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I can't comment on the existance of gators in your particular pond, but I have seen a gator in another part of Florida take an extreme interest in a small dog. We were visiting another community that was built on a river. There was a boardwalk that led to an area where residents could go down by the river to observe local wildlife. It was pretty cool since there were a couple of manatees in the river along with a few gators. While we were there a resident came by with a small dog on a leash. The gator saw the dog and started to swim across the river toward it. The fact that there were people around didn't seem to phase the gator at all. The man with the dog left (smart move), so we don't know if it actually would have attacked with the people around or not. However, I don't doubt that if the dog was left alone it would have been lunch.