I know that in the Adirondacks there are coy dogs. They used to run on the reseviour up by Redfield NY. I have seen them when snowmobiling. I know that they weren't dogs. And I know that they weren't coyotes. A friend of mine trapped one that was 85 lbs. He has been in the wilderness for more years that I have been born and knows that he trapped a coy dog. Another instance of man and nature crossing. We killed an overly large "coyote" like animal here in Idaho. It was about 75 lbs. and with two other definite coyotes. When looking at the face it was just like the one in the pic. If muledeer and whitetail can cross. Then why cant dogs and coyote cross? And before someone pipes in about what we killed being a wolf. I know for sure it wasn't.