I use to live out in the country, and we had coyotes, too. They scared me when I was younger, and even now, I still have dreams where I'm back at my old house, and dogs are running up from the field out of the forest to try and get into my house. x.x
We had a huge deck, and a sliding glass door that didn't like to lock easily. I was always at the door trying to lock it before they ran underneath the fence and into our yard to try to get me, and I could never get the door closed in time. e.e