Coyotes are not only VERY adaptable, but very territorial as well. I just got my Chocolate Lab pup a 1-1/2yr ago in Sept. I live out in the counrty. By Nov. I found coyote scat by his kennel next to my outside garage next to my pool. I have trapped for nearly 35yrs, so I know 'yote crap when I see it. Set some sets in the field behind the house by his kennel and caught a female yote within the week. After I caught her, no more piles. I figure she thought my lab pup was a new canine in her area and a threat.