Dogs I have had seem to take one of two attitudes toward black bears. The three Chesapeake Bay retrievers all believed in keeping a safe distance and barking a warning. Come to think of it, Jack (1996–2009) once treed a bear cub while walking with the woods with M., who — once she realized what had happened — grabbed him and vacated the area. Shelby, our crazy-brave collie-Lab mix, charged solo after bears several times — and lived to tell about it. There was a reason she was called The Bandit Queen.
But now here is a German shepherd (Or shepherd-mix, if it is the dog that I think it could be) hanging out on the ridge up behind the house with a bear. That is a first for me, and also for our wildlife-rehabilitator friends, who said it was "really strange." Maybe these two did not read the part in the manual that says dogs and bears are supposed to be antagonists?
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3 comments:
Interesting! But that is not a German Shepherd.
Not a purebred, no. But if it is one of the dogs that I think it is, then it likely has some shepherd in it. Feel free to substitute "Shepherd-mix."
Regardless of the breed, that's some unusual behavior on both sides.
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