What still bothers me is the true coyote weighs no more than 28 pounds. what we have locally are much greater in weight and have a wicked set of teeth.

We have had a few attacks in Nova Scotia on humans in the last couple of years. At least one was a fatality. They apparently do not always turn and run from humans.

Your dogs felt less than comforatable as well it seems. I thought they tried to lure dogs back into the bush before killing them?