Dog stories

[Jstpssng]

I also learned after the fact that a dog WILL bring the bear that’s chasing it back to you, it’s just a matter of when.

I also had my first dog bring a bear back to me, but nowhere as scary as your experience. She was a very alpha female lab who wasn't afraid of anything. We were walking down an old road one day when I spied a bear feeding on clover about a hundred yards ahead. Meanwhile my dog was at my side minding her own business (for a change) so I looked down and said "You be good." What I should have done was grabbed her collar because those 3 words got her looking around to see what she was missing; she then tore off and ran PAST the bear. She sniffed the ground for a few seconds then ran back past the bear, returning to my side while the bear ran off. "At least it didn't have cubs" I thought.
Wrong!!! The next thing I knew the bear was standing with her front paws on the shoulder of the road, 15 feet away. I started clapping my tree calipers together making as much noise as I could. She may get me but I'm going down hard. We stared at each other for a few seconds, then she took off into the woods.
I yelled at my dog "GTF away from me!!!!" I DON'T WANT YOU anymore!!! It was a couple of hours before I even acknowledged her, I was so mad.

We only have black bears here. They are just miniature versions of a real bear.

 

[Dftodd]

My mom's got a rescue dog (mixed breed) named Royal.

She's about the size of a lab, part pit, kur, and not sure what else.

This knuckle head is always bring home critters.

For a while it was a male fawn. Mom posted some really cute videos of Royal and the fawn playing.

After my step dad passed, I went up and moved mom into a mother in laws apartment at my brother's place.

Well, that night my brother posts a photo of Royal out in the yard with her new friends.

She disappeared for a while and showed back up with a couple goats

My brother ended up driving around the area for a couple hours, stopping at each home till he finally found someone who had and inkling of who the goats belonged to and was able to make contact with the owners

 

[Mkelcy]

My mom's got a rescue dog (mixed breed) named Royal.

She's about the size of a lab, part pit, kur, and not sure what else.

This knuckle head is always bring home critters.

For a while it was a male fawn. Mom posted some really cute videos of Royal and the fawn playing.

After my step dad passed, I went up and moved mom into a mother in laws apartment at my brother's place.

Well, that night my brother posts a photo of Royal out in the yard with her new friends.

She disappeared for a while and showed back up with a couple goats

My brother ended up driving around the area for a couple hours, stopping at each home till he finally found someone who had and inkling of who the goats belonged to and was able to make contact with the owners

So in a survival situation, Royal's going to be pretty handy to have around.

 

[Dftodd]

So in a survival situation, Royal's going to be pretty handy to have around.

Yup.... but you may not like what she shows up with. With her, she could very well show up with a skunk, possum, or armadillo

 

[Jstpssng]

My mom's got a rescue dog (mixed breed) named Royal.

She's about the size of a lab, part pit, kur, and not sure what else.

This knuckle head is always bring home critters.

For a while it was a male fawn. Mom posted some really cute videos of Royal and the fawn playing.

After my step dad passed, I went up and moved mom into a mother in laws apartment at my brother's place.

Well, that night my brother posts a photo of Royal out in the yard with her new friends.

She disappeared for a while and showed back up with a couple goats

My brother ended up driving around the area for a couple hours, stopping at each home till he finally found someone who had and inkling of who the goats belonged to and was able to make contact with the owners

Thank you for giving me my daily laugh!! :

 

[Dftodd]

Thank you for giving me my daily laugh!! :

We had a Jack Russel Terrier that would poop in someone's shoes if he didn't like them

 

[ponytug]

Thank you all for the great stories!

All the best,

Peter

 

[Joel/ak]

We're a German shepherd family, I must say the first dog we got after getting married in the mid 90's was a wolf hybrid. He was 75%wolf.

Jack and I would go toe to toe, he thought he was the alpha, don't think so buddy. He loved my wife.

I was gone on military duties and wife woke up 1 night to jack grabbing her, pulling her out of bed and out of the bedroom. As that was happening the ceiling came down in the bedroom.

Typical cheap landlord who cut corners. Funny how dogs can sense things

 

[gsganzer]

German Shepherds are great dogs. Very intelligent and loyal. I'd have one, but I've heard they don't tolerate the heat very well.

The black mouth cur I had was definitely a warm weather dog and couldn't stand cold weather. Their coat isn't very thick and they have a bald belly. It wasn't unusual to see him lying out in the sun, even on a 95 degree day. You'd watch him rotate between the shade and a spot in the full sun throughout the day.

 

[Jstpssng]

German Shepherds are great dogs. Very intelligent and loyal. I'd have one, but I've heard they don't tolerate the heat very well.

The black mouth cur I had was definitely a warm weather dog and couldn't stand cold weather. Their coat isn't very thick and they have a bald belly. It wasn't unusual to see him lying out in the sun, even on a 95 degree day. You'd watch him rotate between the shade and a spot in the full sun throughout the day.

Huskies are the exact opposite. They love to be out in the snow and cold.