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Owner gave dog a fighting chance Continued from page 1 5 · Wednesday, January 18, 2012 OAKVILLE BEAVER · www.insideHALTON.com COYOTE SAFETY TIPS (Ministry of Natural Resources) · Do not approach/feed coyotes. Keep Pets Safe · Cats and small dogs may be seen as prey by coyotes, while larger dogs may be injured in a confrontation. · Install proper fencing. · Keep animals inside at night. · Keep all pets on leashes or confined to a yard. · Keep cats indoors. · Walk your dog on a leash at all times. If your yard does not have a fence, use a leash while on your property to keep your dog close to you. · Spay or neuter your dogs. Coyotes are attracted to, and can mate with, domestic dogs that have not been spayed or neutered. If you encounter a coyote · Never try to "tame" a coyote. · Do not turn your back on, or run, from a coyote. Back away from the coyote while remaining calm. · Use whistles and personal alarm devices to frighten an approaching or threatening animal. · Properly store, secure and maintain garbage. Place trash bins inside an enclosed structure to discourage small rodents, which are an important food source for coyotes. Put garbage at curbside the morning of the scheduled pickup. Use enclosed composting bins. Coyotes are attracted to dog and cat waste as well as products containing meat, milk and eggs. · Use deterrents and fences to keep coyotes away from your home. · Use motion-sensitive lighting and/or motion-activated sprinkler systems to deter nocturnal wildlife. · Fence your property or yard. As they approached the path leading out to Grand Oak Trail, Ramsahoye said she saw what she first believed to be a dog on the path in the road. As the wild dog approached closer, she says she realized the animal was a coyote and instructed her friend to turn around and walk away, at which point Ramsahoye's friend picked up her puppy. When Ramsahoye noticed the coyote was about 10 feet from them she says they both became frightened and ran, causing the coyote to chase after them. As the animal got closer, Ramsahoye says it jumped onto her schnoodle and bit its hindquarters. "I remembered the tip about making yourself seem bigger than the coyote and started stomping my feet and yelling to make noise to scare it away," she said. "But nothing was working. So I let go of the leash to give Chachi a fighting chance." The coyote chased the schnoodle into some nearby bushes, at which point Ramsahoye said she lost sight of her dog and called 911. After walking to the main road, she met up with a Halton police officer who "Nothing was working. So I let go of the leash to give Chachi a fighting chance." Kim Ramsahoye, Oakville resident helped Ramsahoye look for her dog. "At that point, I lost track of my friend and her puppy, but around 10:30 a.m. I get a call from her telling me that Chachi is sitting on my front porch shaking," she said. Ramsahoye believes her friend, who is also a neighbour, saw her dog on her way home. The Halton police officer instructed Ramsahoye to tell her friend not to touch the dog and wait for the Oakville Humane Society to arrive. "After the whole ordeal, I later learned that the coyote had chased Chachi back to his home and my nextdoor neighbor saw the whole thing," she said. "He apparently started throwing shoes at the coyote to scare it off, but then it started running towards him and he ran back into his house and shut the door. The coyote disappeared after that." Once the Humane Society arrived at Ramashoye's home and assessed the dog, animal control officers instructed her to take the injured animal to a vet. "The vet treated him and Chachi's doing okay," she said. "He has one puncture wound and bruising around the area, a paw that was bleeding and he lost a couple of nails, I guess from running so fast. But all his vaccines were up to date, so the vet gave me an oral antibiotic to give him." The Ministry of Natural Resources has advised residents not to feed or approach coyotes, should they encounter one. However, if they do come face to face with a coyote, residents are advised to act larger in stature than the wild animal and make noise by jiggling keys, using a loud voice or making other loud noises to scare them off. It is not advisable to run away. For information on the Town of Oakville's wildlife initiatives, visit www. oakville.ca/environment/wildlifestrategy.html. For more stories on recent coyote activity in town, see page 7. INCORPORATION SERVICES If You Earn In Excess Of $20,000 Per Year And Are Not Incorporated, You Are Paying Too Much Income Tax. 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