Wile E Coyote

Okay, please tell me I didn't just chase a coyote out of my backyard!  I was sitting on the loveseat, which is the closest piece of furniture to my back door.  I heard Brandy barking like a crazy woman and when I got up to check on her she was barking at something that looked like it was under the huge Christmas Tree I have in my Back/Side yard.  I step outside onto the back porch to see what's going on.  I just think Brandy is barking at 'our' bunny.  The bunny is sitting out in the yard right across from me so whatever Brandy is barking at is NOT the bunny.  I'm fussing at Brandy to quit barking.  I'm just thinking at this point she saw a branch move from the wind blowing and I see something from the corner of my eye.  Next thing I know the bunny is darting across the yard like a lightning bolt and I see this animal come up behind the hill (which is the very back of my yard).  That thing looked at me and I started yelling at it and it turns around and runs.  At first I thought it was a fox.  It wasn't very big.  It shot back across the street and was just standing there.  Across the street are more lights because there is a small store mall.  The thing had a white color to it.  And it was a little bit bigger than what I thought a fox would be.  While I'm outside looking at it, my Mom comes to the door and says, "Shit, that's a coyote." Get Brandy in the house right now.  You can't let her lay outside anymore...............So I get my dog in and now she is wanting to go back outside and kick some coyote butt!