Just back from the morning park circumnavigation. The place is overrun with dog-walkers…and…a fine pair of coyotes!
LOL! One of the funniest things about living in the Hood is how brain-banging stupid the locals are about the coyotes that wander in off the desert — about six blocks to the north of us. Ohhhh the terror!! Ohhhhh the horror! Ohhhhh the panic!
The coyotes occasionally roam in off the desert preserve, about six or eight blocks to the north of the Hood. And yes, they will grab your dog if you leave it out in a place where they can jump a fence.
But no, they will not attack you or your dog as you stroll around the neighborhood streets. They’re more scared of you than you are of them.
Odd that people don’t seem to know that, isn’t it? Not as much fun to be un-scared, I guess. 😀
It was interesting, though, that the pair were roaming around the park, humans be damned. Clearly, they were not afraid of the local riff-raff. And that, to tell the truth, is not a good sign. You don’t want them to be unafraid of humans: you want them to exit, stage left the minute they see you.
So it was eye-catching that the two were just trotting about their business, smack in the middle of a human-infested park. At the height of the Doggy-Walk Hour…. Hmmmm….
I carry a shilelagh with me when I take Ruby out. Main reason is that I can wrap her leash around it, allowing her to drag me around without removing the hide off the palms of my hands. But it would do well to bat one of the wild pups, if they decided to try filet of corgi for breakfast.
Jets from Luke Air Force Base roaring around overhead this morning. Frankly, I find those avatars of World War III a great deal more alarming than a furry wild dog. WHAT a racket those planes make!
My mother, about as smart as the coyote-fearers, used to sit on her back porch in Sun City (right down the road from Luke), and soak up the racket from those planes.
“Ohhhhhhh,” she would simper, “it’s the sound of freedom!”
Uhm…no, Mom: it’s the sound of World War III, comin’ your way…
Never did understand why that rather obvious fact didn’t register with her.
Humans. They’re even weirder than coyotes.