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3 Chihuahuas Corner Angry Mountain Lion In Garage
CBS 2 LOS ANGELES ^ | 13 JUNE 2009 | CBS 2 LOS ANGELES

Posted on 06/13/2009 5:34:30 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist

HEMET, Calif. (CBS) ―

Size really doesn't matter, as a trio of Chihuahuas proved by cornering a full-grown, adult mountain lion in their owner's garage.

Ana Lee Spray of Sage, near Hemet, heard her three Chihuahuas barking in her garage and went to check out commotion. Spray was surprised to see the massive, angry cat hissing at her and her dogs and immediately took her pets inside.

Spray called 911 and officers from the Department of Fish and Game tranquilized the mountain lion. The big cat had to be tranquilized again after running from the garage.


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: chihuahua; dogs; kittyping; mountainlion; napl; wildlife
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To: null and void

Indeed.


81 posted on 06/14/2009 1:12:07 PM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: txhurl

Ooooh. You have a Mastiff? I envy you and wish I had a fenced yard. We’re renting and can’t build a fence here.


82 posted on 06/14/2009 1:17:59 PM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: goat granny

Thanks for taking this one. Couldn’t have said it better myself.


83 posted on 06/14/2009 1:29:44 PM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: Snurple

What a beauty. Is it yours?


84 posted on 06/14/2009 1:30:37 PM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: goat granny

So far, man and “wild” animals have not learned to co-exist.

Since we are the species with brains to reason things out, it behooves us to find a way to make things work.

The one thing that sets Man apart from “animals” is our ability think logically, and not act on instinct.

You’re entitled to have your own opinion on the subject, and please, don’t ever feel you need to apologize for your stance.

I’d be the last person to ever say, “You’re wrong!”

:o]


85 posted on 06/14/2009 2:11:19 PM PDT by Monkey Face (RUN, SARAH, RUN! ~~ (Stolen from redhead))
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To: Monkey Face
Coexistence with wild animals that think of you as dinner cannot happen in this world..

Since as you say man is the animal with reason and does not act instinct, I would say you are wrong...Many people have been put in positions that acting on instinct is the only thing that saved their lives or ended it...Fight or flight is an inborn instinct. For normal people the instinct to nurture the young is inborn, as is the instinct to protect one's family from danger..If it were not so the species would have not survived. We have many instincts and also the ability to reason, some people's reasoning is faulty..

Thank you for saying I don't have to apologize for my opinion as I did not apologize for it..never would unless someone had a better argument than I and you do not have such an argument at this point...but I would not have to apologize, I would just agree and change my opinion

But I don't agree with you and everyone has a right to be wrong...I defend your right...

But at this point I think you are wrong :O)

86 posted on 06/14/2009 2:38:27 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: goat granny

It’s OK. I’ve been wrong before, and I no doubt, will be wrong again.

I agree that “fight or flight” is an instinct, but over the eons, we have learned from that instinct. And although animals must be taught how to hunt, and they have learned how to adapt, we are the only ones in the animal kingdom to take our knowledge to the next level.

Not just with animals, but with survival, period. We’ve learned to cultivate crops, to improve the domesticated animals that provide us with so much, and even to find new and better ways to adapt. We’ve even learned how to tame certain animals as “pets.”

I suspect, with most “wild” animals, they can only go so far in their progression. And I doubt very much that I’ll see a wild animal with a “pet.”

And Koko doesn’t count...she was a domesticated gorilla in a research center.


87 posted on 06/14/2009 2:47:17 PM PDT by Monkey Face (RUN, SARAH, RUN! ~~ (Stolen from redhead))
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To: Monkey Face

Well, we agree on a couple of points....thanks for the interesting posting to this thread...have a great day.:O)


88 posted on 06/14/2009 3:06:28 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: goat granny

You too!
I learn a lot from FReepers! And more than I thought I would from you!

Thanks!

‘Face

:o])


89 posted on 06/14/2009 3:08:31 PM PDT by Monkey Face (RUN, SARAH, RUN! ~~ (Stolen from redhead))
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To: Monkey Face
I like your smiley face better than mine so I will steal it. thanks :o])
90 posted on 06/14/2009 3:21:58 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: goat granny

Be my guest!

And if you feel particularly kittenish, you can use this one: :oþ !


91 posted on 06/14/2009 3:24:09 PM PDT by Monkey Face (RUN, SARAH, RUN! ~~ (Stolen from redhead))
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist


"DON'T EVEN THINK OF F*$&#*% WITH ME!!!"
92 posted on 06/14/2009 3:33:31 PM PDT by reagan_fanatic (When you put Democrats in charge, stupid things happen)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
"Chihuahuas are so fearsome that police have been known to shoot them rather than tangle with them!"

Considering that the average cop takes at least a full magazine to hit a 200 pound granny ("It really happened..."); ears must have been ringing for days after they shot the chihuahua.

(No disrespect intended - Sir.)

93 posted on 06/14/2009 4:11:21 PM PDT by norton
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To: LongElegantLegs

Swiper is so longsuffering!


94 posted on 06/14/2009 7:56:26 PM PDT by Vor Lady (DC or bust)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist; Slings and Arrows

Drop the chalupa, you stupid cat!


95 posted on 06/14/2009 8:01:56 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Barack Obama: in your guts, you know he's nuts!)
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To: Melinda in TN

My Jack Russell’s are the same way. They fear nothing. I have a 100+ pound male Bloodhound that is scared out of his mind of them.<<<<<<<<<<

Isn’t that the truth! My female Russell decided to nip at the butt of a large, friendly lab that was resting near her during a camping trip this weekend. I couldn’t see what was taking place, and I guess the lab had enough and it was on. Fortunately, neither was hurt. But the Russell has no sense of her size and incites ridiculous events with dogs who mean her no harm.


96 posted on 06/14/2009 9:06:04 PM PDT by Mjaye
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To: carolinablonde

I owned a chihuahua for twelve years (or vise versa).

She thought she was the biggest dog in the neighborhood.


97 posted on 06/14/2009 9:13:39 PM PDT by Zman516 (socialists & muslims -- satan's useful idiots.)
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To: goat granny

There’s also an American Mastiff - like the English, but bred to be less drooly.


98 posted on 06/14/2009 9:21:22 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("If Dick Cheney is Darth Vader, then Barack Obama is Jar-Jar Binks!")
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To: Eaker

chuckles to you...I’ll be a pack of those little ankle biters would sure confuse even a puma...:O)


99 posted on 06/14/2009 10:51:08 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: Slings and Arrows

Unless this english mastiff I saw was a young one, it seems that they are also a little smaller body, but a beautiful face. I have always thought of a bull mastiff as being a very large dog, but maybe this was a very large pup..


100 posted on 06/14/2009 10:53:42 PM PDT by goat granny
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