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Originally Posted by Cbjorgol  Hello,
I live in the woods of MA and my backyard is right up against some thick brush that could easily hide a coyote. I am crate and potty training and the combination is somewhat problematic. My first thought was to buy a small pen that I can put her in when she goes outside at night. This would be enough of a barrier where I could fight a Coyote off (with my bare hands of course) before they had a chance to get her. I brought a 24" tall 5x5 pen home today and I think the anxiety from crate training makes her focus entirely on worry about being left in the pen to the point that she doesn't go pee at all and just cries and looks at me.
So to sum it up, have to let her pee at night, I can't put up a fence, a leash might not deter the coyotes, and she won't pee in an enclosed area. Any thoughts? |
OK, Davy Crocket! Seriously, a coyote will have your baby in its mouth and back into the woods before your brain will even be able to transmit the command "MOVE!" to the neurons in your feet! The sheer shock of seeing a coyote with your baby in its mouth will probably render you motionless, at least until the beast is into the next county. If you are good with a 243, you may be able to nail it before it disappears into the woods, but you have to be a good shot so you dont get the pup!!!
If I were you, I would get one of those chain link fence kennels....they are completely enclosed so no predator can get the baby .....
including owls and hawks from those woods you live by.....and you will just have to spend the time to work persistantly with your baby to get her used to the enclosed run. You cant let the pup out unattended, especially at night, exposed to the predators that live in those woods.....pup will get used to that enclosed kennel, and she will learn to pee and poo there. You can buy some drops that draw them to pee pads....maybe you can try some of those....if she uses pee pads in the house, put a soiled pee pad in the enclosed area, so she will know that is what it is for....Good luck and remember, you have to be more steadfast and stubborn and determined than the pup is!