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Brave Dog Takes on Bear in Southwest Florida
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Posted on 06/05/2015 7:24:58 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A brave dog chased a bear three times his size off his owner's property near Naples and it was all caught on camera.
A neighbor in the Golden Gate community filmed the whole thing.
The Pitbull mix protected his family and property by chasing the black bear away.
The owner says the dog felt threatened by the bear so he did his job.
But the owner wasn't surprised to see the video because the dog routinely chases black bears.
Florida Fish and Wildlife says bears can be avoided by keeping any food inside and securely stored.
TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: bear; dogs; florida
To: Joe 6-pack
To: nickcarraway
Brave dog super lucky. Bear starving and sick.
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posted on
06/05/2015 7:26:53 PM PDT
by
mrs ippi
To: nickcarraway
Absolutely nothing unusual about this...
I hunted black bear in East Tennessee and Ontario, Canada with Plott Hounds...The happiest I’ve ever seen Plotts was when they were on a bear and about to tree it...
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posted on
06/05/2015 7:27:05 PM PDT
by
Boonie
("Nuke 'em all...Let Allah sort 'em out...)
To: AnAmericanMother; Titan Magroyne; Badeye; SandRat; arbooz; potlatch; afraidfortherepublic; ...
WOOOF!
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posted on
06/05/2015 7:35:15 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: nickcarraway
That's nothing:
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posted on
06/05/2015 7:38:35 PM PDT
by
PLMerite
("The issue is never the issue. The issue is the Revolution.")
To: Boonie
My seven boys and girls do this stuff all the time; problem is they will tree the bear then work in shifts to keep it up there for weeks if I let them.
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posted on
06/05/2015 7:48:05 PM PDT
by
5th MEB
(Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
To: nickcarraway
Florida Fish and Wildlife says bears can be avoided by keeping any food inside and securely stored. This is such BS. Why do we, as humans, have to modify OUR behavior to avoid confrontations with bears?
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posted on
06/05/2015 7:50:47 PM PDT
by
DouglasKC
Less than $5.3K to go!!
Day 66. Let's GIT-R-DONE!
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posted on
06/05/2015 7:52:00 PM PDT
by
RedMDer
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To: DouglasKC
“Because the bears were here first.” - FFW
When the neighbors pigs kept getting killed and eaten by a black bear this is what FFW told him. However, now that numbers are back where “they” want them to be Florida is opening up a short black bear season. Otherwise, SSS.
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posted on
06/05/2015 8:01:18 PM PDT
by
Roos_Girl
(The world is full of educated derelicts. - Calvin Coolidge)
To: nickcarraway
Braver than "Caitlyn" Jenner? That is all that matters, you know.
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posted on
06/05/2015 8:02:54 PM PDT
by
Rodamala
To: PLMerite
What a great photo but is that a dog or a kitty cat? I can’t tell.
To: make no mistake
Cat. I can’t recall his/her name though.
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posted on
06/05/2015 8:33:50 PM PDT
by
PLMerite
("The issue is never the issue. The issue is the Revolution.")
To: nickcarraway
The Pitbull mix protected his family and property by chasing the black bear away.
My Pit has backed off all wild life from our property for the last six years. He has never been an attack dog others think the breed is. I do feel protected. And NO ONE gets close to my wife without his supervision. A truly great dog.
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posted on
06/05/2015 9:24:19 PM PDT
by
jy8z
(When push comes disguised as nudge, I do not budge.)
To: DouglasKC
I had a bear turn over my trash bin several times winter before last. He strung trash all across the yard dragging the bags to go rummage through somewhere.
I ended up buying a cheap Walmart spray bottle and two of the biggest bottles of Walmart Louisiana Hot sauce to mix half/half with water. I then would spray over the bags once or twice a week and outside around the lid.
Didn’t have a bear problem after that.
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posted on
06/06/2015 2:25:32 AM PDT
by
Gaffer
To: PLMerite
Is that the same cat that made the man call 911 for help to get back in his house? I read it yesterday but don’t remember where.
Great picture, by the way.
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posted on
06/06/2015 9:09:21 AM PDT
by
Tomato lover
(Jesus wants to give you forgivness, repent, accept Him as the risen Lord and be saved)
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