Editing Coyote (section)

===Tameability===
Coyotes were likely semidomesticated by various pre-Columbian cultures. Some 19th-century writers wrote of coyotes being kept in native villages in the Great Plains. The coyote is easily tamed as a pup, but can become destructive as an adult.<ref name="young64">{{Harvnb|Young|Jackson|1978|pp=64–9}}</ref> Both full-blooded and hybrid coyotes can be playful and confiding with their owners, but are suspicious and shy of strangers,<ref name="young121"/> though coyotes being tractable enough to be used for practical purposes like [[Retriever|retrieving]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Schultz|first=J. W.|year=1962|title=Blackfeet and Buffalo: Memories of Life Among the Indians|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|pages=141–3|isbn=978-0-8061-1700-3|oclc=248716|url={{Google books|plainurl=yes|id=DgVBVTrDEpAC|page=143}}}}</ref> and [[Pointing breed|pointing]] have been recorded.<ref>{{cite news|last=Etter|first=J. |date=February 15, 1998|url=https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/1998/02/15/coyote-blends-in-as-best-bird-dog-for-durham-man/62291484007/ |title=Coyote Blends in as Best Bird Dog for Durham Man|newspaper=[[The Oklahoman]]|access-date=July 1, 2016}}</ref> A tame coyote named "Butch", caught in the summer of 1945, had a short-lived career in [[Film|cinema]], appearing in ''[[Smoky (1946 film)|Smoky]]'' (1946) and ''[[Ramrod (film)|Ramrod]]'' (1947) before being shot while raiding a henhouse.<ref name="young64"/>