The short story is, I live on 2 acres in a back house and have always felt safe here but tonight after I went to bed I started hearing noises outside.

I am hidden, so any noise that would be this close to my home would be something or someone trying to gain entry. At first I was absolutely certain it was burglars,

But then, thankfully, I started hearing a little bit of barking which sounded like coyotes and not my neighbor's dogs. Kai has been home alone with free access to the backyard.

So now I'm worried that they have been trying to get to her. It makes me very thankful I came home tonight.

hope everything turned out ok!

Thank you! Everything and everyone here is fine. I slept with my lights on so as to thwart any animal or person. After I turned my lights on the sound stopped.