That is no Malinois.
Posted on 05/22/2022 9:56:57 AM PDT by rktman
A loyal dog was ready to lay down her own life to rescue her best friend during a recent mountain lion attack in Northern California.
A few minutes after twenty-four-year-old Erin Wilson parked her truck and began walking down a trail to the Trinity River, the unthinkable happened, NPR reported Saturday.
“I’m just walking down the slope and the dog had run ahead of me. And I turn around and there’s this cat just growling at me and it reaches up and it swipes at me,” she recalled of the harrowing incident. “At first, I was just like, Wait, what? And I think I screamed and I shouted for Eva and she came running.”
Eva is the young woman’s Belgian Malinois, a breed the American Kennel Club (AKC) said “forges an unbreakable bond with his human partner.” They are also “highly sought after as police and military K-9s.”
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
We have a 10 week old mini dachshund puppy; he disappoints us several times a day. ;) Not really; it’s a learning curve. He’ll get there. Very smart, otherwise.
He has his own YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/c/Iampuma
He lives with his adopted sister, a cheetah, who also has her own YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/c/Iamcheetah
Here’s the video that still photo is from:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezVtW4ZGHns
You can turn closed captions on on the newer videos to get an English translation. For the ones that you can’t do that to, there’s usually a translation in the description or comments.
Second choice - Rhodesian Ridgeback.
Brave beautiful dog-so glad she survived-I have had 2 German Shepherds-both lived to be very old-I still miss them-I only buy a large working/guarding breed puppy to be my canine companion for life...
People who want to kill all the wildlife that can be dangerous have not spoken to a game warden and do not understand things like “balanced ecosystem”-where the predator-to-prey ratio being correct means healthy habitat/animals, good hunting for humans-of deer, etc-the woods are the animals’ home and dining room-we are guests...
I do not understand why there are so many mountain lion attacks in Cali-they are doing something-besides crowding them out of habitat-that is causing problems-I think just about anyone knows that predators like mountain lions and bears are attracted by dogs-especially barking ones-humans either riding a bike or running, etc-they see those as prey to be caught, or as a threat-don’t run, don’t ride a bike and don’t bring the dog on that trail-and carry some bear spray...
There are mountain lions living in the woods less than 2 acres away-we see their tracks when walking/hiking/mowing all the time-they don’t bother anyone-but they will go after a dog that is running around loose-especially in the Spring when the females have kittens they are protecting-most people know this and do not walk their dogs in mountain lion territory this time of year-there are already 2 dogs missing whose owners were letting them run loose down to the riverbank and woods, despite neighbors’ warnings and the large off-leash fine-by now, they have become Mr/Ms mountain lion’s takeout meal.
Thank you for pointing that out-the woman probably had never considered that there are mountain lions and bears in the area she was hiking-ignorance isn’t always bliss...
Cool. Thanks for the link.
The author wrote it in pencil.
His wife convinced him to send it to a publisher.
My throat tightens, too.
“Thank you for pointing that out-the woman probably had never considered that there are mountain lions and bears in the area she was hiking-ignorance isn’t always bliss...”
It’s just people being stupid.
I’m in Yellowstone right now, and dumbazz people trying to walk up to a herd of Bison that has several calves with it.
Outdoors/Rural/wildlife/hunting/hiking/backpacking/National Parks/animals list please FR mail me to be on or off . And ping me is you see articles of interest.
That is no Malinois.
*Crew cuts* rule. Great country song.
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