Dog-type critters

Funny thing happened on our bedtime walk last night. Just as Scooby Doo and I were exiting the house by the east door at about 10 p.m., we heard a hellacious commotion just west of the house. There were at least three, maybe four coyotes at the west end of our 3-acre property (not far!) that were having a noisy, animated conversation with two other coyotes at different points maybe a quarter-mile east. I didn't see them, but they were close enough that, when I shined the flashlight in their direction, they shut up, to resume again as we went down the drive to the east. 

I realized later that the dachsigator, who threatens mayhem at anything and anyone outside the house, made not a sound the whole time we were out there, tending to her business. Maybe she understood instinctively that a juicy, plump little weiner-dog shouldn't do anything to draw the attention of a pack of carnivores! tv