PRINCE.EDWARD.ISLAND (CBC) - One of two coyotes that attacked a dog near Souris has been caught by P.E.I. wildlife officials, says the man who had been walking the dog.

Officials dispatched a trapper after two coyotes attacked a dog being walked by a Rollo Bay man on the Confederation Trail two weeks ago.

Kenny Chaisson told CBC News on Friday that he had let his golden retriever, Bailey, off her leash during an early morning walk. Chaisson said she was about 50 metres ahead of him on the trail, when a coyote darted out of the woods and sunk its teeth into Bailey's foot.

"When it bit her on the paw, she yelled like you wouldn't believe," he said.

Chaisson broke off a small branch and started yelling. Bailey began running back to him, but suddenly turned around and gave chase to the coyote.

"That coyote kept running, not fast, and this second coyote came out about 15 or 20 feet behind my dog, and my dog didn't even know that that other coyote was behind her," he said.

After hearing about the recent coyote attack in Cape Breton, in which a young woman died, he was a little nervous, but with branch in hand he chased the coyotes away. He said Bailey is doing OK.

"She was limping for a day or a day and a half," he said.

"The guys from wildlife say that's how they take down their prey, by the ankles, just come and gradually wear them out."

Chaisson said he hasn't been back to the trail since the incident, and he said others are afraid to walk it.

Wildlife officials could not be reached for comment, but Chaisson said they told him they had called in a trapper and that one of the coyotes had been caught.