k-9 something went after my dog (a wolf)

myheaven · #1 10/06/10, 10:25 PM

I went out to milk tonight like I normally do.9 p.m. My j.r.t with me I let him out to alert me if something is wrong. Everything is fine tilll I was at the end. Bruzer went tearing off to the neighbors yard. I heard nothing. Next thing I know my dog is screaming. Something is attacking my dog. Im in the little tiny milk barn. Im shaking. I grab my gun and forget to take off safty. My dog tears threw the yard the frigging thing is chasing him threw my yard up to the house. I gave a warning shot at the ground. I then had to walk up 300 yards to my house where that k-9 animal went after my dog. No warning nothing. no noise. With all the rustling I thought it was a pig out. Its eyes were silver. My dog has slobber all over his back. He (my dog) got away this time. Im calling the dnr in the am and seeing what can be done. Set a trap if we can. Not 100% sure it was a wolf but we have heard them the last week here and was charged last week by one when he heard my dog.
Note to self. AGAIN no more chores at night.

JasoninMN · #2 10/06/10, 11:46 PM

I am confused. A week ago you posted about a "wolf" and were concerned about your dog and scared. Yet you still let him run loose at night? That is just asking for trouble.

It actually sounds to me like you have another dog in the area. Wolves can bark, but rarely do. I really don't think one would have barked at you from the road. I have encountered numerous wolves and have yet to be barked at. Now if this "wolf" was close enough to have your dog in its mouth and it was screaming it would be a dead dog. There would be no fight between a wolf and JRT, it would be sudden death for the JRT. Wolves can kill a coyote with one bite and a couple shakes, a jrt would be nothing. Sounds like he got in a scuffle with a large dog that wasn't intending to kill him, not a wolf. Whatever it is, you might want to quite letting your little dog run loose at night for its own safety.

jen74145 · #3 10/07/10, 12:30 AM

1) Just spit means that's a very lucky little dog. Or it's possible he was grabbed and shaken, which sometimes will leave a dog looking fine on the outside, and even acting fine for awhile, but there can be nasty internal injuries. Keep an eye on him, and take him in if he starts acting strangely.

2) You have a tiny dog. He's more bait than protection. Keep him with you, leash him and clip the leash to your belt loop so your hands will be free. He'll still yap if he hears something, but he'll be much safer.

I had a twelve pound sheltie who thought he was king of the world. Did not like me for making him stay right next to me after dark, but... seriously. If he had met up with a raccoon around the chickens I shudder to think what would have happened to my little buddy.

He had a big brother dog who backed him up, but still. Coyotes, various birds of prey, your usual predatory small animals, and a dog with a Napoleon Complex meant I had to be on top of things.

SageLady · #4 10/07/10, 03:02 AM

Yeah, protect that little dog. I don't ever let my small dogs out on their own in the dark!

tinknal · #5 10/07/10, 05:03 AM

Myheaven, first let my apologize on behalf of the previous posters. Just ignore them. What part of Wisconsin do you live? If it is a wolf I would guess that it is a loner. It could also be a coyote. JRTs are great, I have one. Of course you know that they will take on critters that can kill them.

Backfourty,MI. · #6 10/07/10, 05:57 AM

Not that it makes a difference but I think the OP's dog is a minature Pinscher? I have a JRT & they do take on anything, maybe mini Pinscher's are alot like that I don't know.
What ever kind of dog you have if I were having that much trouble with wolves & feared for my dogs or livestocks lifes, or your own, I'd be on the phone 1st thing in the a.m. & I wouldn't take "No" for an answer from the DNR.

whiterock · #7 10/07/10, 06:29 AM

Where did the OP say "it" barked?

foxtrapper · #8 10/07/10, 07:13 AM

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Originally Posted by whiterock

Where did the OP say "it" barked?

The wolf made me pee

whiterock · #9 10/07/10, 07:17 AM

ok, i was looking on this thread.

**Kris in MI** · #10 10/07/10, 07:24 AM

It could also be a coyote. Did you get a look at size?

We have lots of coyotes around me, and there was a JRT (not mine, whew!) killed by them a few months ago.

whiskeylivewire · #11 10/07/10, 07:41 AM

If it wasn't a wolf or coyote, could it be a wild husky? They have the lighter eyes and in the dark would resemble a wolf...I think. Sorry, just throwing some other thoughts out there, I hope you're dog is okay and you as well!

Txrider · #12 10/07/10, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by whiskeylivewire

If it wasn't a wolf or coyote, could it be a wild husky? They have the lighter eyes and in the dark would resemble a wolf...I think. Sorry, just throwing some other thoughts out there, I hope you're dog is okay and you as well!

It is also common for a lot of huskies to go after small dogs as prey..

Wolf mom · #13 10/07/10, 09:44 AM

This is how fearmongering starts - with uninformed people. Until you know it's a wolf, don't blame one.

I'm really sorry about your little dog. But, according to other posts, you knew there was a predator in the area, so you really needed to be more responsible.

olivehill · #14 10/07/10, 09:53 AM

I'm leaning towards a domestic dog, too, honestly. If a wolf wanted your JRT he'd have had it for dinner long before it made it back to your yard. If your dog was screaming the other animal had hold of him, a wolf would have finished the business he started then and there.

Either way, common sense says keep the JRT leashed.

Timberline · #15 10/07/10, 10:17 AM

I hope your little dog is ok. I lost a little one to a mountain lion a couple years ago. It was mid-day, broad daylight, and we went out to see what the goats were upset about. My little dog ran down a small hill into some brush. I hollered at him, but he didn't come back, he wanted to protect me and it got him, not 50 yards from us. It was the more heart wrenching thing, I still hear his last screams in my dreams. It was my fault, I was careless and I got my precious little dog killed.

This cat was very dangerous, and we found out later it had been causing problems around the area. Not a week later my dh shot it. He thought he saw something behind his shop so went to check it out. I was up on the deck looking, too. Dh came back around to the front of the shop and the cat came around from the other way, it was stalking him and only a hundred feet or so away from him. He shot it in the head, killed it instantly, thank the Lord. We called the Division of Wildlife and they came and got it. They thanked dh, too, because they were getting dogs and a hunter ready to go after it, saved them the trouble.

I have two little dogs now, a rat terrier and a min-pin, I keep them right with me day or night. If I'm milking or some other chore where I can't keep an constant eye on them, I leave them in the house. Believe me, it's not worth losing your little friend by letting him out of your sight, especially at night. I'd give anything to be able to go back and leave my dog inside that afternoon.

Ardie/WI · #16 10/07/10, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Wolf mom

This is how fearmongering starts - with uninformed people. Until you know it's a wolf, don't blame one.

I'm really sorry about your little dog. But, according to other posts, you knew there was a predator in the area, so you really needed to be more responsible.

I agree! For goodness sakes,protect that little dog!

LisaInN.Idaho · #17 10/07/10, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by tinknal

Myheaven, first let my apologize on behalf of the previous posters. Just ignore them. .

Someone's ego has gotten way out of hand.

grannygardner · #18 10/07/10, 12:24 PM

My little JRT was shaken by a large German Shephard that came onto our property. From all appearances our dog looked fine. Two days later it was so swollen in it's back and back legs that it couldn't walk. Had it to the vet right away and after two days and over 100 stitches it came home. The dog's teeth had penetrated the skin, torn the skin lose from the muscle and infection had set in. The infection was so bad that the doctor had to shave the area, do a Y shaped incision and remove it. It was an old country vet and the entire charge was $104.

A week later that same German Shephard came onto our property and headed right for our front porch where our little JRT was laying in the sun. Bad mistake on his part. I took the advice of others here. SSS The charge for burying the German Shephard was free. I did it myself.

Macybaby · #19 10/07/10, 01:39 PM

Today my Boss got a frantic call on his way to work. His wife had let thier little dog out and gone to help the kids get ready. They heard a terrified yelp and she ran upstairs to see a coyote on her deck about ready to grab the little dog, who was plastered up against the glass.

She hollered and the coyote took off, and then the darn little dog took off into the dark after it. She said they could here the dog barking, then all went silent and they thought the coyote had turned and got the dog. . . But he came trotting back.

I asked Boss if he wanted to borrow my 20 gauge. He lives about 15 miles from me, but in a more residential area. Where I live the coyotes aren't near a bold as just about everyone shoots at them on site. Most of my farming neighbors carry firearms in the trucks/tractors and they won't hestate to take a shot at a coyote. If you see someone heading cross country in a pickup at a high rate of speed, you can bet they are after a coyote.

tinknal · #20 10/07/10, 04:10 PM

Lisa, your gratuitous attacks don't really bother me. Keep it up!

For the posters who said "it couldn't be a wolf because a wolf would have killed it....", It could very well be a young or disabled wolf that was driven from the pack. Wolves are often driven from packs for various reasons. Young predators often do not have an instant "kill" instinct. They have to learn it. An inexperienced predator will often bite their prey but let go before they kill it. It also could be injured or sick and not as strong as a healthy wolf.