LOL! Does that *ever* describe my Border mix!
He's hard to photograph 'cause he usually comes out blurred...
Posted on 07/22/2007 3:34:01 PM PDT by george76
Roy Klopp survived a shocking twist in his daily bike ride Monday after being bit in the behind by a black bear near Clinton.
"It wasn't my day to die," said Klopp, who returned to his job at the sawmill last night after taking a day to recuperate from the attack.
Around 11 a.m. Monday morning, Klopp, 56, and his border collies, Tippy and Chuckie, met an unusually aggressive black bear in the bushes near a curve in the walking trails above Clinton, a town of about 740 residents 380 kilometres northeast of Vancouver.
Protected only by a pair of shorts, his bike and his dogs, Klopp heard a sudden "whoosh" from the bushes.
He turned to see a 200-pound one-year-old male bear, rushing toward him.
"I didn't have any time to think," he said.
Running on adrenaline-infused autopilot, Klopp jumped off his bike in front of a tree stump. "Instinct takes over, and you do what you can," he said.
"I don't know why I got off my bike, but I did. I held my bike up as a shield in front of me."
The animal kept bearing down on him.
Klopp hurled the bike at him, but the angry bear didn't stop.
"It happened so fast. He came at me about four or five times. All of a sudden, he went through the bike and knocked me on my butt. I was lying face down, and I heard the bear going by me when he nipped me right on the butt."
Neither the bells attached to the dogs' collars nor Klopp's yelling deterred the bear.
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LOL! Does that *ever* describe my Border mix!
He's hard to photograph 'cause he usually comes out blurred...
Pretty dogs (if a bit frilly)...but those aren’t Border Collies.
The bear must not have heard the joke.
Shiny black is awfully hard to photo. If it’s a digital camera, turn the flash off and try it that way.
You’re right, that doesn’t even begin to describe a border collie. Some of those dogs need straight jackets.
It’s not the black that’s the problem. It’s the motion. ;-)
We went to The Green County Fair today. After meandering through the barns and petting all the cows, goats and sheep (few pigs in this part of WI), being seduced by these ADORABLE “Princesses in Training” with goat and sheep-milk cheese trays, and then checking out the chickens, turkeys, ducks and rabbits, we happened upon a judging for Herding-type dogs.
A teen-aged girl had a PUPPY which was about 4 months old at most and she was putting it through it’s paces for the judge.
Simply AMAZING. That dog never left her ankles and did her every bidding just as a Good Husband should, LOL!
I have Black Labs and a Basset Hound. They’d protect me in SOME circumstances...but would shove me down in their frenzy to give my wallet, the car keys and a bottle of Jack Daniels to the first Bad Man with a slice of lunch meat that threatened me, LOL!
Another wonderful doggie story of the day.
“The bear must not have heard the joke.”
Is that the ‘Bar B*tch’ joke? If so, tell it! I haven’t heard that one in years! :)
Does he have two butts?
LOL! It’s the motion. How old is she? Looks young in the photo, but that may just be her enthusiasm. ;-)
In Bear territory you go hiking with dogs or friends you can outrun..
I get dirty looks when I tell that joke.
I had a wife that actually thought dirty looks meant something..
Good puppyping?
Nah... I’m thinking of the one about identifying various types of bear scat.
You haven’t met my australian cattle dog. LOL
Those little bells are important. When you're in bear country, it's important to keep those little bells on you, in order to be sure you don't surprise a bear. But sometimes the unexptected happens, and you need to defend yourself, which is why you should carry pepper spray. But most important of all is situational awareness. You need to know if you're in bear country or not. And you do that by checking for "scat," or bear dropping. How do you identify bear droppings? They're the droppings with the little bells in them, and they smell like pepper spray!
Mark
In light of the rising frequency of human/grizzly bear conflicts, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game is advising hikers, hunters, and fishermen to take extra precautions and keep alert of bears while in the field. “We advise that outdoorsmen wear noisy little bells on their clothing so as not to startle bears that aren’t expecting them.
We also advise outdoorsmen to carry pepper spray with them in case of an encounter with a bear.” It is also a good idea to watch out for fresh signs of bear activity. Outdoorsmen should recognize the difference between black bear and grizzly bear excrement: Black bear excrement is smaller and contains lots of berries and squirrel fur. Grizzly bear excrement has little bells in it and smells like pepper.
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Monday, July 23, 2007 - Page updated at 09:15 AM
Bear attack blamed for woman's death in British Columbia
By The Associated Press
INVERMERE, B.C. — A mountain biker was found dead in southeastern British Columbia, apparently after being attacked by a black bear, and in a separate incident a grizzly protecting her cubs charged two bicyclists, authorities said.
The 34-year-old woman was reported missing Saturday night and was found dead Sunday on a trail near the Panorama Ski Resort near the Alberta boundary, Paul Visentin, a British Columbia conservation officer, told Global TV.
A bear was "right where the body was recovered, as though it was guarding the site, which would indicate to me that the bear had preyed upon this person or obviously was trying to claim ownership," Visentin said.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police shot the bear...
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