My beagle has been increasingly skittish when he goes out for a late-night constitutional. I've never seen anything, but his nose knows. I know we have yotes around, also foxes. I keep a baseball bat nearby now, partly because my city has an ordinance against the discharge of anything up to and including pellet guns, but also because I figure the bat is more accurate and shouldn't require many follow-up shots, should such a thing be necessary.
My beagle has been increasingly skittish when he goes out for a late-night constitutional. I've never seen anything, but his nose knows. I know we have yotes around, also foxes. I keep a baseball bat nearby now, partly because my city has an ordinance against the discharge of anything up to and including pellet guns, but also because I figure the bat is more accurate and shouldn't require many follow-up shots, should such a thing be necessary.
Don’t forget bats can be rabid.