Snapshot · Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Coyotes are biologically programmed to kill quickly by targeting the head, neck, soft belly, and armpits — the most vulnerable areas of their prey.
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Sarah had four dogs to discharge that April morning — her own two, her sister's dog, and a friend's six-month-old puppy — and took them to a familiar Manchester-by-the-Sea trail for an off-leash run. When her English Setter Billy's barks turned to screaming 150 yards deep in the woods, she tied two dogs to a tree and sprinted toward the sound [1] — Sarah "Three large Eastern wolf-coyote hybrids were taking turns lunging at Billy, Sarah's 60-pound English Setter. Without hesitation, Sarah ran …" 15:30 . She emerged into a clearing to find three large Eastern coyotes — a wolf-hybrid subspecies weighing up to 60 pounds each — taking turns lunging at Billy. Without hesitation, she grabbed him by the scruff and haunches and played tug-of-war with the coyotes while kicking them, eventually making hard enough contact to scatter the pack. She then ran backwards through the forest carrying the bleeding 60-pound dog while periodically facing down a trailing coyote, knowing that turning her back would trigger a chase. Billy arrived at the emergency vet with his intestines exposed; after hours of surgery, internal and external stitching, he survived. Her hero dog Remy held the line on retreat, lunging at coyotes without making contact to buy her time. Billy is now 15 [2] — Sarah "Billy the dog survived at age 15: Billy the English Setter, who survived a brutal three-coyote mauling that left his intestines exposed, wa…" 20:00 . Dax reflected that what made her capable of this was the maternal identity she had adopted toward her dogs — remove that, he observed, and she would never have gone near those coyotes.
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The coyotes most people picture are small Western animals. Eastern coyotes are a 50/50 wolf-coyote hybrid that can weigh up to 60 pounds. Three of them are a genuinely lethal pack.
Eastern coyotes in New England are a wolf-coyote hybrid and can weigh 35–60 pounds, making them significantly more dangerous than their Western counterparts.
Three large Eastern wolf-coyote hybrids were taking turns lunging at Billy, Sarah's 60-pound English Setter. Without hesitation, Sarah ran in, grabbed the dog's scruff and haunches, and played tug-of-war with the coyotes while kicking them off, eventually booting one hard enough to scatter the pack.
Sarah's 60-pound English Setter Billy was simultaneously attacked by three large Eastern coyotes, with his intestines exposed by the time he reached emergency surgery.
Sarah discovered that facing a coyote makes it stop immediately, while turning your back triggers it to chase — a key survival tip.
Running backwards sounds absurd until you realize turning your back on a coyote triggers its chase instinct. Sarah carried a 60-pound mauled dog through New England forest while periodically spinning to face down a trailing coyote, keeping it frozen in its tracks.
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