OT: Amazing wildlife story

[Lise]

My Isaac, who bears (hah! inadvertent pun!) a striking resemblance to Jack the Cat, but slimmer, once backed up in the little front yard as a German Shepherd dog came down the street on leash. I watch Isaac like a hawk when he's out there, and I thought, "oh, good, he has the sense to be scared of the dog." No, not at all. He was backing up to get a good running start. He flew over the chain link fence at the dog, hissing and spitting. Hard to say who was more freaked out. Dog? Dog's owner? Lise? I ran out there and snatched him up, the dog backing up furiously, barking, the owner screaming, "CONTROL YOUR CAT!"

I love the bear up a tree.

[MomOnBike]

My sister had a miniature Dachshund who once chased a bear out of her yard.

Sis: "Doby! Come back, you woudn't even make an hor d' vors!"

Doby: "Bark, bark! Chase, chase."

Sis said that the dog swaggered around the place for days afterward.

[Lise]

My sister had a miniature Dachshund who once chased a bear out of her yard.

Sis: "Doby! Come back, you woudn't even make an hor d' vors!"

Doby: "Bark, bark! Chase, chase."

Sis said that the dog swaggered around the place for days afterward.

I'm telling you. Dachshunds rule.

[dachshund]

You're KIDDING?? Chased a bear??! (I'd probably faint outright...)
I guess it's just another "huge dog" to these guys.

Yep, dachshunds rule! They can get a realy nice swagger going....

And that picture is just hilarious!

[latelatebloomer]

LOVE those stories!

Speaking of "control your cat," my husband recently let the cat out in the evening (we like him in at night because of coyotes) and I heard him tell Dayhunter "be back in an hour, ok?"

[Lise]

Duck, does that story say the black bear is in New Jersey? I used to speak some Swedish, so I was trying to see what I could read in Norwegian (answer: not much). I could pick up black bear, cat, and New Jersey. This did not require a year of study of the Swedish language at the University of Chicago. But that's what I have left.

Also, I can say, "Jag har glompt nesta alla mina Svenska". I wonder how much I paid for that.

But really, was it in NJ, USA?

[mimitabby]

Duck, does that story say the black bear is in New Jersey? I used to speak some Swedish, so I was trying to see what I could read in Norwegian (answer: not much). I could pick up black bear, cat, and New Jersey. This did not require a year of study of the Swedish language at the University of Chicago. But that's what I have left.

Also, I can say, "Jag har glompt nesta alla mina Svenska". I wonder how much I paid for that.

But really, was it in NJ, USA?

yes, it was in my local paper too. They finally took the cat in so he wouldnt get hurt!

[Duck on Wheels]

Duck, does that story say the black bear is in New Jersey? I used to speak some Swedish, so I was trying to see what I could read in Norwegian (answer: not much). I could pick up black bear, cat, and New Jersey. This did not require a year of study of the Swedish language at the University of Chicago. But that's what I have left.

Also, I can say, "Jag har glompt nesta alla mina Svenska". I wonder how much I paid for that.

But really, was it in NJ, USA?

If it's any comfort:
1) Swedish and Norwegian are not all that similar on the page. I can follow spoken Swedish, but reading it is a slog. With Danish it's the other way around. Looks almost exactly like Norwegian on the page, but sounds like it comes from Mars.
2) You got the gist of it right -- black bear, 7 kilo orange tabby tom cat named Jack, cat's back yard, bear chased up a tree, bear makes a run for it and gets chased up another tree, and yes -- New Jersey, USA.

[Lise]

LOVE those stories!

Speaking of "control your cat," my husband recently let the cat out in the evening (we like him in at night because of coyotes) and I heard him tell Dayhunter "be back in an hour, ok?"

and...was he back on time?

[fatbottomedgurl]

I saw that story in my local paper. We laughed out loud! What a cat!