Wild dog problems?

Kman · Aug 3, 2016

I took our dog out around 6:15 this morning and we walked around the house toward the road.
I heard sound of several barking dogs not too far away. No house close enough for the sound. Sounded like it was coming from corn field across the road.
Minute later heard loud bleating (assuming young deer) from same general direction. Never saw anything, but sounded like it was within 300 yards or so.
Been here 15 years and I have seen a stray dog now and then, but nothing like this.

Kind of disturbing.

Anyone have any problems or information about wild dogs in MD (especially southern Caroline County)?

eruby · Aug 3, 2016

Dingos polishing off a baby?

Be safe sir!

TheBert · Aug 3, 2016

Could be Beagles chasing down a deer.

Kman · Aug 3, 2016

TheBert said:
Could be Beagles chasing down a deer.

That makes sense...and would make me feel better.

CrazySanMan · Aug 3, 2016

Feral dogs are by far the biggest wildlife threat to humans in Maryland. I got treed for two hours once by three dogs who were feeding on a deer carcass back in Loch Raven Reservoir.

People's dogs get loose and they run away, or people can't afford them or no longer want them and abandon them. They end up forming into packs, regain their predatory killing instincts, and have no fear of humans. They are bad news.

Brychan · Aug 3, 2016

Wild mutant beagles with glowing eyes.

highli99 · Aug 3, 2016

CrazySanMan said:
Feral dogs are by far the biggest wildlife threat to humans in Maryland. I got treed for two hours once by three dogs who were feeding on a deer carcass back in Loch Raven Reservoir.

People's dogs get loose and they run away, or people can't afford them or no longer want them and abandon them. They end up forming into packs, regain their predatory killing instincts, and have no fear of humans. They are bad news.

That's no joke!

Blacksmith101 · Aug 3, 2016

Wild dogs = G&S

Kman · Aug 3, 2016

Brychan said:
Wild mutant beagles with glowing eyes.

Crap. Must be contagious.

Brychan · Aug 3, 2016

Kman said:
Crap. Must be contagious.

EEEEvvvvviiiiilllllll

j8064 · Aug 3, 2016

Not to worry. I'm sure it was just Old Rooter the Beagle chasing a deer back across the Rainbow Bridge...

lowoncash · Aug 3, 2016

chupabeagle?

Chris · Aug 3, 2016

Carry a gun or some type of weapon as if they are in a pack and think you look tasty, you could be lunch. It doesn't take long for family pets to go back to their roots. Chris

F8L_Funnel · Aug 3, 2016

If not a firearm on the morning walks, then at least some pepper spray.

Bertfish · Aug 3, 2016

TheBert said:
Could be Beagles chasing down a deer.

Good possibility. We used to have a pack of them in Darlington that ran wild and would chase deer and fox around. They'd run them til exhaustion then kill them. No owners, they just stopped by various houses and got fed as needed then moved on.

I distinctly remember them running this fox one day. They must have come through the woods behind the house three or four times in short succession. Must've pissed off my Dad cause he grabbed the AR and some blanks he had laying around and fired off a few rounds at the dirt. Fox kept going but the dogs went a%@ over tin cups to turn around and get away as fast as they could.

rseymorejr · Aug 3, 2016

Blacksmith101 said:
Wild dogs = G&S

Only if he can prove one of the dogs threatened him.

Oddway Otts · Aug 3, 2016

I agree with Chris: carry something for protection (if not for you, then for your dog). Maryland may not let us carry to protect ourselves & loved ones in public, but we can still pack around the ol' homestead. When I could walk the dog, I'd carry on my property what I couldn't legally carry off premises, to protect us both.
But its not just wild dogs that can be a problem. We've had our dog fight with a rabid fox (the fox did not survive the subsequent shotgun blast & it tested positive for rabies). On our walks, we've also encountered a big raccoon as well as a momma groundhog, among other things, that were not intimidated by either the 80 pound dog or the 250 pound owner. The raccoon begrudgingly backed off when the laser hit his eyes; we backed off from the groundhog. I felt a lot safer with the firepower than I would have without it.

foxtrapper · Aug 3, 2016

Yeah, the Froshies don't understand rural areas. It's not just bears, whether in western MD- or the roamers going all over the state, but the dog packs and rabid animals. I've encountered some possibly rabid raccoons ( shot one, dog scared off the other) and a sick skunk that may have been rabid (called my neighbor and she came out and shot it, as it had gone to her property from mine), but thankfully not feral dogs. However, get a coyote pack filled with rabies, and you may have a problem. Oh yeah, and feral hogs- no doubt coming to us in the near future.

Mako · Aug 3, 2016

You could call the Humane Society here in CC, but more than likely you will not see much done though. We complained about feral cats killing some of our poultry, with no response, caught one of them took them in and we got the impression we were evil people for protecting our livestock.

cah9583 · Aug 3, 2016

Definately wild dogs I have seen and heard them around choptank area outside of Preston and have buddies that have killed a few

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