Changing subjects... Back to the dog...
I was talking with the college kids who help out my older neighbor across the street with his yard and other house chores, they were telling me that my dog had chased 5 coyotes into Bob's yard the day before...
The day before that, I was out at dinner time with the dog, and he saw 3 coyotes running down the edge of our property line and chased them across the street into Bob's yard. I saw Bob was out and hollered at him so he could see them also...
They think it's cool that my 65 lb Dalmatian isn't afraid to stand up to many Coyotes at one time. I just don't want them to lure him into a pack situation where he may get too outnumbered, so I only allow him to chase them to the property line. But he will still bark at them until they go away. I think that he considers the coyotes like "street bums" and they may try to take his position, so he chases away the "competition" as he likes it here....
He has a cushy life... (I think he realizes it, he won't run away if I leave him out, he stays in our yard).