Would a 35 lb Staffordshire bull terrier be able to take down these...?

Question

30 lb male Raccoon

30 lb Male European badger

35 lb Male coyote

40 lb Bob cat

50 lb Beaver

35 lb Nutria rat (Coypu)

35 lb Wolverine

40 lb Javelina

Or also, do you have any stories of such encounters?

Answer 1

I've live with, bred, trained, and run American Pitbull Terriers all of my life. To my mind a Staffordshire (Bull) Terrier is a, 'little pussy'. Personally, I would never waste the life or physical wellbeing of a Pitbull I'd spent two or three years training on, 'backwoods critters'. That's NOT what I bred and trained Pitbulls for.



Neither would I ever, 'bait' one of my Bulldogs just for the Hell of it. In 1990 one of my Pit Bulldogs actually save my life during a home invasion. During the hundreds of hours I'd spent training that animal I never thought I'd ever actually need him for anything other than occasionally, 'showing off'. Then, one quiet Sunday morning it suddenly happened!



Here's the answers, as I know them, to your questions:



30 lb male Raccoon - Not if the coon can get to water.



30 lb Male European badger - I don't know?



35 lb Male coyote - Some coyotes, yes. Others I've encountered, no.



40 lb Bob cat - Unless you're, 'running' the cat, it ain't ever going to happen.



50 lb Beaver - I've seen 35 - 40# beavers, but never a 50# one. Beavers are very peaceful creatures that never stray too far from water. Somehow I don't see this as a problem.



35 lb Nutria rat (Coypu) - I don't know?



35 lb Wolverine - Again I don't know; but, I strongly doubt it.



40 lb Javelina - If the dog can get a good neck hold, maybe.

Answer 2

30 lb male Raccoon - yes



30 lb Male European badger -no



35 lb Male coyote - yes



40 lb Bob cat -no



50 lb Beaver -yes, but only if the beaver is not near water



35 lb Nutria rat (Coypu) - yes



35 lb Wolverine - no, not even if the wolverine was injured before the fight



40 lb Javelina - yes

Answer 3

You don;t use dogs like that for most of these, see my notes for all of the below.



30 lb male Raccoon: Dogs are used to track and tree not "take down"



30 lb Male European badger: I think you would trap these



35 lb Male coyote: no one uses dogs to hunt these



40 lb Bob cat:No one use doges to hunt these



50 lb Beaver:You trap these



35 lb Nutria rat (Coypu):I don't think you use dogs, but I might be wrong



35 lb Wolverine: You trap these not hunted with dogs



40 lb Javelina: You may use dogs here, but I think you use pitbulls, your dog would be too small.

Answer 4

Backwoods Bull Terriers

Answer 5

If everything goes right,yes.But in the real world all the animals listed are just not going to lay down and let a dog chew on them.You better supply quite a bit of dogs.Domestic dog has no advantage even when bred to fight.Wild critters got the upper hand because they are more efficient at killing their dinner everytime they HAVE to eat.Wild critters survive day to day as a predator or evading predators.Even wild Cottontail rabbits put up a fight.Wild animals live in a world of survival every blinking minute.Feed your dog doggie biscuits and keep it alive.

Answer 6

Maybe the Beaver, Nutria, or Javelina, though some of those have been

known to tear up a single dog pretty seriously in the encounter.

The carnivores?

Why are you so anxious to get your dog dead?

If you're looking to prove your masculinity. don't lay it on the dog.

Answer 7

Are you listing predators in your area that your outdoors dog may encounter and need to win a battle with?



None of these animals would even try to pick a fight with bull-terrier except perhaps the wolverine, and maybe a PACK of coyotes, some of these animals would probably be able to take down your dog, but the vast majority of them wouldn't pick a fight with him because there would be nothing to gain from it.

Answer 8

Who says people don't use dogs on coyotes? They're wrong. People use dogs to run them like deer, or kill them completely using different breeds of dogs. Like a dog to get on their trail, greyhounds to chase them and another to kill it. The problem comes in with the greyhounds. 'yotes are fast...and smart. They'll divide up, the greyhound is by itself because its so fast, some will circle behind it and kill it before the "hunters" catch up.



Suprised you didn't add jackalope to the list.

Answer 9

bob cat is very slim and a wolverine is even less of a chance of winning