Bear saves us again
Thankfully, we needed none of the above.
BUT, they are the only photo, albeit after the fact, that I have of the “adventure”.
Sunday morning…6:15 a.m….we all blasted out the front door to enjoy a bit of cool before the forecast record breaking 101F day! It was 67F at the time, which is still a bit warmish for morning, but in “all is relative” world, felt grand.
Bear and Auggie went their respective ways and I headed for the well head and sprinkler duty. I got water going and then I noticed that Bear was standing at the edge of the turnaround, looking intently to the northeast. When a beardog looks intently, a beardog’s person MUST also look intently!
I walked to Bear and looked in the direction that he was focused on. I saw Auggie leap. And I saw a fluffy black and white tail about 3 feet from Auggie.
And since the only fluffy black and white tail that I knew was “safe” was on alert next to me… GAH!! Skunk. And Auggie was stalking the skunk.
I roared to Bear to go inside which he did immediately and I think, happily. I ran in and grabbed the 2 bottles of Skunk-Off, the pepper spray and a large towel. Back outside Auggie and the Skunk were doing a kind of dance of face to face with the skunk stamping, then turning with tail high. Auggie was cautious but giving chase when the skunk turned away. When he got a bit close, the skunk turned to face Auggie and stamped the ground.
They did this dance thing with me on the chase and calling to Auggie and throwing sticks between Auggie and the skunk to startle and stop Auggie. Seriously, I absolutely NEED !!! to buy a GoPro video cam !!!
We did the run, dance, stomp, tail in the air thing ALL THE WAY out onto the state land with me all the time thinking that Auggie was going to get sprayed. Finally, the skunk went one way and Auggie the other way and then Auggie rolled over for a stomach rub and I threw the towel over him…
At one point, I thought I detected a spritz of skunk, but Auggie had no smell on him. He snuggled into the towel and dripping sweat, I walked back to the house.
Inside, still no skunk smell – hoo… I say HOO-RAH!!
Bear was waiting and I gave him high praise and extra breakfast and an extra Greenie and told him that he saved the day! Without Bear’s alertness, I never would have seen that Auggie was challenging the skunk. And I do not for a moment think that would have turned out well.
Beardog SAVES THE DAY!
“I could have taken that stinky ole skunk….”
EDIT: Sunday Evening:
We broke the all time record of over 100F in June in Montana. First time, I’ve seen 100F since I moved to Montana in February 1994.
4 Responses to “Bear saves us again”
Gives “Here kitty, kitty, kitty” a whole new meaning :)
That adventure was better than any cup of coffee!
I’m so glad it turned out well.
A go pro will be great for you and for us who read your blog!
The heat will be gone soon.
Mike, hee…YES it does!
Steph, Yep, all’s well that ends well!
Hilary, I keep looking at the go pro. It will take me nerdy look to a whole ‘nuther level but would be fun to see what I can get on our walks. I so wanted to get some video of Auggie and the skunk but did not have enough hands.
A note for all … I kind of think that Auggie was playing … or trying to play. I don’t think the skunk saw it that way, but it was fascinating to watch their behaviors.
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