Wow, I can't believe that it has been 3 months since Newton had his leg amputated. It's weird how I can barely remember what he looked like when he had 4 legs. He doesn't seem any different to me. He is still doing very well and getting stronger by the day. He hasn't ventured upstairs since his last adventure, but he almost started coming down into the basement the other day.

Two coyotes have decided that they are going to make the gully behind my house their new home. Newton is not a big fan of them and is constantly wanting to go outside to see where they are and what they are doing. He also does a good job of letting them know that he does not want them here.

Last night the coyotes sounded like they were having a huge block party. I sounded like there were 10 of them partying it up. Of course, Newton was having none of this and wanted to go outside. While I don't think Newton would attempt to jump my split rail fence, I wasn't willing to take any chances and I also didn't want to tempt a large pack of coyotes either. The whole night Newton was letting off his high pitched whine letting me know that he wanted to go outside which was driving me nuts. That is the only downside of babying Newton during his treatment. When he whines, he expectes you to come to his aid.

One of the coyotes hurt his back leg and doesn't put any pressure on it at all. It reminded me of the days when Newton was limping (although he put a little pressure on his leg). Unfortunately, animal control doesn't seem to care. We have had a few cats and dogs go missing in the neighborhood. I prevented an attack on Tuesday by banging pots together. I can't say that coyotes are real high on my list these days and people need to do a better job at keeping their animals inside.

Newton also has a new baby hawk friend. Newton will watch the hawk like a hawk (ha ha). The hawk loves to sit on the top of our house or on our fence. Who would have guessed that a suburb would have so much wildlife.