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Originally Posted by Trayderjoe
My wife told me this morning that a warning on the Ring neighborhood was posted regarding a bobcat. The posting was of a video yesterday morning, and the bobcat was observed near Mount Croghan Trail in Mallory Square.
I didn’t know about it when I walked my dogs early this morning, but one of my dogs refused to walk up a street in that area. I don’t know why he refused, but initially I thought he might have something wrong with his paw or leg.
I know that predators are around, but what was concerning was that this bobcat was out and about in full daylight. He did not appear sick, but this would not be normal behavior. If you have a Ring and “Neighbors”, you can check out the video for yourself.
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We used to live in SE FL and saw bobcats frequently. They walked on the street and we saw them in our yard. When we first moved there we had one dog. Her and I were walking early (too early) one morning and the sun wasn't up yet. It was a very wooded and not yet developed area. I heard a bobcat in the woods next to us and my dog being a young, happy go-lucky pup wanted to go play with the bobcat, even though it was growling. I told her no, and we kept walking. Less than 10 feet ahead on our left we discovered an armadillo walking. My guess is we interfered with the bobcats morning hunt and it wasn't happy with us. But it didn't bother us. None of them ever did. They just walked wherever they were going, day or night.
We did get a Dobie puppy later and had to fence in our back yard. The breeder had already cropped her ears and docked her tail. The blood would attract a bobcat to a young, vulnerable pup. We got a fence put up quickly but in the mean time I carried her out to the yard and as soon as she was done I picked her up and carried her back in the house.