{"id":3201,"date":"2019-06-29T17:02:52","date_gmt":"2019-06-29T21:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=3201"},"modified":"2019-06-29T17:07:09","modified_gmt":"2019-06-29T21:07:09","slug":"coyote-is-after-woddy-do-something-june-31-2919","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=3201","title":{"rendered":"“COYOTE IS AFTER WODDY, DO SOMETHING.”. June 31 2919"},"content":{"rendered":"

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From: <\/b><\/span>ALAN SKEOCH <alan.skeoch@rogers.com<\/a><\/a>>
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Subject: <\/b><\/span>Coyote wall. June 31 2919<\/b>
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Date: <\/b><\/span>June 29, 2019 at 3:53:22 PM EDT
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To: <\/b><\/span>alan.skeoch@rogers.com<\/a><\/a>
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\u201cCOYOTE IS AFTER WOODY, DO SOMETHING!!\u201d<\/div>\n

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alan skeoch<\/div>\n
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\u201cAlan, the coyote was back last night at dusk\u2026I think he wants to get Woody\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cForget about it\u2026Woody is too big and does  not wander.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cSure, sure\u2026don\u2019t you remember the slash on his bum from a coyote Woody thought was friendly.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cScared hell out of him\u2026came running up to me and leaned  against my leg.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cWell, surely that would teach you that coyotes are dangerous.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cDamn beautiful animals as long as  the mange doesn\u2019t get them.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cAlan, we have a pack of coyotes  living in the bush back of our house\u2026that is scary.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cLive and let live, Marjorie.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cDo you want Woody killed?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cNever happen, our dog run is fenced.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cNot any more\u2026coyote has been digging under the chain link.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cImagination.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cSometimes  Alan I find you irritating\u2026maddening\u2026far too laid back.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cShow me the hole.\u201d<\/div>\n

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So that little incident started our Canada Day week end.  Fence repairs to keep the coyotes out.<\/div>\n
I am not proud.  I admit that the repairs were done by the female crew living with us.  They had<\/div>\n
seen the coyotes and  Woody nose to nose with wire mesh in between.  I had not seen this contact<\/div>\n
so I was  a little less enthused about fence repairs.
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Women are better at this kind of thing anyway.  Moving cement blocks from place
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to place to frustrate the coyote.  They were good at the job.
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\u201cWhile you are doing repairs, I am going coyote hunting.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cAlan, come back here.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cJust hunting with my camera.\u201d<\/div>\n

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Our house lot is long and wild\u202650 get by 400 feet.  Part of the ancient Mississauga<\/p><\/div>\n

First Nations territory.  Last part they held.   So it is nice and verdant\u2026wild.
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About half way down our lot, we had built a fence to keep our  dogs from irritating<\/p><\/div>\n

neighbours.  We have had lots of dogs\u2026Shadow, Sunny, Molly, etc, etc\u2026and now<\/div>\n
Woody who is about as laid back as his owner except when the coyote comes calling<\/div>\n
at dusk every night.  Then Woody barks.  Very brave barking since he is protected<\/div>\n
by the chain link fence.<\/div>\n
\u201cAlan \u2026 the fence has been compromised,,,where are you going?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cSee if I can  get a picture of the coyotes family\u2026back in the bush.”<\/div>\n
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And so I used the camouflage of greenery to escape the fence building\u2026just like
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the coyote\u2026I was hidden.<\/p><\/div>\n


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At the back of the lot we keep this old dump rake as a reminder of the days long<\/p><\/div>\n

ago when this was a hay field.
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I know the coyotes were watching me but I could not see them\u2026lots of places <\/p><\/div>\n

to hide and slink about.
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\u201cAlan, you did  nothing to hep the girls\u2026nothing.  As  usual.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cI was on point\u2026the point man in the defence of our fort\u2026doing recon”
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“The least you could is fix the gate\u2026handle not working\u2026enough of a gap for
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coyote to get through if we are not careful.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cGet Gabriela on that\u2026she is  right handed.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cI wish you would stop using that left handed  excuse.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cThat excuse has worked for 80 years so I have not intention of<\/div>\n
giving up a good thing.”
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\u201cOK wise guy\u2026we are going to lock you out there with the coyotes\u2026right now.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n


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\u201cSo here I am \u2026 inspecting fence repairs from the outside.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\u201cQuite amazing work\u2026lifting cement blocks\u2026placing them\u2026now let me back in!\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n


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Somewhere behind you Alan, a coyotes is salivating\u2026slobbering\u2026anticipating a good meal.”<\/div>\n

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Begin forwarded message: From: ALAN SKEOCH <alan.skeoch@rogers.com> Subject: Coyote wall. June 31 2919 Date: June 29, 2019 at 3:53:22 PM EDT To: alan.skeoch@rogers.com \u201cCOYOTE IS AFTER WOODY, DO SOMETHING!!\u201d alan skeoch June 2019 \u201cAlan, the coyote was back last night at dusk\u2026I think he wants to get Woody\u201d \u201cForget about it\u2026Woody is too big and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3201","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3201\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}