So I emailed the DNR yesterday as I was curious to see what their response would be to a coydog since they don't have the best track record of acknowledging "out of the box" species here in Ohio. Surprisingly, I got a quick response and the person responding said everyone in the office agreed that it looks like a hybrid, but that my county dog warden would be the one to answer any specific questions. I emailed our dog warden this morning and she asked I call her, which I did. According to her, if it was running with dogs, it would be considered a "companion animal" and would be treated as such under the law. However since we've seen it with other coyotes, she agrees it's simply a coyote with domestic canine genetics and said I/we were free to treat it as a coyote. She asked that I keep sending her pics as I got them and if we kill it, she wants to check it out as she's "fascinated" by it now.