LARGO, Fla. (WFLA) \u2014 A nightmare scenario for any pet owner. A Largo woman says her dog is missing after a coyote attacked it and took it right out of her front yard.<\/p>\n
It was a normal morning routine for Katrina Hoston and her 3-pound Yorkie, Tyson. Hoston took Tyson out in their front yard to relieve himself around 6:15 Saturday morning in Largo.\u00a0 Hidden under the car and the blanket of darkness was a coyote lurking and waiting.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe timed it perfectly. as soon as he got there, he was there,\u201d Hoston explained of the attack.<\/p>\n
Hoston found herself in a tug of war with the coyote over the fate of Tyson. Sadly, for her dog of 8 years, the coyote won.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m tussling, I\u2019m pulling Tyson, I\u2019m pulling and somehow I lost my footing right here. I fell,\u201d said Hoston.<\/p>\n
When she got back up, the coyote and Tyson were gone. To make things worse, Hoston didn\u2019t see which way they went.<\/p>\n
Hoston says she\u2019s been searching for her dog since it happened.\u00a0 Including a stretch of land not far from her house on Somerset Dr.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
With each passing day, she knows the likelihood of finding Tyson becomes less likely.<\/p>\n
Hoston now hopes other dog owners learn from her mistake. The next time you walk your dog, do so in the safety of daylight.<\/p>\n
\u201cI replay this attack. That strike, like I didn\u2019t see him. I didn\u2019t hear him. I always scan before I come outside, and I don\u2019t know where he came from,\u201d Hoston said.<\/p>\n
Pinellas County Animal Services says coyotes are more active around dusk, so consider walking your dog earlier in the day.\u00a0 Also, use a short leash instead of a retractable one for better control. Finally, carry something noisy, like an air horn,\u00a0 to scare away the coyotes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LARGO, Fla. (WFLA) \u2014 A nightmare scenario for any pet owner. A Largo woman says her dog is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":414498,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-414497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=414497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/414498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}