This time of year, this weather is beautiful and as a result the windows were open last night. This was a “good thing” as we found out at 2:38 am.
Brian was home, which most of you know, never happens when something goes wrong/needs fixing/or is a major event. We both were awaken by Goober-9 mo old-silly putty-red puppy dog-Penner, as he sounded the alarm! You know instantly it is him with that high pitch puppy screach that he calls his “bad-to-da-bone-bark”. He barked a couple of times in that panicked screach. Then we heard the reason why. The coyote calls….yip-yip-yip! follwed by the rest of the pack’s responses. Wow, we knew they very close. Brian jumped up, put on his jeans and grabbed the pistol as he headed out the front door.
As the sleep left our brains, we realized that the neighbors’ dogs on both sides of us had also started barking. The Revel’s cowherd were moving around and calling for each other and their calves. Our cows were silent.
So by now, Brian had slipped into the barn yard , where the “boy band” sheep came running to him, immediately! Brian was able to push past them and head to the hay barn and the A course. He came around the building and shined the flash light into the A course pen. He caught eyes on the other side of the fence at the “Z” chute. This is only 20-25 feet away from where he stood. The “eyes” moved just a few more feet off and stood there looking at Brian, not moving any further. There was a light fog and Brian was unsure as to where our cows actually were located in the pasture, as they were still silent. Also he did not have the shot-gun with buck shot….so as a 2nd option, he shot the pistol in the air for several rounds. The neighborhood (and our house)exploded with all of the dogs joining in! And then just silence. No more cows mooing, no more dogs barking and no more eyes in the foggy mist. They had scattered! I believe it was safe to say that the coyotes really did not expect that kind of party last night. The “mutton’s now on the menu” was interupted, all with the help of the Goober Boy Penner!
I am still surprised with the nerve of that pack. I will be setting the alarm tonight and making the rounds with Tuffy and now the Goober Boy too as back-up…just to let the coyotes know that they REALLY are not welcome!
Hmmmm….. maybe this should the subject for the next “Tegan’s Tails”!