I hear we have bob cats where I live, but never seen one, but I lose a dog or two every year or two to a wild animal attack, never manage to get close to a dog, because it seems I am replacing dogs too often.
I hear the "baby" crys at night on occasion, & 2 doors down, which is over 1/2 a mile my cousin wife likes the small dogs, lap type, & they get "eaten" they cant defend themselves. They tell me they have seen bobcats, but they have mostly open yard, where I have huge amount of woods & boulders, growth. I cant see over 30 feet out window, & I usually carry a gun when I am outside, plus the fact I live where bears are, & my land joins 3,700 acres of state land.
this year I lost an akita mix, as well as a black lab, plus one of their babies, last year 2 blue heelers, one had face nearly ripped apart, but managed to crawl under his favorite junk car to die, the heelers lasted a little over 2 years.
Randy