Yorkie Taken By Coyote - Residenial neighborhood - not near wilderness

[yavenay]

I'm so sorry for your loss. I live in the suburbs and there are so many foxes so I am always on alert when I take Dutch for a walk especially near any wooded areas.

I guess with the drought, animals are having to take risks they normally wouldn't take. Be on guard at all times with your little ones. I know I would be beyond devastation if this ever happen to any of my pets.

[YorkieMiki]

The Legend of Rainbow Bridge

[matese]

Originally Posted by YorkieMiki

Thank you all for your kind words.

I just found out about my GF's dog dying on friday morning. I spent time with my sister who I'm close with. I told her I was crying and that I feel devastated and at one point she said "Geez what's gona happen if someone close to you dies. It's just a dog" That pissed me off, but at the same time I guess it's hard to understand. That dog was like a baby to me. It feels like I've lost a child. I'm sure she's just trying to make me feel better and wants to put it in perspective, but that sort of s**t doesn't help.

Anyways once again don't let it happen to you. Just be wary that someone might try to steal your dog, it might try to run away, or get run over, or predators may get it, or it may get sick. All we can do is be prepared and try to prevent it as much as possible.

I'll try to just remember the good times we had. I'm sad, but already much better than when I first found out about her death.

Thanks everyone for the kind words, it makes me feel better that there are others out there that have real connections with their dogs. I'l get over this and life will go on. I just hope no one has any regrets like I do. Stay safe.

edit also my girlfriends parents, who were watching the dog, did not know that coyotes were actually walking that neighborhood. The last they had heard of a Coyote was a long time ago, and had no idea that it could scale a 6 ft wall. So we all need to be careful.

You are not alone with comments like that, I have had such comments for 40 years of owning dogs. Only true dog lovers can understand the pain one goes through when we loose a beloved pet. They are not DOGS, they are not PETS, they are our babies. Were care for them as we would a new born baby. New born babies depend on mommies to feed, bathe take care of their every need, furbabies need the same from us. Ppl just don't understand. I am sure there is not one person on this forum that has not experienced this from friends and family. That's why YT is family (((hugs)))

[Yorkiemom1]

When my brother comes to visit me, he will just sit and watch me interact with my babies......he is stunned and amazed at how I treat all these "dogd". He told me, "You sit and talk to those dogs like they can understand everything you say to them...these are DOGS and they can not talk, they can not make plans for the evening, they can not make choices between favorite treats or toys.....they can not understand what you are saying to them!" Then Lexee goes to the back door, looks out and sees a bird, and comes running back to me, grunting and making her UMPHFFFF UMPHFFF noise that means, lets go outside and get that bird! And after the news, when I say, "Well, is anyone ready to go to bed now?", they all jump up and run to my feet, so we can all go to bed! Can't talk???? Cant understand???? WRONG!!! People just do not understand, unless they are devoted dog lovers. My brother loves dogs and he cried quietly when he first lost Fred, then years later, he lost his collie Missy....so while he loves dogs, he isnt dog crazy! HIS MISFORTUNE!!!

[mimimomo]

I'm in CA & I've witnessed a pack of coyotes running down a residential street @ night. I was frozen w/fear, in the garage, our house was in a cul de sac, so they didn't see me. We also have mountain lions...they eat the coyotes.

I am so sorry for the loss of your friend's dear Yorkie.

[Faboosh]

Originally Posted by Yorkiemom1

He told me, "You sit and talk to those dogs like they can understand everything you say to them...these are DOGS and they can not talk, they can not make plans for the evening, they can not make choices between favorite treats or toys.....they can not understand what you are saying to them!"

Oohh that'd irritate me to hear, so rude! At least talk smack like that when you're in my driveway and not IN my house!

I've gotten comments joking about how I talk to Billi like she's my child, but for the most part people aren't rude about it. Why would they be? Doesn't it take more effort to be rude/mean anyway??

[chestermama]

Im so sorry for your loss

[Yorkiemom1]

Originally Posted by Faboosh

Oohh that'd irritate me to hear, so rude! At least talk smack like that when you're in my driveway and not IN my house!

I've gotten comments joking about how I talk to Billi like she's my child, but for the most part people aren't rude about it. Why would they be? Doesn't it take more effort to be rude/mean anyway??

This doesnt bother me! He is right....I DO talk to my babies all day long, just like they are kids! I know very well they understand me and most of them grunt, snuff, whine, etc, trying so very hard to communicate....of course, we can read what they are saying by looking in those adoring eyes! Truth doesnt bother me, just when people lie about what they think they are seeing or hearing! What he said is true!

[Oddsock]

These dog do talk, to those who listen, have empathy and try and understand them. It's your siblings loss, sadly.
Caleb's hurt his leg, when he did it, he nudged my hand and then his leg, he repeated that action 3 times, only stopping when I stroked his leg. When I stopped he pawed my hand, looked toward his leg and me. So I continued to stroke his leg. These dogs do communicate. We've told our grown up children, that our Yorkies are our grandchildren. I never thought we'd be that 'type' of dog owner.

Here we understand your loss. If you feel like telling us more about your girlfriends little one, adding pics's, we'll be here and genuinely will be interested.

[LunarBerry]

I'm am so terribly sorry for your loss ; ; Things like this makes me worry my little yorkie baby would get injured or snatch by other animals. Right now it's rare for her to go outside, but I know eventually I'll need to get her out more.
As for the non believer of talking dogs, there' actually a document called the science of dogs and it discusses not only the evolution of dogs but the way dogs have evolved to communicate and understand us and it's amazing! They did a comparison by raising wolves like domestic dogs and put them in situations to see certain reactions. Like one was a meat in a cage, a wolf would never look to the human for assistance and keep trying to get at it. Most domestic dogs will look at it, examine it some, maybe tap/claw at the cage but then realize there's no way to get that treat without help and it will go to the human and give them the look.
They also did a "eye" camera that follows their eye movement and shown them pictures of human faces and dogs faces. They found that all the dogs they tested scans a humans face like another human would when reading expressions. When a dog's face came on the screen, they wouldn't do that. Also compared to a wolf's vocal "vocabulary", a domestic dog has been found to have a good bit more vocalizations than wolves. they talked about how scientist didn't take dog owner's seriously when they said they could understand them. So they tested that. they did various recordings of barks and whines from dogs in different scenarios and situations. All the people they played the sounds to got the dog's situation pretty close and accurate and were able to say what's going on from the dog's bark. Like being left behind, or that there's an intruder or stranger coming up to them, etc. Also you can look up on youtube, there's a dog that understands 1000 words and has been able to determine a new item based on the elimination process about items he was familiar with. So yea, anyone that says dogs don't understand and can't talk, needs to do their research or learn to understand dogs :P

[kay6688]

so sad

[Buster Brown]

I haven't left at all
I saw you gently weeping as you looked through photographs
You paused for just a moment at one that made you laugh.

But as you turned more pages the tears began to flow
You whispered that you missed me but I want you to know;

I softly licked those stinging tears that down your cheeks did fall
I want to help you understand I haven’t left at all.

On those days that you are overcome with sorrow, pain and grief
I rest my head upon your leg to offer some relief.

When you take our walking path I’ve seen you turn around
Because I know you surely heard my paws upon the ground.

At night while you are sleeping I snuggle at your side
You stroke my fur as you touch that place where I used to lie.

You said it’s just your heart playing tricks upon your mind
But rest assured I’m really there, my spirit’s left behind.

I know your heart is hurting; it’s like an open sore
You think my life has ended and you won’t see me anymore.

But for those of us bound tight by love, death is not the curtain call;
It’s really the eternal beginning that waits for us all

So as you live your life I patiently await
For us to be together when you pass through Heaven’s gate.

Unknown

[Cha Cha]

I am so sorry for your loss. I watched a program not long ago about how coyotes are coming into urban areas for the reasons you mentioned. Out here where I live, we rarely see them close to town because there are plenty of areas for them and plenty of food. Such a horrible loss. I'm so sorry.

[My lil friend]

I am very sorry to hear this.
My daughter returned home from work about 2am last Monday morning. She came in and woke us up because she had to wait for 2 coyotes to leave our property and move on down the road. We looked it up on our cameras and sure enough they were running all over our front and side yard (corner lot). Our back yard is chainlink fensed in. We have found evidence of them trying to dig under.
I live in the MIDDLE of FtWorth TX.

[Yoshismom1969]

I am so very sorry :-( Sadly this happens more than people realize. I have a friend that had her Chihuahua carried off while her teenage daughter watched in horror. Also other predators like birds of prey can be very dangerous to small dogs. I have heard that certain prey birds can carry up to 15 lb animal. I almost lost my Chihuahua when I first moved here to a hawk, my dane, myself and my weim were all there with him and the Hawk did not care. I know several people who have been standing with their Yorkies and chihuahuas and had Hawks come and grab them while they were on a leash and harness, two of which did not make it and one of which did as the Talons did not puncture as badly. I talked to a telephone man years ago about the nests they would find with cat and dog collars in them :-(