A group of coyotes went after three dogs in a Riverside yard this morning, chasing them into a home and breaking windows trying to get in, the dogs' owners and police said.



About 1:20 a.m. police were called to a home in the 0-100 block of South Herbert Road, where a resident had seen four coyotes about to attack one of his dogs in a rear yard.



Roger Nelson told WGN-TV he had taken the three dogs, two younger dogs and a 5-year-old Beagle, Snoopy, outside, and two had returned inside when Snoopy ran up onto a wooden deck and into the home, pursued by four coyotes. The coyotes then proceeded to claw at the glass door, breaking windows in their efforts to continue the attack.



Police said the homeowner used a high-powered BB gun to shoot two of the coyotes, stopping them from breaking into the residence and get at the barking dogs inside.