[ambrose]

[ambrose]

woof.

[John Beresford Tipton]

"Golden Retriever Saves Hikers From Mountain Lion'

And all Lassie can do is point toward a well!

[Clink]

Best dogs in the world.

[NeonKnight]

Thank you, thank you, thank you. I tried to explain on another thread that the best way to survive a mnt lion attack is to be aggressive, and show no fear....much like stanley did. I was flamed to death.

You face them, and you fight back. You would probably lose if the cat fought back....but they won't. Their very survival prohibits them from encountering injury. Though you would lose...you would most likely be able to injure them. Once they realize that you will not run, and that you are not just going to roll over, they are outta there....ask Stanley.

[hole_n_one]

G' boy!....that's a g' boy!

[Mr.Atos]

Thank you for posting this. It is a great story and a reminder of why they ARE our best friends.

Never leave home without it...

[whipitgood]

MACE???? Sorry folks, but I will carry my trusty pistol next time I go hiking in the mountains.

[knak]

great story, we love our golden. She's the best dog we have ever had!

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

Great story, however Golden Retriever's are so damn nuts and high strung I suspect the mountain lion figured he had rabies and just didn't want to catch anything!! ;-)

[Petronski]

Reminds me of your tagline.

[Scenic Sounds]

Good boy, Stanley!! ;-)

[wolficatZ]

 

meow

[Redcloak]

Stanley was a lucky dog. Most dogs his size distract mountain lions away from their owners by taking a long time to eat.

...oh, and as to the story's advice about mace: various crude, vulgar, obscene, and otherwise inappropriate exclamations come to mind all of which eventually express the idea that a GUN would be the proper tool for such an application.

[BobS]

I sometimes work in an area where a coyote totally ignores me. He just walks right by. No, I don't smell bad:) He likes the fat rabbits running around loose! And he gets his drink of water from sprinklers. He does well!

[Dan from Michigan]

Another reason why dogs are a man's best friend.

[bolobaby]

Dogs rule. You never hear stories about how cats saved their owner's lives.

[muir_redwoods]

What one should do in cases like this is carefully unholster your .357 or, better yet, your .44 mag, and draw a careful aim on the lion. Then blow his brains out.

If you're out hike where lions live and you're hiking unarmed you need to be taking better care of yourself and your dogs.It's the responsible thing to do.

[Sunsong]

Great story. I love dogs. I had a samoyed-retreiver mix. She was a fabulous dog, but I don't think she would have chased after a mountain lion. She would have figured I was there to handle any big problems :-)

[Snowy]

[js1138]

I have Italian Greyhounds, about 9 pounds apiece. Together thy have had a great time chasing raccoons and such out of the yard. One night one of them went racing through the doggie door, accustomed to his companion being right behind him. But she was in a lazy mood that night and didn't go.

Soon there was a terrible screeching, and the male dog came back in all covered with claw marks.

It's interesting how two dogs of any size can intimidate anything of any size, but when there's only one dog, the adversary seems to be less inclined to run.