Chicken feathers? I think not!

The vocal noise was what had awoken the brute from his slumber, and he pulled himself from the den below the tree. He looked for the source of the noise, not even thinking to look up into the tree, he froze when he saw the four legged creature before him. The hair on the back of his neck stood up making the brute seem larger then he already was, towering over the tiny creature.

This was no coyote so he faltered in his next actions and just stared at the fox very seriously. Regarding it, deciding if it was going to be a threat to the pack's food cache.