Jamie Craig Webboard User Reg: 09-01-2009
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Interesting Jamie! Thanks for sharing the info!
I will say, I have never seen a young coyote around, or following us on the trails. It is always an adult.
From your description, most likely the young coyotes probably stay far away while going through their natural maturation stages, then become more confident with age. I would be interested to know if Savvy follows that same progress. Please keep us updated
That's actually a really good point. After her first fear period from hell I thought for sure that was it, but she bounced back, then did so again...and again. This is the opposite of what you see in high content wolfdogs and wolves. However there isn't actually much comparison research in wolves vs coyotes. Talking with some wolf researchers we're wondering if there is a connection between size of puppies and confidence. Wolf pups are confident and leave the den early, they are usually outwardly stable until almost their adult size, when the neophobia and shyness sets in. Coyotes on the other hand....there's a reason you never SEE coyote puppies until they're almost a year old, they even have a secondary weaning period (first being traditionally weaning from their mom onto solid food, the second being a "dispersal" at 8 months where they're still in the den, but hunting entirely on their own, then they leave their mother's for good at 1.5-2 years.
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Quote: Niomi Smith
Interesting Jamie! Thanks for sharing the info!
I will say, I have never seen a young coyote around, or following us on the trails. It is always an adult.
From your description, most likely the young coyotes probably stay far away while going through their natural maturation stages, then become more confident with age. I would be interested to know if Savvy follows that same progress. Please keep us updated
That's actually a really good point. After her first fear period from hell I thought for sure that was it, but she bounced back, then did so again...and again. This is the opposite of what you see in high content wolfdogs and wolves. However there isn't actually much comparison research in wolves vs coyotes. Talking with some wolf researchers we're wondering if there is a connection between size of puppies and confidence. Wolf pups are confident and leave the den early, they are usually outwardly stable until almost their adult size, when the neophobia and shyness sets in. Coyotes on the other hand....there's a reason you never SEE coyote puppies until they're almost a year old, they even have a secondary weaning period (first being traditionally weaning from their mom onto solid food, the second being a "dispersal" at 8 months where they're still in the den, but hunting entirely on their own, then they leave their mother's for good at 1.5-2 years.
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Re: Savvy Puppy-7-ish months
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