“True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island… to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.” ~ Baltasar Gracian
The above is a beautiful quote about true friendship that these two unlikely creatures from different species seem to understand and live by…
Harvey the Pug has a bestie at the Gilbert riparian preserve. It's a coyote named Gilbert. Almost every time people visit, these two are seen playing together and playing hard.
It is really amazing that this even happens. Gilbert the coyote is young for one and there are massive amounts of rabbits, birds, cats, etc in this preserve so he isn't starving.
He seems to just relish the time he spends with Harvey the Pug. Watching these two play just makes me smile.
Just goes to show you can make friends with the most unlikely of candidates.
Check out the video on the next page to see the unlikely friends enjoy each others company.
Mary Szarejko-Bergstraesser
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I can never open anything that comes from pawbuzz.com because it always has a virus threat attached. So bummed!
Lucille Skrip
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Not smart! Coyotes are highly intelligent and they wait to grab their prey. This young coyote will lead this pug to another. Never allow your dogs to play with coyotes! I’m surprised this site is encouraging this behavior.
Beth Lyon Sayner
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This is NOT even entertaining or amazing to me. Harvey the Pug will be no more at some point.
Lucille Skrip
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I agree! I can’t believe people are blind to the fact that coyotes prey on small dogs
Alan Albro
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Wow! Not to be too graphic but where I live coyotes have Pugs for snacks.
Kevin Bertolini
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That is probably one of the dumbest fn things I have ever seen. I live in an area where Coyotes are constantly around. People post about missing pets, cats and small dogs never to be found. Well take a wild guess what happened to them? Wait until the adults stumble upon this pugs one day. The owner was saying….get em…wow…what an idiot!!!
Norma Schoening
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not good. coyotes will kill the dog.
Beth Lyon Sayner
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Exactly! And Harvey will have no fear of coyotes. If Gilbert doesn’t get Harvey, one of Gilberts relatives will be more than happy to take care of Harvey.
David Karcenty
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Monica Edelman
Joe Schulten
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Lucky pug. Owner seemed pretty calm also…
Meagan Rankin
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This is pretty obviously not a wild coyote. Bc wild coyotes don’t a). Look like that b) interact with pets unless it is to kill them
Daniel Antos
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I’d be supervising with a shotgun!
Tony Guy Carrion
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Trust me when I tell you it is not a unlikely friendship. This owner should not let his dog imprint and get used to being around these animals. His pug will get killed eventually trust me.
Susan Pierce
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Seen this before with my sons dog and coyote and the coyote played and then would run off a little hoping the dog would follow. I thought how cute went upstairs to look out window and just over the knoll a who lack waited for the loan coyote to lure the doc close enough to attack. DONT BE FOOLED BY THAT BEHAVIOR FROM COYOTE.
Kevin Bertolini
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You are so wrong. That looks like every young coyote I see in our neighborhood or down by the fields near the beach. Read the comment from Susan a few posts up^^^^^^^^
Steve Chodan
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Cute but realistically coyotes attack and kill small dogs as instinct. The owner needs to be smacked in the head for not having intervened. The next meeting could be the last. I would take his pug away if I could.
Lazaro Castaneda
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This post needs to be taken down. Foolish behavior on the part of an owner should not be celebrated or encouraged.
Meagan Rankin
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That’s nice that you think you are an expert. I am also from the country and have seen wild coyotes. So go back to your idiot pen.
Lucille Skrip
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I agree!
Kevin Bertolini
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Meagan Rankin Really….you live in California (saskatoon). Calling people idiots…angry much? Go google: coyotes in oc ca and see what you find. Never said I was expert just based my statement on everyday experiences. Expert: not a wild coyote…yea…ok!
Meagan Rankin
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I’m from Canada. I rest my case on the idiot part.
Meagan Rankin
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Yea! Ok!
Kevin Bertolini
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Meagan Rankin Wow….what an angry person you are and you look angry in yourt photo too. Downshift life is too short. Too funny you can snap at something so simple. Enjoy those PRAIRES….you’re a yeller too. LMAO!!!!
Donna N'Chuck GibbsFamily
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I agree, the coyote is trying to lure the pug to the rest of the pack to kill it. That is what coyotes do!! They are not friendly or playful except with their own pack!! That pug was food!
Meagan Rankin
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Kevin Bertolini , you can’t even locate Canada on a map. I’m my super worried if you think my profile picture looks angry.
Lucille Skrip
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Kevin Bertolini, it’s not even worth arguing with someone like Meagan.
The rest of us all agree on the dangers of this “friendship” between the dog and coyote!
Peter Savage
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Lauren Brooks
Bobby Joe Noel Hill
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My daughter n I watched my pug Finn get attacked by coyotes.. I lost him. I am traumatized still.
This is not a good friendship, they pretend to be friendly then others swoop in or alone they attack.
Lauren Dausan Price
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Tess Dausan Price
Meagan Rankin
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You idiots belong together- I SAID IT WAS DANGEROUS.
Meagan Rankin
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Man I hope that coyote comes for both of you. Learn to read while you are at it :o)
Richard T Yoshida
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Not a good idea for a pug to play with a wild animal. In our ares we have coyote alerts.
Michelle Vlastelica-Neumayer
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He’s trying lure the pug to the pack!
Rose Williams
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What’s amazing is that little Harvey made it back alive after the first game of chasey..seriously,how dumb are some people..
Michael Edward Khan
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Alice
Gail Zampatti
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Coyotes lure pets out for the pack to kill
Odin Moreira
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Irresponsible.
Betty Kowalski
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That little pug is lucky, in an instant it could have been over for him. Irresponsible if you ask me.
Peter Bruckler
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Agree!
Peter Bruckler
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“Amazing” The caption reads, what’s truly amazing is how this Pug didn’t turn into coyote Chow! The only “friendship” going on is the marriage of the coyote’s taste buds and the Pugs flesh. Wake up! I’ve got 3 large dogs and a Pug in a fenced yard, and I’ve witnessed coyotes in my yard at night, the Pug isn’t allowed outside without our supervision, the large dogs are a deterrent during the day but, I don’t trust them to keep the Pug safe at night. Coyotes are too cunning.
Michele Norton
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Careful. There are more yoties in the bushes. He’s baiting him.
Drew Scandrett
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If by friendship you mean “I can’t wait to taste your flesh” then yes, they are best friends.
Cirlene Barbosa
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Lindo
Lauren DeeMaria
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This coyote looks a bit younger and that could have been the only reason he didn’t kill the pug!! That owner is lucky the pug is alive !
Dominique Miller
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Linda Kovalick
Linda Kovalick
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❤️❤️
Mara Jane Savage
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Dallin Savage
Moe Vincenzi
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What an idiot. Watch at :49. The pug turns his head sharp left. Probably heard the 5 others in the bush waiting to eat him.
Nicolle Brown
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Why pay all that money for a dog then video the fact it might of died ad be right out there getting my dog
Jamie Lea
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Will Mayhew