Coyotes

[Jessie]

I'm about to go to bed.  I hope they don't keep me awake again tonight.

[nishi]

i love coyotes. they are one of my favorite animals. they are amazing creatures.

but - really noisy.

[OBB]

It does look like it'd be rather noisy with a Coyote around.

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[Mr. SM Holocaust]

Can I rant here for a second? Please note that I am in no way insulting any one's intelligence or calling anyone a "hick".

You flyover country people wig me out, seriously. Coyotes? I was wondering what kind of car alarm that is before it hit me that you were talking about the dog things that howl like in the movies. When I go to sleep, I wonder if I am going to be kept awake by burglars stealing cars in the parking lot next to my apartment building. I think the closest we come to real wild animals in the city are packs of feral dogs and cats- and sometimes you cross a rat on his appointed rounds but you let the packs of dogs, cats and rats do their thing and they don't snatch your baby.

I could not imagine being more than a couple blocks from a Wawa and I sincerely believe that the silence you have would force me to develop tourettes to have some kind of noise, any noise.

The weird things is that New Yorkers say to me "You call those feral dogs? In New York our rats call that fast food" .

[Beefy]

When I first moved to Texas at age 6, we had coyotes come out every night and howl in the field across the street from my house.  As I was still plagued with nightmares about large rabid dogs after being attacked, this caused many unfortunate evenings of sleep.

[Jessie]

When I first moved to Texas at age 6, we had coyotes come out every night and howl in the field across the street from my house.  As I was still plagued with nightmares about large rabid dogs after being attacked, this caused many unfortunate evenings of sleep.

You were attacked by large rabid dogs?

[ReBurn]

I don't think we have coyotes here.  We have bobcats like crazy, but they aren't nearly as canine.

[eo000]

We've got hippos, but they mainly stay in the forests and keep to themselves.

[Jessie]

[DownSouth]

Coyotes ate my moms dog.  I'm not kidding.

[cnamon]

Never heard a coyote.  We have hookers here.  And car alarms.

[nishi]

I don't think we have coyotes here.  We have bobcats like crazy, but they aren't nearly as canine.

there are coyotes in every state of the US except hawaii. they are astoundingly adaptive animals.

[Jessie]

Coyotes killed my mom's goat.  I'm not kidding.

[cnamon]

A dingo ate my baby!!

I am kidding.

[Beefy]

When I first moved to Texas at age 6, we had coyotes come out every night and howl in the field across the street from my house.  As I was still plagued with nightmares about large rabid dogs after being attacked, this caused many unfortunate evenings of sleep.

You were attacked by large rabid dogs?

When I was young and living on an Alabama Air Force base, we had a front yard with a chain link fence.  My folks had a wedding reception at the house on day.  Some bright soul brought their German Shepherd along to leave out front.  My sister and were out front playing, urged to get out of the way by the adults.  We were doing typical young kid things - running, laughing, jumping around, playing on the swingset - when I guess I moved in a way that the dog felt was inappropriate.  I got to spend that evening having my eye brows and lips sewn back together.  I still vividly remember the sensation of only being able to see red.  I was scared of big dogs for years after that.

[Jessie]

Ouch Beef.  Did they do anything to the dog?

That's terrible.  My brother was bitten by a German Shephard when we were kids too.  He got bitten on the ear.  Then a few years later, he almost lost the tip of his nose to a Collie.  It bit inside his upper lip and on the top of his nose.

When I was 16 I was bitten by a black lab and had to get stitches in my right thigh.  And of course you've all seen the pictures from my bite last week.

This is why I like cats.

[Beefy]

Ouch Beef.  Did they do anything to the dog?

Nope.  Not a thing.

[ReBurn]

That reminds me of the time I was attacked by a German Shepherd.  I was outside and the people let their dogs out of their front door by mistake.  The dog grabbed me by my leg and dragged me across the yard.  I ended up with three deep puncture wounds in my leg and about 18 stitches to close the holes.  I was about 6 or 7 I think.  The people said it was my fault for antagonizing the dog, which I didn't do, but when my dad threatened to sue their insurance company paid the doctor bills.

[Jessie]

The dog that bit my brother's ear was put to sleep.

The rest lived into old age, I guess.

My first dog bite paid for my first car, so I guess it was worth it.

[Gamplayerx]

Dogs scare the crap out of me. 

I've never been bitten, but I did see a german shepherd bite the face of of this little boy right next to me.

[Jessie]

Note to self:  No German Shepherds.

[DownSouth]

I have a friend who has a long haired German shepherd.  Mean as hell until you really get to know him.  Then he is as nice as could be.

[Dry then Catch]

Can I rant here for a second? Please note that I am in no way insulting any one's intelligence or calling anyone a "hick".

You flyover country people wig me out, seriously. Coyotes? I was wondering what kind of car alarm that is before it hit me that you were talking about the dog things that howl like in the movies. When I go to sleep, I wonder if I am going to be kept awake by burglars stealing cars in the parking lot next to my apartment building. I think the closest we come to real wild animals in the city are packs of feral dogs and cats- and sometimes you cross a rat on his appointed rounds but you let the packs of dogs, cats and rats do their thing and they don't snatch your baby.

I could not imagine being more than a couple blocks from a Wawa and I sincerely believe that the silence you have would force me to develop tourettes to have some kind of noise, any noise.

The weird things is that New Yorkers say to me "You call those feral dogs? In New York our rats call that fast food" .

yeah not everyone lives in NY

[Beefy]

I understand what he means.  When I moved to NYC, it took months to get used to sleeping through the noise.  Once I adjusted, I couldn't sleep well when I went home because it was too quiet.  I had to buy one of those white noise machines.

[Dry then Catch]

growing up in NY i had the opportunity to have made friends with feral cats.  I didn't realize the risk i was running.  its funny cats can inbreed with little consequences.   apparently so can missourans