While the recent coyote attack on Jessica Simpson’s maltipoo Daisy is devastating ... if a coyote sees a small cat or dog unattended in a backyard, it considers that animal fair game.

Adam Franzino Jessica Simpson was doing the whole "Coastal Cowgirl ... "Even if my knees start to sag over my kneecaps, I will still be wearin’ Daisy Dukes with pride," she says.