Posted on 05/09/2017 8:55:53 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Momo is a good dog.
Now, we know everyone says that about their pups (and they’re right), but this shepherd-husky-lab mix enters an elite group of really good dogs after saving her friends from a grizzly bear in a Canadian park.
Kenzie Campbell said, on Sunday, he took Momo on a hike at Banff National Park in Alberta with his girlfriend and another friend.
They didn’t get very far on the Cascade Ampitheatre Trail.
“We just made it to the trailhead and walked around a corner, and the bear was maybe 20 feet away,” Campbell said.
They backed slowly out of the woods, but the bear followed and charged.
“At this point, the bear was 15 feet from my girlfriend and the dog was barking and growling, so I let the dog go and she distracted the bear while we ran,” he said.
It took them about a half hour to make it back to the parking lot.
They called 911 on the way, and Parks Canada emergency staff were there when they got there.
They scrambled into a truck, and Campbell shot video of the bear, which had followed them and eventually wandered off.
Bill Hunt, a resource conservation manager with Parks Canada, said the hikers probably startled the bear, which is why it made a little charge. He said seeing the dog probably also upset the critter.
Hunt recommends hikers travel in groups, carry bear spay, make lots of noise and keep their dogs on leashes – or, better yet, leave them at home.
The 6 1/2 year-old female is known as Bear 148 and is very used to people.
“She literally has hundreds and hundreds of encounter with people every summer,” Hunt said.
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Good dog.
Since people are much more likely to be attacked by animals then they are by humans, I have started teaching an animal self-defense class. It starts out teaching you how to defend yourself against a charging goose or a yipping Chihuahua. By the time you are a black belt, you should be able to defend yourself against large gorillas or grizzly bears.
I already have 3 people signed up for it!
The bear followed them for an hour and a half?
LOL!
Ping
Terrifying helmet cam footage shows a bear charging mountain bikers
http://mashable.com/2017/05/08/bear-chases-mountain-bikers/#HWls.t1.SSqp
A goose once bit my sister.
Animal massage is the next big thing. You should combine animal defense with massage. Get that charging griz calmed down and make him your BFF. You’ll make a killing.
Who’s the super bad ass FReeper that took down a bear with a knife and the help of his trusty dog? That thread has like 2k replies and is immortal. Can’t think of the name. I’d link it if I remembered.
A llama spit on our daughter when she was about 10. It was all my wife and I could to not bust a gut.
Ping
Found it.
A timeless story.
A bad ass FReeper.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1670661/posts
Kanawa.
I pinged him.
He was saving his dog, nice that a dog can save its human.
Animal social media.
Kanawa is a hero in more ways than you will ever imagine.
Great story, Thanks for reposting it!
This becomes more and more likely when the bear gets old and is less capable of hunting successfully.
Hunger will drive it to easy prey.
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