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Wendi DeGrandpr
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Posted: Oct 10 2005 at 2:33pm | IP Logged Quote Wendi DeGrandpr
Last week we had an interesting experience. Arriving home after dark and smelling skunk, my dd decided to accompany her dog outside ... just in case a skunk was close by. She lets her dog out from the basement into our backyard. The dog went directly to our patio and was acting "funny". My dd was standing by our patio table which is right next to a garden full of bird feeders and ... apparently a rather large bear. She was totally unaware of the bear (which was only about four feet away from her) until it moved and her dog (a wonderful, loving yet somewhat intimidating German Shepherd) decided to chase the bear out of the yard. She treed the bear at the edge of our yard - quite the set of claw marks in the tree. We are very grateful that Kelsea was not harmed, nor her dog ... or the bear for that matter. The bear had quite a howl which sent the dog back to the house and the bear took off into the woods.
Great nature study? Kelsea said it was interesting but she would much rather have observed the bear through a window.

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Posted: Oct 10 2005 at 3:01pm | IP Logged Quote MacBeth
LOL! Wendi, I am currently writing my (very late, I know) newsletter, and it includes my favorite bear story. I, too like seeing them, but not too close. Blueberries for Sal, indeed!

I'm impressed by Kelsea's fortitude...and there's nothing like a German shepherd !

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