He started out as a house dog, but the wifes allergies didn't allow it. My kids love that dog. He is mellow, but when it's game on, its on.
If my 5 year old is on the swings, he lays right next to her waiting, if she is on the trampoline he waits there on the bottow for her. She will lay on him, try to ride him, cover him with dirt, he doesn't care. When he was a pup and she was only 3, if we were playing tug0war with a coyote tail, if she walked in the room he would stop and watch her until she walked thru the room and then he was back at the coyote tail. I really like his disposition around the kids. My GSP, is really hyper and doesn't really care who's around. He is ready to hunt all of the time.
I guess what I should have said, is "maybe if we can meet up and you can hunt with Tug, you might like him or maybe he's not what you are looking for, but all dogs are not the same".....there are alot of choices out there for decoying coyotes. He is the only one that I have hunted coyotes with, but I am still really new at this stuff.
There are alot of guys using different dogs, do some homework before you buy one, I would hate for you to be disappointed.
Good luck,
gonzaga