On Thursday, February 11, 2016 at 5:26:00 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Thu, 11 Feb 2016 10:53:35 -0800 (PST), Its Me
wrote:

That's what everyone keeps missing. There's never just *one* coyote, there's at least two and usually more. I have a 70lb black lab. He *might* get lucky in a short fight with one coyote, but there's little doubt he'd fail against two or more.

Ed is more like 120 and he is not afraid of much but I am not sure he
has the aggression to win the fight. Fortunately most other canines
just leave him alone.
Once you have a couple of attackers, all bets are off. Your best hope
is to hurt the first one you can real bad and then try to get another
one. Hope they give up and go for a softer target.

My lab Buddy is a little unique... he has some Rhodesian Ridgeback in him. He's very social and playful, but also very protective of us with other animals and seemingly fearless. There's a 100lb yellow lab mix that visits our yard occasionally. Buddy dominates him, and will run him off if I step out of the house.