My hubby is a cop and they deal with reports of coyotes all the time, both sightings and attacks. I don't know where the thinking came from that they are more scared of us then we are of them came from but dh says no way! They don't have much fear especially when they have spotted prey (our furbabies) they will stalk and lay in wait a long time and they are able to learn the pattern we humans have in taking our babies outside. And yes, they won't hesitate to jump a fence, take a look at those long legs. They do carry many viruses and worms but that's not as big a problem as the attacking is. They usually get away with their prey. One more VERY scary item. My husband said a lady called them to come over as she thought a german shepherd was loose in their neighborhood. She said she was walking her baby (human) in the stroller and the german shepherd had come up and was walking right beside them and kept trying to "sniff" her little one. She showed the officers the shepherd as it was across the street. It was NOT a german shepherd, it was a large male coyote and it was not just sniffing her baby it was checking out it's next meal! There are many stories of coyotes coming into neighborhoods and snatching small kids around the 2 to 4 age group. Please be very wary of what they can do. If it wants your furbabies bad enough it won't hesitate to try to go through you, these are not friendly animals. Living in Minnesota we see lots of them, not only in the country but also in large towns.
