Coyotes 30 miles from wilderness, first time seeing it in my neck of the woods

[1StrongBlackMan]

55. Arizona here ...

We have coyote everywhere. I live less there 5 miles from the Catalina Mountain Foothill and there's a wash less than a half mile. Whenever there's "development, we see/hear them closer and closer to our sub-division. (Thank the universe, by Town Zoning statutes, we are just about built out).

The person that we bought our house from had a smallish dog and had a "Doggie Door" that opened to a walled in yard. Mrs. 1SBM thought this was a good idea, since we both worked and own dogs. The first project I under-took after the purchase was to install a new door.

As I was headed to the hardware store to get the door, Mrs. 1SBM asked me why I was replacing it ... I told her, "Just like our dogs can come in and out of the house at-will, so can other critters!