A few times various scrapy dogs tried to win a fight with my pet raccoon. One was an unleashed Afghan 5 times "Moon's" size (I had her on a leash). Confrontation was over
By: InDebtButOnTime : January 12th, 2021-17:50
in less than 10 seconds. Semi domsesticated raccoon the winner. In the end though I would not recommend a raccoon as a pet! A wonderful pet until her first heat cycle, after that the wild animal in her took over. All I can say is never underestimate the combative survival capabilities of a raccoon! Ferrets are interesting as they have been domesticated just enought to be good pets (for life) yet still have a good dose of their pre domesticated roots. Not to say that cats are not very capable of defending themselves!
Yes, that probably would have changed that situation completely. My girlfriend who gave Moon to me was an animal savvy country girl. We both worked in a pet hospital...