There's a special place for everything here on this earth. When we start playing God by deleting what you think shouldn't be here the world eventually goes off its axis. My Aunt/Uncle in WI would tell me how the coyotes would try & get their new born calves. One day their shepherd chased two coyotes up over a hill from their barn. In one second of that the coyotes chased the dog back over that hill. But the coyotes ran when they saw my Aunt & Uncle. They might have been just playing. But my Aunt said she wasn't to sure about that. I live in Northern, AZ. We have the red wolves back here now. My mom lived by me for about a year. She said she saw a wolf in her back yard one day. She knows what a wolf looks like. She blinked & it was gone. She said it wasn't a coyote. It was a wolf. ...I told her maybe it was a hybrid. So many people turn their hybrids loose when they can't handle them anymore. Sad! Kathy Sater-Partch "JoKay's" We have a lot of coyotes here were we live....never been a problem. When we first moved here, they would come up closer to the kennel.... they were just curious. Now, we keep the pastures mowed and the coyotes are not inclined to come out into the open. A few years back, a fellow that lives up behind us shot a bunch of them.... bad mistake....they are natural predators for rabbits....we were knee deep in rabbits for three or four years....they ate everything green in site.... forget a garden or flowers or whatever. Kay ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. 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. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================