oh my god thats so cute! I need seven!!!!

(Laughs.) The company, founded by an autistic artist, is still in the "Kickstarter" stage, but I'm certain that they could help you out with such a tall order if you're interested.

https://weightedwildlife.com/

I'm just curious, though. Do you need seven because you have seven friends who are coyote sympathetic, or do you want to start your own, personal pack? The owner has mentioned he likes to sleep under his stuffed animals and says they make a dandy, weighted blanket.

I need seven to gift to friends and seven to keep for me to be covered.

On Bluesky, I've recently discovered two interesting and engaging One is Hourly Foxes, which publishes a picture of a fox every 60 minutes and the other is OnlyYotes, who does the same with our latrans friends.

Coyote plushies are always adorable!

DON'T TURN YOUR BACK ON IT!

I will never let him out of my sight.

He's likely to tease you and torment you till you draw something draw a coyote that might make him happy

I have several "Coyote" themed ideas in my head I'd like to try and wrestle down on the page. Hopefully something will happen soon.

Adorable!

Yeah. He's soft and floppy. I'm delighted that you like him.

Oh, that's is super cool!

It was almost a complete surprise. My friend Eric mentioned the gift was coming my wat several times during our afternoon chats. What I didn't know was how delightfully detailed the stuffed toy was. He's even got cheek ruffs and "Whisker Spots" on his muzzle.

Awesome!

Clever fellow, that  EOCostello

I've had a lot of chats with Roy over the years about the 'yotes that live around his house. I know Roy has (at one level) a fondness for them.

Who of right mind wouldn't? Heck, my dog kept trying to entice our neighborhood yotes to play with him. (They were less enthused.)

Well, back in my hometown, the local 'yotes tend to treat the local dog and cat pet population as a buffet, so a certain sense of disharmony prevails.

https://funnytweeter.com/caches/111515.jpg

I prefer to let 'em feed on the neighborhood cottontails. They're pretty handy at taking care of rats and such too, if people aren't overfeeding 'em on house pets.

Exactly. I had to stop feeding the birds outside my kitchen window because it attracted rats and other rodents which would invade the house. The rats would be attracted to the cat food in the kitchen and gnaw holes in the doors or wooden baseboards. I've lived through two rat infestations, and I won't deal with another if I can do something about it.

Predators are good company, as long as you're sensible around 'em! I always enjoyed seeing ours out and about, kinda miss 'em since one got hit by a car and the other(s) apparently decided to relocate. They were polite guys. Enjoy seeing the wild rabbits too, and skunks, and woodchuck, and squirrels. Don't necessarily wish crunchings on any of 'em, but 'yotes gotta eat and that's how nature works.

Yeah, I remember your rat plagues and don't blame you. They can be persistent and destructive, and very likely an invasive species (if they're the more likely Norway rats) and need to be eliminated. Not their fault, I don't harbor ill will against them either, so I prefer to dispatch 'em as quickly and painlessly as I can. Native species I'd try to relocate (and hope they do ok in their new location).

https://wildlife.ca.gov/HWC/Rodents

I think I linked you to Daily Coyote a while back, speaking of. Get a chance to check it out?

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/56550623 to see the gang as they arrived at MinkAbode.

By golly! You have a dandy, "Modular" weighted blanket there.

Yes Even though I believe the "Skunk" they offer looks like a sausage roll, it's still cute as heck.

If you want a magical name for your coyote, the most magical name I can think of is . . . Merlin.

Merlin is a cool name all right, but I was hoping to find a name from the languages of the indigenous Native Americans in the area. Until then I'll just call him "Coyote," or maybe "Iisawa."

Oh, I understand. Unfortunately, I'm not too adept at any of the Native American languages.

(Laughs.) Neither am I. Hopi is a difficult language to learn too.

Remember, he is on the list of problematic beings:

"Unfortunately, Coyote had a good idea."

Heh! I know that all too well. I'm currently reading Webster Kitchell's book "God's Dog: Conversations with Coyote." It's a thin tome, but so far for me, it's almost like every chapter has a semi-spiritual message, or it makes me think, "Hunh??"