Coyote!

[Miao]

Once you start licensing her, you'll have to keep it up each year otherwise, they'll come knocking on your door to remind you. LOL But I guess if you never plan to own more than the city limit of dogs, it's all good.

[Tobie22]

O my goodness, that is soo scary, I am glad nothing happened, I lived in California for a while and I was driving down the road one day and I saw a coyote for the first time ever and I am from Texas! But I am soo glad that ya'll are ok! I think I would have pooped my pants if I saw one that close to me!

[LilMissy]

Yeah, as bad as it sounds...I'm not terribly concerned about liscencing Missy. What concerns me is losing a pet! You either have to track down the person who's found your pet IF someone was nice enough to pick them up. Or hope that someone has driven your pet all the way to Burnaby or Vancouver to hand them in to a shelter. Scarey really. Most times, I think your dog will just end up wandering around the neighbourhood until you find them, which was the case with our pug. Lesson learned though, neither of our dogs take one step outside the house without me holding them on a leash.

[wemple2]

Scary...and here I got upset when Winston wanted to "play" with a skunk. Luckily my husband was right there and saw the skunk's tail go up, hurried and grabbed Winston and ran for the house...just in time...yep, the skunk sprayed...that awful smell.
You did the right thing, hid your pup from it and alerted your kids to leave.

[LilMissy]

Originally Posted by wemple2

Scary...and here I got upset when Winston wanted to "play" with a skunk. Luckily my husband was right there and saw the skunk's tail go up, hurried and grabbed Winston and ran for the house...just in time...yep, the skunk sprayed...that awful smell.
You did the right thing, hid your pup from it and alerted your kids to leave.

Oh man, that could have been bad! We have skunks around here too, they smell AWFUL! Glad you grabbed Winston just in time.

[Miao]

Originally Posted by LilMissy

In Vancouver, wouldn't you just call the SPCA? We are in Port Coquitlam. I was told to use Burnaby or Vancouver SPCA for dog liscencing, or missing pets etc since Poco no longer has animal control. It is the SPCA that use to have the animal control contract here and let it expire in 2008 without bothering to renew it.

In the distant past, we had to go to the Vancouver City Hall to renew our dog's license. Of course, we did it for a few years and stopped because it was a huge inconvenience. LOL. Not that my parents actually made the effort to inquire if we could get it done anywhere else. And when we stopped, maybe for 2 consecutive years, they came knocking during the day when no one was home, and of course, the dog liked to answer the door himself. They slipped in a card to remind you to renew by a specified time or else. Back then, I remember there was an early renewal discount for senior citizens (60+) and it was cheaper by half.

For the shihtzu I've had for 9.5 years, we got her license through the vet we were using at the time and that's also how we renewed it... then, um, stopped. . And it wasn't that long ago when they did go by the house we had registered her under previously to issue a reminder. I do recall seeing licensing available through the S.P.C.A. and I also checked before getting my yorkie girl and remember noting that there's no longer a senior discount on pets in Vancouver. I think sometimes it's more for the money than it is for pet population control.

I'm not so sure licensing them helps in finding a lost pet. Microchips help with that. I can't say for sure as I've never had the misfortune to experience losing one of my own and intend to keep it that way.

[hugz4all4]

We have always had a pack behind our house for as long as I can remember. We use to see them right in our back field usually by the end of winter. When I married I moved right across the street, that same pack still live in the woods (well the siblings im sure). They have attacked, tore up and eaten our pet ducks at night right in our side yard, they were in enclosed pen that we thought was safe. My kids play in that same yard. I have never seen one that close during the day, but my kids are well aware that they are around. We can hear them hollowing in our house at night time. My kids are petrified to go out at night and the only time they will is to run to the van in the driveway with us with them. My 2 bigger dogs stay in a fenced in yard attached to my house and my little dogs stay on leash's at all times. I have heard stories of peoples pets being snatched by coyotes right in thier front yards. We have seen them in packs strolling the fields. They always look scrawny, hungry and ill. . Its scary. We have folks around here that actually hunt them down and kill them, there are so many of them around here that is getting out of hand.
Im so glad that you, your kids and little Missy all stayed safe, but how scary for you. ((hugs))

[SweetPea53]

OMG, I am sooo glad that all your babies (skin and fur) are alright. I live in a rural area and coyotes are everywhere...we see them on the sides/center of the roads all the time. (sometimes alive/sometimes not) I hear them at least 2-3 times a week in the wee hrs of the morning howling and ya just know the pack has gotten yet another animal.

[LilMissy]

Originally Posted by SweetPea53

OMG, I am sooo glad that all your babies (skin and fur) are alright. I live in a rural area and coyotes are everywhere...we see them on the sides/center of the roads all the time. (sometimes alive/sometimes not) I hear them at least 2-3 times a week in the wee hrs of the morning howling and ya just know the pack has gotten yet another animal.

That gave me *shivers* must sound so eery.