{"id":3284,"date":"2009-07-06T00:10:36","date_gmt":"2009-07-06T06:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fromthefrontporch.com\/WPBlog\/?p=3284"},"modified":"2023-09-18T12:07:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T19:07:07","slug":"it-started-out-with-a-bang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/2009\/07\/it-started-out-with-a-bang\/","title":{"rendered":"…it started out with a bang"},"content":{"rendered":"

July 4th, 2009…not fireworks, just excitement…<\/p>\n

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Sometime just before 7:00 a.m. on the 4th, Karl started barking, Bob came roaring inside…<\/p>\n

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I tore outside, stopping only long enough to grab my can of pepper spray.<\/p>\n

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Karl was doing his “woo-woo-woo” something up a tree kind of noise. As I rounded the motorhome I saw Karl and the coyote. The coyote looked so small that my initial thought was “young” coyote.<\/p>\n

They were squared off. <\/p>\n

As I came into view, the coyote looked at me, turned and took off to the East – our loop walk. Karl moved a bit toward, keeping up the “woo-woo-woo” and then, somewhat spastically, nose to the ground, alternatively barking, sniffing – following the scent around the area, but not giving chase.<\/p>\n

I let Karl do as he needed. He was all over the scent, stopping occasionally to look East and bark. <\/p>\n

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Time to keep watch…<\/p>\n

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Watching…<\/p>\n

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Bob was watching also…with the occasional low growl.<\/p>\n

July 4th, 2009. It started out with a bang.<\/p>\n

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