Coyotes in our area run in packs also.......When I let my dogs out & have them on a long tie to the front trees....but I am always listening for the howl of the coyotes & they I run & bring them in....a lot easier with only 3 dogs than when I had 7.......it's such an eerie howl they have & it's easy to hear....will never forget the time during the ice storm when they were right outside my house howling....just in from my woods.....

Coyotes are dangerous & not to be fooled with.