Pet Coyote

KySongDog · January 15, 2014, 04:01:15 PM

Anyone ever heard of this? A born in the wild coyote for a pet.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2539136/The-eight-year-old-Wisconsin-girl-pet-coyote-called-Wiley.html

gravesco hunter · January 15, 2014, 05:34:31 PM

That would be one heck of a learning curve

riverboss · January 15, 2014, 06:59:25 PM

that would be cool

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FinsnFur · January 15, 2014, 07:39:29 PM

CCP can tell ya about having a pet Coyote

NASA (Tom Turner) had a coupe once too. Neither to this level of course.
I think it'd be pretty cool. But this article seems a little...wow

centerfire_223 · January 16, 2014, 04:51:57 AM

In one of Tony Tebbe's videos he is holding a pet coyote. Thing was meek as a lamb.

JohnP · January 16, 2014, 01:42:52 PM

Least we forget, they are wild animals and will at some time revert to that stage. I would never trust my kids with him.

Todd Rahm · January 16, 2014, 04:18:32 PM

Back in Indiana I had a lot if crazy wild animal pets but not a coyote. I did how ever run into the problem John mentioned with most of them.

FinsnFur · January 16, 2014, 05:18:44 PM

Yep, you never really do hear a "Happily ever after story".
Hows that saying go?...You can take it out of the wild but you'll never get the wild out of it.

centerfire_223 · January 17, 2014, 05:19:03 AM

I'll agree with that Jim, when I was a kid my dog found a baby rabbit. She caught it and had it in the bed with her, never once tried to hurt it. When it would hop out of the bed she would go get, pick it up gently and put it back into the bed again. So I took it away from her and raised it. The rabbit was just like any other tame rabbit until one day. I put it in the cage that night and everything was fine. Went to get it out the next day and that rascal liked to have clawed my arms off. Went wild over night.

Dave · January 17, 2014, 07:35:07 AM

Quote from: JohnP on January 16, 2014, 01:42:52 PM
Least we forget, they are wild animals and will at some time revert to that stage. I would never trust my kids with him.

I was thinking the same. That little girl was only 5 when they brought it in, too.

Carolina Coyote · January 17, 2014, 01:51:40 PM

Just to many articles in the news about people with their sweet wild pets turning on them, some people never learn, wildthings should be left to be wildthings imop especially around children.cc

snafu · January 25, 2014, 09:58:01 PM

Like any other canine. Some pups are more or less aggressive than others in the same litter. One of my Bro's & I had two Red Fox kits/(litter mates) when we were young. One was docile & the other would rip your fingers off. The mean one grabbed my Bro on his hand one day. Between the index finger & thumb. Little buzz saw wouldn't let go. But had a death grip on him. I never laughed so hard in my life. As my brother yelled & pried the little rascals jaws apart. Priceless! haha

nastygunz · January 25, 2014, 10:15:17 PM

We had a pet coon when we were kids who was a lot of fun, but when he got full-grown he got real aggressive. Until one day he had a fatal encounter over a bowl of dog food with my dads humongous Great Dane

slagmaker · January 25, 2014, 11:13:37 PM

how long and how much selective breeding did it take to domesticate the dog?

i dont think getting him young would make up for that.

snafu · January 26, 2014, 04:53:57 AM

Quote from: slagmaker on January 25, 2014, 11:13:37 PM
how long and how much selective breeding did it take to domesticate the dog?

i dont think getting him young would make up for that.

There was a study done in Russia many yrs ago. Using Silver Fox. The Biologists, continually bred one docile off-spring with another docile off-spring. From various adult pairs. Eventually their off-spring, changed dramatically. Their behaviors, coloration, ears & also their tails changed over those yrs. There is a televised documentary on it. Quite interesting.