He was barking like mad so I took the rifle and went to investigate. It is the size of a medium-sized dog. Sick or injured raccoons, cornered mothers protecting their young and orphaned baby raccoons are most likely to be victims of dog attacks. I came home at 6:00 PM September day, still light outside and found my dog ripped apart. Be very careful. The infectious diseases carried by raccoons can affect pets as well as humans. Healthy raccoons are unlikely to pick a fight with a dog, but dogs sometimes chase raccoons. His home may have been disturbed, or he could just be hungry. Raccoons and dogs are not the only hosts of Baylisascaris. Exotic pets. Your dog could drink infected water, or the bacteria could enter through contact with eyes, nose, mouth or broken skin. If you see baby raccoons or a raccoon you encounter seems friendly, let them be. The raccoon dog is closely related to the fox and is a member of the canine species despite having a face similar to that of a raccoon. Fight or flight. There will likely be some noise - barking from the dog, perhaps, and a low growling noise from the raccoon. An animal (and rarely human) can come into contact with the infected urine, water source or soil and become infected. I had a raccoon enter my home while I was at work and kill my Toy Fox Terrier. My dog recently had an encounter with a raccoon in my yard. It’s perfectly normal for raccoons to be active during the day. Cao said she had let her dog out to use the “little dog’s room” when two raccoons “came out of nowhere,” jumped on him and began biting, leaving him with 23 puncture wounds. Dogs may be infected with adult B. procyonis roundworms but may not show symptoms. Contact your local animal control office for additional assistance. I live in Almaden, a neighborhood in San Jose. I found him 10 yards from a freshly killed raccoon barking towards the woods. I have massive floodlights in my back yard. Dogs. Have all pets de-wormed under a veterinarian’s supervision and take precautions to avoid contact with their feces. Infected urine from, say, a raccoon, can seep into water or soil and survive there for months. If they get too close, the raccoon won’t hesitate to snap and lash out. Raccoon rabies is not prevalent in my area and … Dog owners need to be cognizant of the risk of raccoon altercations after dark. Feeding pets outside is probably the most common reason that raccoons come into contact with them. Although his booster was over due, he was at the vet and given a 3 year booster shot within 36 hours and home quarantined for 10 days. If you see a raccoon out in the daytime, let him be. If your pet cat or dog was to come into contact with a raccoon, there’s a good chance they’ll have some sort of interaction. I turn them on and scan the yard before my pal Buster goes out at night. So to answer your question from my experience, yes they do come in through pet doors. 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