Posted on 06/27/2014 10:32:46 AM PDT by skeptoid
While little Mosca the Jack Russell terrier was being noisily killed by wolves earlier this month in Chugach State Park just above Anchorage, the dog's owner was hiking along a trail to Wolverine Peak unaware of what was going on because he was wearing headphones.
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Wandering around wearing headphones can be fatal. I'm thinking of the California woman killed by a train while jogging with headphones.
not sure if he could have done anything regardless.
Banned down range. Couldn’t hear the “incoming” warnings...
That’s one of my biggest concerns when I take my JRT out in the woods with me. He’s fearless and will fight with all comers but the big Michigan Coyotes are more than he could handle.
At his size a good sized coon is like fighting a grizzly bear. He’s been wounded fighting coons a couple of times but he’s an optimist.
Maybe Obama was wearing headphones during the terror attack in Benghazi?
Jack Russell terriers should be banned because they attrack wolves.
Being the owner of a JRT my first thought was Jack Russell Terrier Attack’s wolf.
Headphones or no headphones, I do believe that if you can’t hear your dog being eaten alive, you can certainly see it happening. Since your dog is on the leash as required.
Oh wait....
Especially in a place like Alaska, where the wildlife would like nothing better than to snack on you. Even in an urban area, the (human) wildlife is not much safer.
Had to have his tunes, huh? We lived in Alaska for a long time and the wilderness is just a few paces from most homes.
I never understood wearing headphones while hiking. The whole idea is to enjoy the place.
Miniture pit bulls.
Sounds like a great set of earphones.....Boze I suppose.
The guy’s an idiot.
You need to get a Great Dane to protect him. The Dane would become your home’s biggest love muffin. Mine’s right now sleeping on the couch, his pie plate size feet sticking out in front of him.
What a moron — going out in nature and shutting out at least a third of the experience. I live near a forest with hiking trails. To me, being under the tree canopy is like being in a cathedral. I am always disgusted when people sashay down the trails crashing leaves and yakking at the top of their lungs. They scare away any of the small wildlife who stay still and merely watch you attentively when a human passes by “Indian-style” — as silently as possible.
When I jog in the desert, I listen to tunes. Without tunes, it becomes too much like work.
When I take my dogs out in the desert, I go without tunes. They go without leashes - no law requires them out in the desert. If I go out with the dogs when coyotes are on the prowl, I’ll carry a revolver with me.
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