This scratched up sand is on the shore of West Lake. Since it has large canine footprints it may be a sign of coyotes. When a female is in proestrus her urine becomes increasingly attractive to the male. He will sniff intensively over an area she has just urinated in, then urinate over it and scrape the ground vigorously with his paws. The urination/scraping behavior continues with increasing frequency until the female comes into heat for two to five days sometime between mid January and late March. Once the female chooses a partner they may remain paired for a number of years. Gestation lasts from 60 to 63 days. Litter size averages 6. The young are born blind, limp-eared and pug-nosed. Three to four weeks after birth, the young begin to emerge from the den and by 35 days they are fully weaned. They are fed regurgitated food by both parents. Male pups disperse from the dens in the fall while females stay with the parents and form the basis for the pack.
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We have a lot of coyotes in our area too. We have found out that coyotes will eat domestic dogs. One coyote will come and play with a domestic dog and lure it to the rest of the pack that is waiting for it. Many of our freinds will not take their dogs with them when they go horseback riding anymore because they have had their dogs lured away and killed before they could do anything.
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