Ky hills
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I've mentioned before on here that coyote are thick around here. Not uncommon to see one out at random times, often around dark or after dark there will be 2 or more. Not hardly a night goes by that they don't wake my wife up howling, from around a pond just below our house. We have a female Blue Heeler that stays in the house most of the time. She has a variety of barks, that usually we think we understand what they represent. She sounds very loud and aggressive and growly when someone comes by, If she know them or senses they aren't a threat she simmers down pretty soon. If she wants to go out or wants something she has a high pitched sharp annoying bark. Then what I call her alarm bark, when she hears coyotes or some strange noise that startles her. Last night, coyotes were close by the house and woke my wife, Our outside dogs barked at them, and the female dog inside joined in after a bit. The female dog has been in heat for about 2 weeks, and we have been real careful about letting her out if we aren't out with her especially at night. I am real hard of hearing and my wife told me that at one point the female and one of the outside dogs seemed to be communicating. One would let out a bark and then the other. A while later she said she heard a coyote back in the same area as earlier mimicking that communicating bark, the other dogs were quiet at that time, and the female was barking back and forth with it. Wife hollered out the window and it stopped.
One night a year or so ago, some coyotes must have somehow lured on my male dogs to them, I took a spotlight and found him. He turned and came to me when I called him and at that time I saw 2 coyotes coming towards him fast from different angles.
Wife has been talking about the coyote and dog conversation last night. We wonder if it was because the dog is in heat, or if it was trying to lure her in for an attack.
One night a year or so ago, some coyotes must have somehow lured on my male dogs to them, I took a spotlight and found him. He turned and came to me when I called him and at that time I saw 2 coyotes coming towards him fast from different angles.
Wife has been talking about the coyote and dog conversation last night. We wonder if it was because the dog is in heat, or if it was trying to lure her in for an attack.