As Marcy and I prepare to move into the hot, sunny depths of the Mohave desert, many of our thoughts turn to our pets. As you know, we have two dogs, Sammy and Buddy, and our cats, Bing, Charlie Brown, Mr. "C" and Cleo.  When we first went house shopping in Lake Havasu, one of the things that made us fall in love with our new home was the five foot, Spanish style wall that surrounded the back yard.  "Great" we thought.  The kitties will love this because they can enjoy lying in the warmth of the sun and we will feel secure in their not being able to get out of the back yard.

You see, Bing, the great Seal Point "Hunter" can't seem to make it through the day without his roam through the back yard.  Well, truth be told, he actually loves roaming our back yard, the front yard, the neighbor's front yard and the neighbor's back yard. You get the picture.  Lake Havasu sounds like the perfect place for Bing. Lots of enclosed backyard for him to roam, and lots of lizards to chase...how perfect! 

Ok...Not so perfect...There are COYOTES in Lake Havasu and they consider our family pets their daily food!  As we do our research, we are shocked to learn that these agile coyotes can easily jump a six foot fence.  Animal control tells me that coyotes will travel anywhere from 15-100 miles from their den into the city to forge for food and that not only will they eat our cats but they will even take our dogs!

We are shocked.  We cannot fathom our pets becoming coyote prey and obviously will do anything to prevent this from happening to our pet family. Some people say to keep our pets inside between dusk and dawn when the coyotes are out hunting. However, animal control says that a coyote will jump into your back yard and snatch a pet right in front of you in broad daylight.  This is scary stuff!

If anyone has any solutions to keeping the coyotes out and the cats and dogs safe, we would love to hear from you. 

How come the coyote on the Roadrunner cartoons always seemed so cute and goofy?

Have a purrable day...

Nick