Wildlife cam shows stray dog fighting off coyotes — and this woman is determined to catch him
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00:00 We started noticing this dog.
00:02 I don't know how long he had been abandoned,
00:10 but I couldn't approach him.
00:12 As soon as I went outside, he bolted.
00:15 So I started putting out food.
00:17 I knew he was hungry.
00:21 I would leave toys out for him,
00:26 and he would take the toys.
00:28 I think he was lonely, honestly.
00:31 I have to think that he was looking for someone to find him.
00:35 He thought, "Hey, maybe this house can help me."
00:40 There were coyotes pestering him.
00:42 It was really hard for me to watch that footage.
00:46 I would see him hobble around sometimes.
00:52 He would disappear for three or four days at a time.
00:57 I just started getting more and more worried about him.
01:01 When we saw him again, we said, "Okay, this is the day."
01:07 I put a lot of roast chicken all over in the trap.
01:12 He doesn't even turn around.
01:14 He was just so fascinated with all that chicken.
01:17 I think someone's going to have to hold it here.
01:22 [Music]
01:29 I had rented a van so we can take him to the shelter.
01:32 They needed to assess him a little bit.
01:38 He was very lonely at the shelter.
01:42 The breakthrough was when I brought roasted chicken back.
01:45 Who's going to have some chicken?
01:47 Let me see that tail.
01:48 Yeah, let me see that tail.
01:50 Hi, sweetheart.
01:52 How's my boy?
01:53 How's my baby?
01:55 How's he doing?
01:56 Now that Jojo is in our foster home, he really seems like a different dog.
02:01 He loves his belly rubs.
02:04 Oh my goodness.
02:08 Oh my goodness.
02:10 When he's on his own, his favorite place to hang out is his couch.
02:14 Jojo doesn't sleep on that couch if we're around.
02:18 He adores comfort.
02:20 If we go by his old spots in the canyon, he will sniff every trash can, which I'm sure were his spots.
02:26 Which I find endearing and I try to remind him.
02:29 You're not a trash dog anymore, sweetheart.
02:31 He's very much an indoors, you know, family dog now.
02:35 A good match for Jojo will be someone with experience and a big heart.
02:43 Who's willing to give him a second chance.
02:46 What is this?
02:49 [Music]
02:51 Not a fan. Not a fan.
03:03 [BLANK_AUDIO]