about an hour ago I went out to investigage an alert bark from niko. He went charging off, jumping over Eddie who was still lying on the gate threshold. He chased off something probably coyotes since we have been hearing them lately. I heard a few load barks from down by teh creek. Niko came up from the creek and Eddie who was sitting by the lower coner of the house went out greet him. I went inside for my jacket and heard a couple of yelps probably from Eddie. Anyway When I came out Eddie was waiting and followed me down to the creek to look for Niko. We could hear Niko but he was intent on following a trail and would not come back. Eddie hung out with me and then when I went back to the deck and he followed me onto it!!! a bit later I was listening on the deck and heard some load barks from a nieghbor's dog. Eddie came up to me on the deck and indicate we should go investigate which we did. Anyway now he and Niko are back out on the deck with Eddie laying on the threshold agian. I Think his poor eyesight might make him stick nearby at night. Anyway he is wary guy and I'm glad he does not go charging off with Niko after coyotes.
So the invading coyotes made for a tgreat opprotunity for some pack bonding but more importantly for Eddies training we had something other than him to focus on but he could participate in and contribute to the pack effort.