes, it will be “easy food” be it a trash can or another animal…
It is different when we’re surrounded by forests.
wow! but this does make sense.. the animal world is shrinking smaller and smaller, which means they will be hunting in our crowded world we are creating. the more we pave and so call improved the wild spaces the more they must wander.. mountain lions are beautiful but I sure don’t want one in my yard… we have coyotes but they can’t climb fences, so Beau is safe in the yard. there is no where a mountain lion can’t go including over fences.. just means we must be on alert with our pets.
The main thing is sweet Beau is safe.
A lot of creatures have adapted to urban life and are thriving. Coyotes are one of them.
Wow; I’m so happy that pup was rescued. I tend to be overly-protective of our girls, but wouldn’t want to live with the consequences.
I agre about the pup, and sometimes it’s wise to be protective.
Oh, wow, cannot imagine them being in town!
I imagine it’s mostly near the edges.
We have deer but not mountain lions. We live far from mountains. So far we’ve not had bears but that day may be coming since we do have them up north.
Their habitat is shrinking so they may be forced to come closer.
I’ve heard of mountain lions being seen in my area but I’ve never seen one myself. That would be quite scary finding one attacking your dog.
I would not like to see one unless I was in a car… like the time one crossed the road in front of me. That was a rare experience, thank goodness.
When we took our one of our poodles out west people kept mistaking him for a cat. Come to find out at the point in time people didn’t have small dog breeds out there because where easy prey and people weren’t used to seeing tiny dogs walking around.
That makes sense, but I wouldn’t have thought of it.
We have lots of deer, coyotes, foxes, and raccoons around, but we have only heard of a mountain lion being spotted. I always worry about the dogs when they are out at night in the yard, so we keep their potty times at night short.
When Kaitlin and Torben stay at the land they don’t let the pups out after dark unless they’re on a leash. Well, that was before they took off last summer. Now they have to be on a leash whenever they go out. No fences except around the fruit trees.