> Why didn't you just shoot the coyote? A load of 00 buckshot takes > care of the problem very quickly, although it does leave a mess to > clean up. That's how we'd deal with the problem here in Maine. > Hi List, We had the same problem in Washington State last year and I solved the problem the same way! We had a Griffon Bitch in season and the pack of coyotes were there and trying to climb the fence, our GSD bitch Ch Omegas's Wikiki was attacking the pack from inside the fence with our young 8 month male GSD as support... Kiki feels that all of our Griffs are her puppies and would protect them at all costs...I ended the problem with one shot from a 40 cal Glock at about 25 feet ... clean up of the remains was handled by the rest of the pack! We now live in Tennessee and have been bothered by Coyotes but not by packs the GSDs are able to keep them out of the six foot fenced dog yard. Harlowe "Jake" Jahelka Belleterre GSDs and Brussels Griffons ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================