Regular Cam V3 has excellent motion detection. Caught this coyote stalking something and running full tilt through my bushes and a small walking path. Distance from the cam to the coyote was between 25 and 35 feet. This was literally 5 minutes before I took my dogs out. Hopefully it was chasing something and not being chased by something bigger!!
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Wile E . Coyote got the zoomies. 
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This video is from March of this year, but definitely a coyote chasing a rabbit.
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Mama coyote showed up last night! Scary stuff. This is my front door. I take my dogs out through here.
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I love your landscaping! 
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Apparently so does this family of coyotes. The one the previous night looked pretty small, maybe 25 pounds or so. The one last night looks closer to a Belgian Malinois or a small German Shepherd.
A neighbor told me that a friend of theirs was walking their dog on a leash and a coyote attacked and literally ripped the dog away from them and ran off with it. My dogs are both 20 pounds but a 25+ pound coyote could probably grab one and kill it or even take it away. I don’t think my dogs even know how to bite. Most they’ve ever done when threatened is air snap and start whining.
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Brilliant idea!!! Give it a reason to keep coming back!! 
It’s bad enough that we have a bunch of wild rabbits living under the landscaping equipment shed, last thing I want is to encourage it to hang out by my door.
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Feed it rabbits 
Hell no, if I catch a rabbit I’m eating it myself!!! 
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Fair enough. What are your thoughts about chippies? 
A little too gamey and stringy. Would probably be good enough for a coyote though.
We have coyotes trigger recording on the regular. Also bobcats. And black bear. And moose. Haven’t captured any footage of mountain lion yet but we know they’re around too. We love all the “pets” (though I chuckle every time I’m notified about a “pet” outside. They’re cute but definitely do not want to pet).
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Do people have cats and/or dogs where you live?
Several years ago my wife and and I were in Pagosa Springs, Colorado where the trash cans are locked, We heard something rummaging around outside the cabin around midnight but neither of us were brave enough to investigate.
I couldn’t imagine letting any pet outside unsupervised.
The cabin was a rental, big enough for 10 people. The owner left a book out explaining the history of the cabin. It was more like a lodge. Huge fireplace. In the book, the owner said he used to have a pet mountain lion that he raised from a cub.
As it got older he had to chain it to the fireplace.
He commissioned an artist to draw this on the fireplace
Air was way too thin for my wife. We went to WalMart and saw pressurized cans of air to help people with breathing issues at the high altitude.
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No garbage outside, bears will break into just about any receptacle. They’ll break into cars for food wrappers. They’ll rip into a garage through the car door to get at food-like options. They’ll break into houses through windows too.
Some people have house cats/dogs. Most are frantic if their pet gets out/loose, especially if it’s small or old. A big dog was taken from a 2nd story balcony by a mtn lion last fall (that cat seemed to develop a taste for dogs and unfortunately too many not-careful-enough dog owners basically led to that cat being, uh… legally hunted). Each Fall many pets that get out are lost to big cats and other wildlife. A fence won’t keep the (big) cats out. I avoid going out at night on foot, and if I have to walk up to the other garage I bring a big flashlight and make a lot of noise. As long as they follow the deer herd there’s only a very tiny chance of an encounter of any kind.
But we don’t have snakes. No scorpions. Few poisonous spiders (theoretically black widow). At too high of elevation for most venomous creatures.
I’ll just stick with my 
and possum critter friends. The one Coyote that came to the front door a year or so ago hasn’t been back. No other big critters around this area.
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I’m contemplating getting a medium-sized dog, but with coyotes walking around the neighborhood in broad daylight, and a couple of them trying to attack a neighbor’s medium-sized dogs through the fence, plus a bobcat roaming around, I’m not so sure what kind of dog breed would not be attacked. Anyone here with dogs that are not intimidated by coyotes or bobcats, or at least feisty enough to fend for itself for a few minutes while I run out to the rescue?
Perhaps a Belgian Malinois? The police use them quite often as K9s
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A lot of medium sized dogs will do very well against a coyote, at least for a few minutes while you run out to help, but against a bobcat? Not so much.
Coyotes will also usually not attack a dog that’s the same size unless they are starving. That said, keep in mind that a coyote is a wild predator and spends its life killing other animals in order to survive. A domesticated pet dog is entirely different and does not live like that.
If you really want a dog that’s coyote-proof you will want a guarding breed like a Rottweiler, Mastiff, Great Pyrenees, German Shepherd, Doberman, Boerbel, Caucasian Ovcharka, Presa Canario, Cane Corso, etc… Any one of those will most likely tear a coyote to pieces. But they are not medium-sized.
But keep in mind that coyotes can also hunt in packs and are very smart. They are known to send one lone coyote to lure an animal into a trap where it will get ambushed by several coyotes.
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I took my Golden Retriever to dog parks when he was a puppy for socialization. When picked on mainly by German Shepards or Pitbulls he would fight back. I stopped taking him to dog parks because I did not want him around that kind of behavior. Only seen coyotes and deer around my area, so I feel comfortable hiking in the wooded area around my house. My dog stays close to me and is good about returning when called. Also, I listen to podcasts on a Bluetooth speaker when hiking so animals can hear us approaching. If we hear a pack of coyotes howling, I leash up my dog and we make our way out of the wooded area. So far no problems co-existing with nature.
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