We have coyotes around here all the time. We live a few blocks from some hills here. Sometimes we hear them at night. At our last home, also close to the hills, we had them come in our back yard. Every once in a while a cat or dog goes missing. We have a Shi Tzu and a Japanese Chin. So it's no food or water outside and they have entry into the house during the day that a coyote get get through. But they are mostly active at night, so our little guys stay in side when it gets dark.