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It was a sunny Friday morning, and Gordon Pearse was taking his daughter’s dog, Chewie, out for a walk alongside a well-used path hedging the Country Hills Golf Club.

They were heading up a hill near the eighth hole of the course when, suddenly, Pearse saw a large coyote rushing at him. Panicked, Pearse tugged on the leash in an attempt to pull Chewie — a four-pound Shih-poo — into his arms. Yelling and waving his arms trying to scare off the animal, Pearse noticed another coyote sneaking up behind him in the grass.

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As Pearse was frantically trying to ward off the two coyotes, Chewie slipped out of his collar. Pearse said it was only seconds before one of the coyotes took off with Chewie and killed the dog.

“It was so fast and shocking,” Pearse said. “I was yelling and screaming, but it didn’t back down. They had no fear whatsoever, it was a total ambush.”

A shaken up Pearse then had to break the news to his daughter, who was away on holidays when the incident happened. Pearse said Chewie was the first dog for his grandkids, who are eight and 10 years old.