Possible Clues:

• Ostler regularly follows shy creature
• Small wild dog
• Reserved hotel inside for Wile Ethelbert?
• Animal is shy, old, and extremely tame
• Native American trickster
• Wile E --, animated arch-enemy of the Road Runner
• Shy, edging away from hotel’s wild dog
• Jackal cousin
• University of South Dakota athlete
• State animal of South Dakota