I'm exteremely devastated. My girlfriend's young yorkie was taken by a Coyote a few days ago.
Let this be a warning to others that if you are in an area with Coyotes- or closeby even in suburban areas where you wouldn't expect, that Coyotes can get into back yards and take your dog.
My girlfriends parents were watcing her Yorkie and let her out to pee in the middle of the night for a couple minues.
She's in an dense developed neighborhood miles from the wilderness. Her house has 6 ft tall cinder block walls . No one had an idea that this was possible in that neighborhood because it's far from nature. Anyways the Coyotes can travel down sewer drains and come out and take your dog.
They can travel down connected neighboring fences/walls. So even if your wall/fence is higher than 6 feet it might not deter the coyotes.
Right now there is a drought in California and the Coyotes don't have as much natural prey so they are very aggressively scouring our neighborhoods for pets- cats, dogs etc.
Be careful with your pet between 6 pm until 8 am. Some Coyotes have even been seen during the day closer to the wilderness.
e prepared and Don't let it happen to you
Animal Advocates - Coyote information, Los Angeles, California - Mary Cummins this one says to have 8 ft tall fences are necessary. You need to put up barbed wire or a coyote wall roll in order to realy prevent them from climbing a wall.
http://www.cesarsway.com/dog-care/do...e-from-Coyotes
some good general info
How to Keep Coyotes Away from Campsites or Homesteads: 8 Steps
this one is good - also DON't Leave dogfood outside they will smell it and it attracts them