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Will a raccoon attack a small 5lb dog?

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Raccoon typically do not hunt, prey or attack dogs. However, there have been cases reported throughout history. Realize most animals will attack if threatened so if a dog was scaring a raccoon, it would probably attack. But I doubt raccoons go out looking to attack dogs for the sake of it. Some raccoon get rabies which makes them crazy, they might attack a dog (or people for that matter).

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