Originally Posted by
twentybelow
That's been my experience too, even when camped deep in the woods far from civilization. Sometimes their yipping is quite close, perhaps within a half-mile, but I've never had one come into camp (as far as I know). I usually don't take any of my dogs along on backpacking trips, but if I had a smallish one or a pup with me, I would certainly keep it close at night as you did with the newfie. As Red Cinema noted above, some "ki-yoats" do in fact interbreed with domestic dogs and might acquire some of their characteristics. And based on the news reports cited, the possibility exists that you might encounter an aggressive one, but the odds are extremely low. Of all the things that could go wrong in the wilderness, a coyote attack is way, way down on the list.
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