Weather is starting to cool down already. Coyotes are trying to intrude and normally two adult dogs keep them off us and even two neighbors with chickens to the north. Last night I could hear an adult coyote barking on property of neighbor to north and it had to be very close to pens. Neighbor has large dog that barked back but was also penned so coyote had free-range, Lucy was out barking back and is only dog in the area that can actively repel a coyote but she does not go out like she did with Scoob. It is good Lucy does not over extending herself. Ben hovered back on porch. Despite all the barking he does he did not join Lucy in producing warning barks. Hopefully he will join her starting in the fall by howling. He still has not harmed a chicken although he chased a stag briefly which he stopped when I complained. He is also shy around the fencing.
