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Those little brass bells did not work ?

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1 posted on 07/22/2007 3:34:04 PM PDT by george76
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To: HairOfTheDog; kanawa; Diana in Wisconsin
Klopp believes he owes his life to his collies, herd dogs that protected him and chased down the bear.

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2 posted on 07/22/2007 3:37:48 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

Another good reason not to get near Clinton!


3 posted on 07/22/2007 3:38:11 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER
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To: Lady Jag; Borax Queen; nicmarlo
See......

You need not be a jagular to do remarkable feats of daring.

4 posted on 07/22/2007 3:38:14 PM PDT by Lakeshark (Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
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5 posted on 07/22/2007 3:38:33 PM PDT by Andy from Beaverton (I'm so anti-pc, I use a Mac)
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To: fanfan; GMMAC
aggressive black bear in ... Clinton, a town of about 740 residents 380 kilometres northeast of Vancouver.
6 posted on 07/22/2007 3:40:03 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

I have a dog that’s 3/4 Australian Cattle Dog (blue heeler) and one quarter border collie just to calm him down. One night I heard a ruckus and he was lunging at an intruder in our basement. That young man ran out the back door like the hounds of hell were chasing him. My hero then went into his doggie bed under the corner table and absolutely nothing would get him out from under there. Dogs are amazing.


8 posted on 07/22/2007 3:45:57 PM PDT by Mercat
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To: george76

Good dogs!


10 posted on 07/22/2007 3:48:45 PM PDT by MacDorcha ("So what if smoking kills me when I'm 80? Who wants to live to 90 anyway?"- SouthPark)
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To: george76

We have a border collie and she’s a wonderful dog. Sweet as she can be but also very protective of us. She’s also big for the breed. She liked cat food a lot better than dog food, which has 3x the protein, so instead of mid to upper 40’s she’s pushing 70 lbs without an ounce of fat on her!


12 posted on 07/22/2007 3:59:05 PM PDT by stm
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To: george76; Lakeshark; Borax Queen; nicmarlo

Border Collies can be insanely feisty. So much so they could confuse something to death.


16 posted on 07/22/2007 4:28:22 PM PDT by Lady Jag (I dreamed I surfed all day in my monthly donor wonder bra - https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate)
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To: george76

Thanks for the ping, George.

Black bears must have a tendency to bite people in the butt when they go after them.

A cousin of mine in So OR had hounds for hunting cougar and bear before it was outlawed in OR. In the off season he would take the dogs out and run a cat or bear to keep the dogs in condition.

He took his son who was about 12 at the time with him and the dogs treed a bear. He leashed the dogs and told his son to head them back to the truck. As soon as they were a ways away that bear came down out of the tree and was after my cousin, he said he didn’t get far and the bear had him and bit him in the butt. He was hollering for his son to loose the dogs and fortunately his son heard him and did.

He didn’t get hurt other than a few punture wounds like this guy got but his pride was hurt, he didn’t like to talk about it. lol


17 posted on 07/22/2007 4:36:37 PM PDT by jazusamo (DefendOurMarines.com)
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To: george76
after being bit in the behind by a black bear near Clinton.

Brings back impeached ex-president Clinton/Monica memories. Near Clinton. Bit in the behind isn't sexual relations.

19 posted on 07/22/2007 4:47:35 PM PDT by 69ConvertibleFirebird (Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.)
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To: george76

The bear must not have heard the joke.


23 posted on 07/22/2007 5:12:24 PM PDT by Redcloak (The 2nd Amendment isn't about sporting goods.)
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To: george76

Another wonderful doggie story of the day.


27 posted on 07/22/2007 5:39:25 PM PDT by Biggirl (A biggirl with a big heart for God's animal creation.)
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To: george76
re: knocked me on my butt. I was lying face down)))

Does he have two butts?

29 posted on 07/22/2007 5:43:19 PM PDT by Mamzelle (Down with Mel Martinez)
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To: george76

In Bear territory you go hiking with dogs or friends you can outrun..


31 posted on 07/22/2007 5:55:15 PM PDT by hosepipe (CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole....)
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To: HairOfTheDog

Good puppyping?


34 posted on 07/22/2007 7:06:30 PM PDT by osagebowman
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To: george76
Those little brass bells did not work ?

Those little bells are important. When you're in bear country, it's important to keep those little bells on you, in order to be sure you don't surprise a bear. But sometimes the unexptected happens, and you need to defend yourself, which is why you should carry pepper spray. But most important of all is situational awareness. You need to know if you're in bear country or not. And you do that by checking for "scat," or bear dropping. How do you identify bear droppings? They're the droppings with the little bells in them, and they smell like pepper spray!

Mark

37 posted on 07/22/2007 11:37:27 PM PDT by MarkL (Listen, Strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government)
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