Posted on 05/28/2009 3:48:10 PM PDT by JoeProBono
A feisty Chihuahua chased a cougar out of a Philomath yard earlier this week. As Pete Springer reports, it’s the third cougar sighting in the area in the past year.
Chiquita the Chihuahua and Rosie the border terrier charged the cougar after it jumped a backyard fence.
The mountain lion pinned Rosie down but Chiquita kept barking incessantly at the big cat until it jumped out of the yard and ran off.
The house is next to a wooded area where Philomath police have posted cougar warning signs.
Roger Furhman is with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. He says cougars will generally run away when they encounter humans, but people shouldn't count on a dog to scare a big cat away.
Roger Furhman: “Maintain eye contact with a cougar. Don’t turn your back on it. Pick up any kids that are in the area, bring your animals, your dog, if you have a dog, get your dog back to you and get it out of the area and then just slowly back away.”
Furhman says wildlife officials are most concerned about human safety when it comes to cougars. In this case, it does not appear humans were threatened by the mountain lion.
Authorities estimate about 5000 cougars live in Oregon.
Watch the cat, align the sights on the cat, squeeze trigger.
Then, please send me the head, air freight collect, as I need some fresh cougar heads for bullet penetration tests.
That’s what I love about little dogs. They don’t know they’re little.
This reminds me of the news story about the declawed orange pussycat that treed a black bear!
When I was a kid we had a Chihuahua/Daschund mix named Sparky that chased a very large German Shepard from our yard - It was comical to watch this German Shepard bolting from our back yard with it’s tail tucked between it’s legs and with a “dog” less than 1/5th it’s size chasing it.
That’s about the size of it alright.
She's a sweet and funny little dog and loves people, but she never backs down from another animal and never shows fear. Attitude means a lot. ;~))
Well my sister-in-law’s little Benji dog tried that with my Lab and the Lab about killed it. Grabbed the little dog by the throat.
Stupid dog didn’t learn and tried it again recently with same result. Fortunately, my wife was able to rescue it both times.
The neighbors across my street in base housing had adopted a 100lb German Shepard named Missy. There were four boys and they were terrors. They would lead Missy around with the twins, aged 4, riding on Missy's back while the two older brothers, one pulled her leash and the other her tail.
It was Saturday and we were mowing our lawns, (the Base Commander was constantly inspecting the lawns and god forbid if you lawn was more than 4 inches!)
My chihuahua would jump up and unlatch the screen door and came out ready to rumble. This day she ran across the street stopped in front of Missy and began to growl! Tiffany weighed all of 4 lbs and she confronted Missy. Bob, Missy's owner pushed the boys out of the way, and said, pointing at Tiffany "Missy Fetch"!
For the next 10 minutes Missy was chasing Tiffany up and down the lawns and we were all treated to this "hunt". Tiffany would hide behind the bushes and bark and Missy would force her way into the bushes. Tiffany was able to avoid capture because, in Air Force terms she could make a tighter turn then Missy.
Finally Bob called, "Missy heel!"
The chase was over. Tiffany came over to Missy and when Missy bent over while still at Bob's heel, Tiffany licked Missy's nose. This was one war story that was retold many a saturday night when we would convene for beer, chips and nuts and story telling.
My in-laws’ 10-pound mini-Schnauzer used to chase my 100 pound Rottie and my 50 pound Border Collie/Shepherd mix up down and all around the yard. It was quite a sight (and all in good fun).
When I was a child we had a one eyed Chihuahua named Louie who would take on any dog/dogs or for that matter person. He lost one eye in a dog fight. He thought he was a bear. When he went outside the kids in the area would run in their houses shouting Louie’s outside, Louie’s outside! He was a legend in his own time. I loved that dog and have the scars to show it.
Is that a Schnauzer??
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