In September my neighbor accidentally walked into his villa backyard when a bobcat was in a tree and was jumping down. The cat was suddenly cornered and my neighbor didn't know what to do but stand there, he said the it climbed the wall in split second. I'm in a fairly populated area near Southern Star Executive and I see small black snakes from time to time and just last week a huge hawk was sitting on my bird bath. I'll find dead doves in my back yard about twice a year, really just a pile of feathers. Then one time I found out why, it was the hawk ripping a dove apart until nothing was left. I wouldn't let a small dog out in a CYV without close supervision. Here's a photo from Village News of a bobcat on top of a villa wall in the Village of Hillsborough. It's good that you asked for advice before going ahead with our plan.
