Woman Says Shock Saved Dog From Coyote

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WATERBURY, Conn. - A woman says the Invisible Fence pet system in her yard saved her small poodle-like dog from a coyote. Mary Ellen Baranowsky said the pet containment system helped keep her dog DJ from being carried off in the jaws of what said believes was a coyote Tuesday night.

Baranowsky heard frantic barking in her yard.

"I looked out the back, and there was a coyote staring back at me," Baranowsky said.

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The gray, wolf-like canine had grabbed DJ solidly by the head and was dragging him into the woods when, for some reason, the coyote suddenly let go of the dog.

Baranowsky and her veterinarian later concluded that that DJ's Invisible Fence electric collar must have shocked the dog — and the coyote — as the animal dragged DJ past his property line.

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