Friday, October 10, 2008 by Dana.

All this week, the wife and kids have been out of town… So I have been walking the dogs before work in the morning so they don’t go completely crazy waiting for me to get home from work to go to the dog park.  Two days ago (Oct 7), I walked the dogs a mile up the street to the community park.  When we arrived and turned the corner, a young coyote was standing there 15-20 yards from us.  My 3 dogs didn’t react right away (like they do for rabbits), but they did start to bark after a few moments.  Then the coyote took off to the back of the park.

Seeing a coyote in our neighborhood is not that unusual, but it was the first time that I’ve seen one in the daylight.  Usually we see them in the evening, catching the glare of their eyes in the car headlights.   Then later that day, I came across this article on AZ Central (on-line version of our local news) about cats getting eaten by coyotes.  While I am sure many people in rural areas are familiar with coyotes, the only other time I’ve seen a similar threat to urban pets was in Florida when opportunistic alligators would make a meal of a dog chained up in a backyard.

Have you seen more coyotes lately?  Lose a cat?

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Sunday, October 5, 2008 by Dana.

Would you help your teenager commit a violent crime?  I would hope the answer is an emphatic “NO!”.  Unfortunately, there are losers out there in Suburbia that would!

A piece of westside trash (Glendale, AZ) decided to drive (allegedly) her daughter and 3 other teens to the home in Surprise (just northwest of Glendale) so they could break-in and attack a 15-year girl home alone with her 6-year old brother.   See the story in AZ Central.

What would you say to this person if she was your neighbor?  Or would a neighbor like that accelerate your plans to move out of Suburbia?

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