It has been 3 weeks or so since we have had coyotes in the neighborhood. During that time period a man had left his large male Husky to roam around in the park unleashed. Well guess what, during that time a coyote came wandering into the park and the chase was on with the Husky right on the tail of the coyote. They went North out of the park across a busy street and into the next tract of houses which behind it has a drainage ditch where we think the coyotes hang out. Anyways the owner of the Husky was in hot pursuit but could not keep up. Maybe 10 minutes later the Husky came wandering back looking for its owner safe and sound.Have to wonder with some many dog walkers going by if he's perceiving humans as not being a threat as a result. I soppose to a coyote a dog just looks like another smaller coyote species.
I did get an impression that there might be something wrong with him. His behavior does seem strange. He does shake his head quite a bit in other video captures I have of him.Does he seem tachypneic to anyone else? He's breathing at a rate over 60 bpm which seems excessive. Perhaps he's fighting a pneumonia. Some of his behaviour could be explained .. lethargy, tachypnea etc.
I agree though. it's a healthy looking coyote otherwise...with the exception of his breathing, and that patch of missing fur over it's L eye.
Can you leave a broad spectrum antibiotic or two strapped to a doggie treat for him? haha
Rabies? Yes. Lulu's county, Santa Clara, mandates that dogs get a rabies shot yearly.Do you have rabbies in the US?
That could be ear mites. They cause a dog to shake their head, whipping their ears back and forth.He does shake his head quite a bit in other video captures I have of him.
Yes, and sometimes dogs with big, floppy ears will burst a blood vessel in an ear shaking them so hard; it swells up like an aneurysm.That could be ear mites. They cause a dog to shake their head, whipping their ears back and forth.