Tracks

I discovered these tracks in the soft dirt along the road in front of the house in Biscuit Hollow. Whatever the creature was, I tracked it along the road for a quarter mile. It looked like a dog track but it was so big and nobody near there owns a dog. So with all the wildlife we see around there, we were naturally very curious. I very carefully took a number of pictures, with the tape measure, and if I had any plaster of paris, I would have made a cast of the track. Once back at home, I referred to "Mammal Tracks and Sign of the Northeast". After some study, we ruled out Coyote (Canis latrans) and Bobcat (Lynx rufus). I know it wasn't a bear. So that left either

Canis lupus or Canis familiaris. I am quite certain it was the latter. How boring....