‘Totes are common in and around San Antonio, I’ve even seen em on my urban street in the early hours of the morning.

Walking dogs at night I’ve had what I presume were coyote pups bark at me from not far off, sounded like raspy smallish dogs.

Cop and fire engine sirens will commonly set them off and I have read that they always try to sound like more coyotes than what they are, each one pitching in on a slightly different pitch.

It’s not unusual to encounter them and me and my dogs have been shadowed on occasion. Blondie, the little 15lb chihuahua/pug mutt I have at present will readily run after them, so much so I quit walking them in the dark, it was like trolling for ‘yotes.

I do like the sound of a coyote, especially right before dawn when it’s still.


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