My doberman Athena (she's my avatar pic) is the best girl in the world! I rescued her when she was 6 months old from a person who was keeping her as an outside dog. It was the middle of winter with temps dipping into the teens at night & she was missing most of her hair from a bad case of mange. She is now 5 years old & pays me back everyday with unconditional love & dedication.
This morning is a overcast rainy day in Cincinnati & I was being lazy & slept in (9AM) so was late in going to the barn to let out the chickens & feed the goats. While I was in the kitchen I heard the dogs making a racket & looked out to the woods where they were barking thinking to myself why can't I ever see what they are barking at? As soon as that thought went thru my mind there it was... a coyote! Even with the dogs barking it kept coming closer to the barn to within about 50 feet. Athena had had enough, she took off after it barking & charging, she chased it back into the woods & turned to come back to the house. Wouldn't you know as soon as she reached the house it was coming back, again she charged full speed ahead. Again back into the woods, & again it turned to come back. She is such a good girl she never leaves the property even when shes in full pursuit. I never had to teach her this, it's hard to believe but she is really that good of a dog. Now my other dogs would have chased it until they looked up & were lost. They are on an electric fence.
At this point I had had enough! I am not a good shot at all, so I went up to wake my stepson who is & brought the dogs in. Of course this is when the persistant coyote decided not to come back. Grrr! Now I thought coyotes only got to be about 50lbs. Athena is 82lbs & was within 5 feet behind the coyote & it looked slightly bigger than her?!!?? And yes I am 100% sure it's a coyote & not a dog. My friend had put a trail cam out in the woods this winter & we got a pic of it. He was saying it was a monster, but I thought he was just making a big deal & exaggerating. Now that I saw it in person with my dog right next to it, it is a monster coyote! The dogs are still watching & patrolling the woods on high alert.
So the chickens are still locked up & I don't think I'm going to let them out til after 12 noon. I found the pic of the coyote on the trail cam & attaching it.
This morning is a overcast rainy day in Cincinnati & I was being lazy & slept in (9AM) so was late in going to the barn to let out the chickens & feed the goats. While I was in the kitchen I heard the dogs making a racket & looked out to the woods where they were barking thinking to myself why can't I ever see what they are barking at? As soon as that thought went thru my mind there it was... a coyote! Even with the dogs barking it kept coming closer to the barn to within about 50 feet. Athena had had enough, she took off after it barking & charging, she chased it back into the woods & turned to come back to the house. Wouldn't you know as soon as she reached the house it was coming back, again she charged full speed ahead. Again back into the woods, & again it turned to come back. She is such a good girl she never leaves the property even when shes in full pursuit. I never had to teach her this, it's hard to believe but she is really that good of a dog. Now my other dogs would have chased it until they looked up & were lost. They are on an electric fence.
At this point I had had enough! I am not a good shot at all, so I went up to wake my stepson who is & brought the dogs in. Of course this is when the persistant coyote decided not to come back. Grrr! Now I thought coyotes only got to be about 50lbs. Athena is 82lbs & was within 5 feet behind the coyote & it looked slightly bigger than her?!!?? And yes I am 100% sure it's a coyote & not a dog. My friend had put a trail cam out in the woods this winter & we got a pic of it. He was saying it was a monster, but I thought he was just making a big deal & exaggerating. Now that I saw it in person with my dog right next to it, it is a monster coyote! The dogs are still watching & patrolling the woods on high alert.
So the chickens are still locked up & I don't think I'm going to let them out til after 12 noon. I found the pic of the coyote on the trail cam & attaching it.
