**UPDATE**
I am a 20 year resident of Yorba Linda so I feel I need to say this for all others who might be tempted to buy the “Phantom Deterrent system” that was recomended. I ordered one about a year and a half ago. I payed for it, never recieved and have been in contact with the owener/maker of this product (who is “Dan@Walnutcreek.com”). He said he was backed up in orders and didnt want to discuss the fact that HE HAS MY $150.00 AND I DONT HAVE MY “Phantom Deterrent system”!! It has been 18 months, I still dont have it
as of today 3-28-2010. SO, before anyone else gets RIPPED OFF from this guy,please dont give him anymore of your recommendations!! He is just another rip off artist!!
thank you,
Dora M.
Yorba Linda, CA
The information below has been provided by a resident of Yorba Linda
I called seven animal hospitals in Yorba Linda. All promised to call back with the information, but only two followed through. Yorba Regional Animal Hospital reported 10 attacks where the dogs were brought in, the largest number in one day was 3. The manager reminded me that the number of dogs brought in does not reflect the number of attacks. They have had several owners call to retire their dogs file due to finding their dog dead in the yard.
PatSmart Animal Hospital reported two deaths by coyote attack, but several of their clients called to report returning home from shopping or work to find their dogs lying dead in their back yard, savagely mauled. These are larger dogs. Small dogs simply disappear leaving splatters of blood.
We are so relieved that at least two of you on the council are taking the problem seriously. personally, I think the cougar hiss is a far better solution than than spending 3,500 a month to trap and kill.
Trapping is not a humane solution with a high potential for trapping other animals and the suffering that must be endured before the trapped animal is found and killed. Please do look into the cougar hiss solution. The sound is high pitched and heard only by coyotes and bobcats. The sound does not annoy people, dogs or cats. People only hear a soft hiss, but the hiss carries for acres and deters coyotes and bobcats from entering the area. The system only comes on at night when coyotes and bobcats are staking out their territory for daytime attacks, and this is the most effective time. They remember during the day that a cougar is in their territory.The Phantom Deterrent sound system has been in use for 9 years, so you can easily research the effectiveness of the cougar hiss so highly regarded by ranchers. It would certainly be far more cost effective than trapping at 3,500 a month. Each unit costs under 150.00, easily affordable by most homeowners. It is certainly much less expensive than a vet bill. Yorba Reginal charged us close to 3,000.00 to treat Hannah. She was worth every penny of it and more, but I would much rather have bought a Phantom Deterrent.
I may have already given you the above information. I have contacted so many people I have lost track of to whom I have reported what. I know I did tell the city manager about it. Her response was that it is the homeowner’s responsibility to deal with the problem . Well, it is. But as my husband said, the citizens of Yorba Linda need to be contacted by mail or email and educated as to the various defenses available. And perhaps it would be a good thing for the city to place cougar hiss systems in high attack areas at the city’s expense.
I wanted to find out if anyone has used the cougar sound deterrent system and if it works. My little dog just got attacked by a coyote in our backyard.
Hi my name is Michelle Doan, I go to UCSC and I’m working on this coyote problem as my topic for a field investigative essay, I need to interview some people who have possibly spotted coyotes near their homes or anyone who would have more information on the situition. Please email me at doamina_27@yahoo.com, this would really help my paper out a whole lot. Thank you!
Michelle, I haven’t seen then near my home, but others near me have. I have seen them crossing the street though. I will email you.
Loren Nason and Michelle Doan( “coyote problem”?? Howsabout “People Problem”?)…its good to see that the good folks behind the Orange Curtain are as clueless as my neighbors in the hills of Glendale. Here’s a solution….stop building your cookie cutter boxes in wilderness areas!!! Pretty simple, ey? But I know thats never going to happen so here’s solution number two…these are called “Phantom repellents”. They consist of sounds insntinctively reconized by Coyotes since birth….and that sound, or variety of sounds, are of the Cougar/Puma/Mountain Lion, which is the only animal the coyotes fear. They can be generated by high tech speakers which create the sounds at intervals, a somehwat expensive solution, and there is also a less expensive low tech method, the best of which is a CD a guy in Texas created called, “Run Coyote Run”. The high tech version can only be obtained from professional animal exterminators, but the CD can be bought on Ebay and played on any small cheap CD player. I’m not going to put the link here, but if you type in “Coyote Deterrent Audio CD” in the search box on Ebay, you will find it. I believe its 20 bucks.
Here is a pretty good site put out by the Good Shepard Farms. Its a good source for deterrents, behavior, general knowledge and a video from the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife.
http://www.gsfalpacas.com/pob-predator-control-coyotes.html
For those of you who have expressed interest in the Phantom Coyote Deterrent device, and most especially to Dora M., who sent a check and has wondered why she has never received her order:
I’m sorry to tell you that Dan Jincks was killed by a drunk driver in August, 2009. I learned this when my letter to him was returned by the post office with “Deceased” stamped on it. I then googled his name and found this awful news. Since then, I occasionally check to see if someone has taken over his business, but it appears that it was a one man operation — which is too bad, because his device really works. My neighborhood has been coyote-free for several months even though my device is no longer working.
Through another google search, I found that there is a CD you can order called Run Coyote Run. It’s the same concept — the sound of a mountain lion, but I haven’t tried it, and am not sure how one would play it outside for any length of time. Until someone else comes up with a solution for this problem, I guess we all just have to be super vigilant about our pets! Sorry to be the bearer of bad news…
Do you have any further information on Dan? We was invaluable in helping me with my coyote problem, and like you my coyote deterrent is no longer working, and I would like to purchase another. How very sad this all is, but you would think that someone would do something with the website; or continue making the devices. Dan was a unique individual, and will be sorely missed.
We have tried to shut down Dan’s website, but never were able to find his passwords. Hopefully, the domain subscription will run out soon. We did notify pal pay immediately upon his death to refuse all order payments. Hope this helps people understand what happened. He was a very private person and ran a one man operation. The business died with Dan. Thanks.
Oh my God, thats terrible.
Another product that is also humane. We are considering installing this to keep our dog in, and the coyotes out (cost is $28 for 4 foot kit):
http://www.coyoteroller.com/features
Video showing it in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNM2NM8tJAw