Recent content by Raspy

We visited Sandy again yesterday. The last time was two years ago. She is now twelve years old and doing fine. A little nervous, likely because she lost her mate, Shorty, about three years ago and has not gotten over it. She has been moved to a new enclosure that sees less of the public...

Thanks for posting this.

Beautiful story. And now it turns out Mica is very similar to Sandy. Further evidence that coyotes are just basically wild dogs.

I just got the results from a second DNA test on Mica. Here are the two test results side by side. As mentioned, I have no idea how accurate these tests are and Mica looks much more like a German Shepherd than a Border Collie or Cattle Dog. I've also added a picture of her at 4.5 months...

I agree. But here is the breed summary. I have no idea how accurate these are.

Meet Mica. Our new Cattledog/Border Collie mix. She just turned four months old. I first met her when she was one week old and we brought her home at seven weeks. Much of this thread was comparing a coyote to a domestic dog and asking the question, what is the difference? Sandy was five...

Southwest Wildlife has not yet, to my knowledge, been able to find her another mate. I've asked them to try. It has been interesting, if sad, to see her unsettled and nervous at the loss of Shorty. She seems somewhat lost and distracted. It will be eleven years in March, since we found her...

Reviewing this thread again. Hope you are all doing well.

Earlier, in my quest to learn about Sandy, and coyotes in general, I looked for stories from others that had experiences with them. One day a neighbor mentioned that her father, then in his mid nineties, had had a coyote as a boy. I asked her for more information and she said she would ask him...

Thanks for the kind words.

She was spayed about a month or so after arriving at Southwest. Breeding them is completely outside what they do as a rescue organization. Thanks for the fox link. This looks like the second step in the Russian fox experiments that developed tame foxes.

Good Morning all! It's been about 2 1/2 years since I posted here about our lovely coyote, Sandy. We visited her again a few days ago and here are my thoughts about it: Every time we see her, it is an emotional experience. She brought so much joy, creativity and intelligence to the party...

I've just moved my ammo into a closed box trailer that is black in color. I'm afraid it is going to get pretty hot in there in the summer. It has roof vents, but they won't always be open. How hot can ammo, 357, 9mm, 5.56, etc, be and still be safe?

Do any of you have a Cocker Spaniel as a pet? If so, what can you tell me about their character and compatibility? Are they fun and good companions? Easy to train? Healthy? Any recommendations for breeders in the Bay Area?

A friend just gave me this stove and I am looking for more information on it. All concrete lined, very well built, 8" double wall vent. Probably installed in about 1985. Thanks.