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Originally Posted by lovsthosebigdogs
This is VERY scary to me, and I have very large dogs. I fear I'll be walking my dogs and encounter a coyote and my dogs will get crazy and something will happen. I don't know what they would do if they encountered one. I'm not sure if a coyote would approach us or not, given that the dogs are larger than they are but it is worrysome that my normally extremely well behaved and under control dogs could feel we are threatened and lunge or worse and have a run in with them or worse. Do they only come out after dark? I can't picture my dogs feeling we were in danger and standing around just looking at a coyote and doing it calmly. Their ancestry IS wolfhunting. One more thing for an already easily worried person to worry about! This is as scary for me as for you little dog owners.
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Don't be scared. Coyotes are definitely around, but they normally avoid people. (I'm not a coyote expert, but I did live in a rural area for many years with lots of coyotes around). They aren't out in packs, roaming the streets in The Villages. People see them occasionally ... often they are on golf courses or environmental areas. I saw one in the early morning on the golf course in back of our house. He was running ... I assume back to his den. Of course I would never let my dogs outside unsupervised, even though we have invisible fencing.
I don't worry about walking my dogs on the street at night. The streets are well lighted. I wouldn't walk my dogs in dark areas or around water. But that's because I'm more scared of gators than coyotes.