Our little dog Peanut disappeared last night. We think a coyote got him – we searched for hours. He was a sweet dog, and we are all devastated. He will be missed dearly.

Thank you, everyone. We have more reason to believe it was a coyote than just a disappearance. The other two dogs who were out with him started barking like crazy. Jim grabbed a gun in case it was a coyote and ran outside. By the time he got out there, Peanut was gone and the other dogs are now refusing to go outside. One has cowered under the couch all day, refusing to come out at all. I tried to take her outside, and she will have nothing to do with it, which leads me to believe there is little hope for Peanut. As much as I wish he would come home, I doubt he will unless he ran really fast in the opposite direction. My guess is he did the opposite and ran right up to whatever was out there, barking at it. He always had more brave than brains, but he was a very sweet dog.