I'm still convinced she "is" coydog. You'd have to see her move and witness her personality. She is very happy here; thank God, because she can jump my 6' fence in a blink of an eye. It seems like her bones are hollow. Without effort, she just hops over. She even, unfortunately, jumped of a second story of a house when she saw me. It was the 4th of July (a couple years ago) and as I imagined the dollars emptying out of my checking account and watched closely to see what exactly is going to be broken...
she delicately absorbed the landing and pranced over to me "like nothing"... She walks on her toes... something coyotes do... stelth like... if she were a show dog, I'd place all my money on her. It's a beautiful thing to watch her move. She plays with the other dogs and slows down just enough to make it fun for them. If she turns it up; she smokes them. She catches dragonflys (unfortunately) and eats them. She's killed a rat which I removed before she ate it and eats the mice my cat catches, thank God again.
She does STILL trusts no one; except me. It took three months before I could pet her. She would just watch, watch, watch. If someone comes over; she will not take her eyes off them till they leave.
I lived with a man for a year and she never trusted him, always barked and growled at him... till I broke up with him.
Seems to be eye contact that really concerns her. She's fine unless you look at her and then she trots a way like you're going to kill her. She'll even sniff people if they don't know; but if they turn or God forbid look at her, she's gone. One tenant of mine as made it her mission "not to lood at her". Ginger trusts her the most, however I dont' know what would happen to her if something happened to me. If she wants to escape; she can. I'm just fortunate she's very happy with me.
During the first year; occasionally, I'd be driving down the street, and a neighbor would step out in front of me pointing behind my car and sure enough... there would be Ginger following me. She's just turn on what ever jets her over the fence and follow me if I decided to drive anywhere.
If I garden out front, she jumps the fence and joins me on the porch. If someone walks by, she jumps back over the fence to the backyard. If we take a walk, she'll do anything she can to avoid any humans, but likes to meet other dogs and exspecially chase critters at the park.
I read "God's Dog" by Ryder, this has helped me to understand and be a better mom. She used to throw up if I took her anywhere where humans where; at least, she hasn't done that for a while. I'll do most anything to protect her. She's devoted to me and I to her.
PS- her coat is nothing like any of the other dogs; especially my cattle dog. Man, can she shed!!!!!! She has kind of a wild smell about her...
Anyway, if you'd like to meet her and am in SLC, let me know.
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