I understand and that is why I use Gen3 Night Vision anytime I am near a ranchers house.
I was out about a month ago and my buddy and I were about to sit down (Day). He whistle's and points to a Coyote about 600 yards away.
Then he said, there's two of them. Grabbed his Bino's and said - They are dogs!!
They came straight in and the 1st dog was a type of Boxer, he was panting heavily and touched the call. Took off as soon as he knew the gig was up. 2nd dog was a wats behind him and it looked like a Golden retriever. If this would have been a night scenario it may have been bad for these two dogs if all I had was thermal. Nearest ranch was 2 miles either side of us.