Friday JohnKu – AKA – TGIF – Fri-Yay Good News

~ John W. Howell
Harley and Vinny the morkie dogs – @harleymacthemorkie

Today’s good news story comes from the Good News Network.

Watch Tiny Dog Sprint After Coyote While His Puppy Pal is Being Attacked in the Backyard

By Andy Corbley

 

In California, a little dog was saved from a prowling coyote when his friend, 10 lbs. Maltese, “hero in a fur suit,” summoned all his wolfish instincts to chase the predator out of his yard.

It happened in a flash, just 10 seconds, as Erin Macaluso recounted on Facebook.

Coming back from a nighttime walk, she and her husband forgot to put the cover on the doggie door.

“We are super vigilant dog owners,” she wrote. “Unfortunately, on this one night, we had just taken the dogs out to go potty and forgot to put the cover on the doggie door.”

A coyote slipped through the bars of the metal fence, and, hearing his intrusion, Macaluso’s two dogs quietly went outside to investigate the noise.

They were a 12-pound Morkie, which is a mix between a Maltese and a Yorkshire terrier named Harley, and Vinny, an 11-year-old Maltese with just three teeth.

Californians lose hundreds of pets every year to coyote attacks. With few larger predators to keep their numbers in check, they regularly roam directly into urban and suburban areas to snatch cats and dogs.

In a video posted on Facebook, security camera footage shows a little dog immediately being chased around the yard by a coyote while another beast lurks beyond the fence. Then, a white knight bolts from the house towards the coyote and scares it away.

“Our little HERO Vinny is 10 lbs, 11 yrs old, and only has 3 teeth! But he’s always been scrappy,” wrote Macaluso in celebration of her tiny dog. In the post, she encourages pet owners to never let their guard down. She claims to have lived in the town of Mission Viejo, California, for 30 years without ever seeing a coyote in the yard.

If that’s true, the one time she left the doggie door unlocked, the coyotes were ready to pounce.

Harley, the dog suffered major injuries but will make a full recovery, the vets said.

Click on the link to see the video

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The good news here is a foreceful attitude in times of trouble can go a long way even if you are the smallest. Today’s JohnKu talks about action. I hope you have a wonderful weekend.

Size by John W. Howell © 2023

The age old adage,

Bigger falls harder is true . . .

A quick smaller rules.

86 thoughts on “Friday JohnKu – AKA – TGIF – Fri-Yay Good News”

      2. Today at school my lunchtime Jennie Story was about Rex, my childhood dog, and how he saved my father’s life. My brother wrote about the event and submitted it to Field and Stream magazine. It was published. I think that’s proof of how wonderful dogs are.

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  23. Hmmm. Methinks it’s not the number of teeth that count as much as it is how sharp they are and how skilled you are at using them! 😀

    Happy ending for all, thankfully. Here in Florida, we also know that you let your animals run loose at your own risk, even if cars kill more than coyotes do. Still. Our cats are indoor only, and our dogs were never outside unsupervised or off leash, day or night.

    Thanks for sharing another wonderful FRI-Yay tale, John. Still smiling, here! 😀

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  25. WOW! Where I live, we face the dangers of alligators getting in the yard (or house) and wrestling with (or eating!) dogs (or people). But I never considered coyotes! What a hero! Thanks for sharing! ❤

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  28. That footage was painful to watch. Amazing that a elderly ten-pound dog with three teeth could scare away a coyote! (I’d better check with my daughter to make sure her two small dogs are safe from coyotes.)

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  32. Oh, those danged cayotes are a menace. We have that same problem here in our city. Anywhere with walking trails and parks are there new hangouts. There are dog owner warnings signs everywhere. I’m glad little Vinnie was such a hero. 🙂

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