Woke up this morning to........

[Strut10]

........Crosby, the pup raising heck on the front porch and the Mrs. yelling "there's a bear out there!!!"

Jumped out of bed and looked out the front bedroom window to see a smallish black bear standing about 40 yards off my front porch, looking up at Crosby. He was totally unimpressed by the carryings-on of a 6 month old Rottie boy. He stood for a spell then walked behind the barn and, evidently, into the corn.

Guesstimating him in the 200 pound range.

[Prairiepredator]

Cool story! Good thing the bear never bothered the dog!

[Adjam5]

Nice surprise in the early AM huh?

Glad there was no incident.

[clrj3514]

That wouldn't be on my list of best mornings.

[sskybnd]

That wouldn't be on my list of best mornings.

mine either, 40 yards from my front porch would be a wee bit to close for me, maybe he was sizing up the dog for a later meal.

Edited August 2, 2010 by sskybnd

[Shaun_300]

Yikes! That's not good, lucky he walked away. I'd be keeping a weatherby close by from now on.

[Strut10]

I believe he was just on his way somewhere else.

Coming closer to the house/pup would have been a grave mistake on his part, as I'm generally quite prepared to handle any situation that may arise.

Some of you may remember my "purple bear poop" picture post from a couple years back. Less than 10 yards off my front porch step. My wife's mom (350 yards across the field) regularly has the rotten buggers on her back deck.