I had coyotes come up in my yard last year. they try to attack (or mate?) with our female dog that is outside. this only happens in the winter. they are back again this year. now the one I saw the other day was definitely a coyote...looked more like a coyote anyways. it was dark outside and they always get out of there fast when I get out there.

I got a pic of one. I have had people tell me for sure its a coyote and some say they are not sure. is there a tell tail sign to tell a coyote from a wild or stray dog?

Looks like a husky in a way to me .

Yeah looks like a Husky to me also.

lots of husky in that yote woodshed

that's the closest I could think of was a husky myself.... not sure though.

It's beautiful regardless..

not a yote, seen one near WMA land caught it took home put fliers out. was down at WMA few days later, one of the workers pulled up ta me truck with person who had lost their dog. just happy ta see it got home safe, beautiful pet, owner said, had mix of part wolf are the pic's, pictures of your dog or the so called yote

THIS IS NOT ONE OF THE YOTES I HAVE SEEN BEFORE... OUR DOG IS JUST A MUTT, BUT NICE AS CAN BE SO WE KEEP HER AROUND....

THIS THING WOULD NOT LET ME GET CLOSE TO IT....IT GOT CAUGHT IN A SPRING FOOT TRAP(NOT SURE WHERE THE TRAP CAME FROM, THE CITY SAID THEY COULD NOT PUT OUT TRAPS FOR SOME REASON) ...I WAS GOING TO TRY TO HELP THE GUY OUT...BUT I COULDNT SEE A COLAR OF ANY KIND, AND REALLY DIDNT WANT TO GET BIT... HE WASNT FREINDLY AT ALL... HE WAS OUT IN THE FIELD, WOKE ME UP WITH ALL HIS HOWLING. BUT HE ENDED UP JUST TAKING OFF.

Husky

My off the wall guess is ... husky.

To big and healthy for a yote.... I say husky too

It's a Malamute, I believe.

a little big for yote in middle of winter i would say dog

Malamute part wolf? Thinking that is what found, an looks like whats in pic

malamute/huskie

That's gotta be a dog. I've known a husky-mix that got a serious case of wanderlust every time the temperature dropped and would climb a 6' fence and be gone for a few days before returning covered in filth and smelling like a dead water buffalo. That dog wasn't friendly to anyone except the woman that adopted him.

Could also be akita... Maybe shiba inu. Dunno.

Malamute, most definitely. The face mask is a dead giveaway.

dosnt even look like it has yote in it...

Looks like someone pet and very healthy... id be pizzed to if I had my foot in a steel trap

Plus 1, got one that hangs around the house occasionally...neighbors dog, not up to anything bad, so it gets a pass.

Not really big enough for an Akita...judging by the age structure..plus the face markings rule it out, IMO.

Is your dog fixed ?
Do you really think the dog in the picture is a coyote ? That is someones pet.

IF I THOUGHT IT WAS A COYOTE I WOULD OF SHOT IT. I HAVE SEEN COYOTES IN MY BACK YARD. THEY HAVE ALL BEEN SCRAWNY THOUGH. I JUST HAPPEN TO STUMBLE ACCROSS THIS GUY, SNAPPED SOME PICS, AND SHOWED A COUPLE PEOPLE THAT LIVE CLOSE AND SOME FREINDS. SOME PEOPLE SAID FOR SURE ITS A YOTE, SO I FIGURED ID GET SOME OPINIONS ON HERE SINCE I KNOW THERE IS ALOT OF PEOPLE THAT SPEND MORE TIME IN THE WOODS THAN ME, AND GET A REAL OPINION. MAYBE THERE IS SOMETHING I AM MISSING SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN TELL FOR SURE BY LOOKING AT IT , YEAH THATS A YOTE OR NO THATS NOT CAUSE IT HAS "SUCH AND SUCH" OR IT DOESNT HAVE "SUCH AND SUCH" I GOOGLED PICS OF COYOTES AND THERE ARE ALOT OF DIFFERNT LOOKING COYOTES.

THANKS FOR EVERBODYS HELP

no need to yell, man.

1/3 Malamute, 1/3 Huskie 1/3 Chupacabra, no doubt.

Malamute, look at the width of the ears where they connect to the head, relative to their length.
Short and stubby, versus long and skinny.