{"id":22303,"date":"2022-10-03T08:59:08","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T12:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=22303"},"modified":"2022-10-03T09:08:03","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T13:08:03","slug":"fwd-episode-602-so-you-want-a-pet-coyote-not-a-good-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=22303","title":{"rendered":"Fwd: EPISODE 602 SO YOU WANT A PET COYOTE…NOT A GOOD IDEA"},"content":{"rendered":"
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From: <\/b><\/span>ALAN SKEOCH <alan.skeoch@rogers.com<\/a><\/a>>
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Subject: <\/b><\/span>EPISODE 602 bark! BARK! Bark! There is s big coyote down there\u2026.look!<\/b>
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Date: <\/b><\/span>September 30, 2022 at 5:36:28 PM EDT
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To: <\/b><\/span>John Wardle <jwardle@rogers.com<\/a><\/a>>, Marjorie Skeoch <marjorieskeoch@gmail.com<\/a><\/a>>, Alan Skeoch <alan.skeoch@rogers.com<\/a><\/a>>
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EPISODE 602    bark! BARK! Bark!  There is s big coyote down there\u2026.look!<\/p>\n

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alan skeoh<\/div>\n
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\u201cHer camouflage is also perfect\u2026her smell is not!\u201c<\/div>\n
\u201cAlan, the dog is going crazy\u2026must be coyotes.\u201d<\/div>\n

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At first we could see nothing.  Then a large coyotes stepped from behind a bush into<\/div>\n
the open spot.  It stopped, took its time to check us out and continued to tease<\/div>\n
Woody who is very brave when behind a chain line fence.<\/div>\n

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COYOTES AS PETS\u2026YES, IT IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT DESIRABLE<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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There are people who have pet coyotes but I think taming a coyote<\/p><\/div>\n

is  bad idea for several reasons.  Breeders sell them for around $400<\/div>\n
each.  Cheap $50 coyotes should be avoided\u2026problems there with<\/div>\n
health of the animals likely.<\/div>\n

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KEEPING  a coyote may be illegal in the first place.  So read no further.<\/div>\n

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If you are determined to get a coyote consider these problems.  First is space.<\/div>\n
A tame coyote needs about 1.5 acres minimum space.  Not many people have<\/div>\n
city lots that size.  Then it must be fenced about 10 feet high with an extra two feet<\/div>\n
buried\u202612 inches down, then folded back another 12 inches so the coyote cannot<\/div>\n
dig itself out.  Fencing a larger space, say 10 acres, won\u2019t work because the coyote<\/div>\n
may feel it is in the wild\u2026i.e. not tame.  Fencing the real rate of a male coyote is out of<\/div>\n
the questions as in the quote below.<\/div>\n

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“It is not possible to have a pet coyote if you do not own a large plot of land. And we mean large! You can\u2019t keep a coyote in an apartment or a suburban housing plant.<\/div>\n
It\u2019s not fair to the coyote to live in such small quarters and can end up causing behavioral problems.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
According to the Virginia DWR<\/a>, coyotes have a home range of about 6 miles in diameter<\/span>. Male coyotes can range even further, especially if they are looking for a female or trying to start their pack.”<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Your tame coyote may like you as long as you show it you are the alpha parent\u2026the<\/div>\n
indisputable boss.  Possible to do.  But be careful bringing friends around.  The coyote<\/div>\n
might see them as competition for affection and for food.  Bite them.  Same a applies in<\/div>\n
spades for pets.  GRRRR!<\/div>\n

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What will you feed it?  Squirrels?, rabbits?, cats? rats?   Just about anything it seems but be sure and feed it often<\/div>\n
otherwise your coyote will start looking at other livings things like your pet cat.<\/div>\n

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And do not think you can take a tame coyote for a walk on a leash.  If other leashed dogs are passing by the<\/div>\n
coyote could go berserk trying to get them and lots of biting will happen to all in the coyote\u2019s way including<\/div>\n
you I imagine.
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Who is inside the fence?  The coyote? Or us?  The answer is obvious.<\/div>\n

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There is no coyote in this picture above.  Could be though.  The picture below is our backyard, unfenced part, and there is a<\/div>\n
coyote present\u2026almost invisible.  Coyotes have decided that urban life is OK and now seeing a coyote on your street is<\/div>\n
common.  When i was a kid, decades ago, coyotes were almost fictional creatures skulking around the American west where<\/div>\n
they originated.  Not so today.<\/div>\n

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HERE is a coyote story from Kent snd Jan Farrow<\/div>\n
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KENT FARROW\u2026COYOTE STORY FROM WASAGA BEACH

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Hi Allan\u2026..love your backyard and farm and creatures that are lured to them.  We do not have coyotes at the cottage but we do have our passive fox(if there is such a thing at!  We are back to Wasaga after a 4 month stay at the cottage .  In Wasaga we have many coyotes that roam about feeding on rabbits and stray cats.  THREE winters ago we lost a yearling deer , who despite being protected by 5 other adults, was surrounded and consumed on the golf course fairway behind us.  All that was left were the two hind legs.  They take no prisoners when hungry especially when the snow is deep.  We are home for a few more days to let impending hurricane Ian pass and then back to \u2018Hodge Podge Lodge \u2018 to close up.  Stay safe!<image0.jpeg><\/span>

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This would have been 3 winters ago when there was close to 18-20\u201d of snow on the ground.  There was a small herd of dear wintering on the golf course\u2026.3 adults and two young ones.  We also had 2 coyotes trailing them .  I have them on my trail cam.  We heard the celebratory yipping noises and in the morning my son found the two hind legs.  We see them trotting across the farmer\u2019s fields at times.  Any ways that is natures food chain I suppose.  After all, Wasaga is a Provincial Park.

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Begin forwarded message: From: ALAN SKEOCH <alan.skeoch@rogers.com> Subject: EPISODE 602 bark! BARK! Bark! There is s big coyote down there\u2026.look! Date: September 30, 2022 at 5:36:28 PM EDT To: John Wardle <jwardle@rogers.com>, Marjorie Skeoch <marjorieskeoch@gmail.com>, Alan Skeoch <alan.skeoch@rogers.com> EPISODE 602    bark! BARK! Bark!  There is s big coyote down there\u2026.look! alan skeoh Sept 30, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22303\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}