Just got in from a major fence repair. We were sitting on the front porch having cuppa and just relaxing after the mornings work. As we are sitting there, we hear a screeeaaach... ping! Looking up, we see, at the front of the driveway, a large black bear, ping-ponging between the fences at the head of the driveway.
For those who have not been here, we have the main road out in front of our house. Our driveway goes out to it [obviously] and on both sides of the driveway, we have farm fence. About 50 feet from the highway, onto our driveway, we built the farm gate. So there is a sort of funnel shaped area coming into the property. This bloody bear came from across the road, walked into the funnel shaped area and then tried to push his way through the fence. Literally, he ping-ponged back and forth and in each ping [or pong] he would push [screeeaaach] and then break [ping!!] the wire. He did this for 3 or 4 times on each side and then succeeded in totally breaking the wire and blundering into the horse paddock.
At this point, the raptors spotted him and were off like amphetamine laced piranha fish.... barking and yapping with the utmost ferocity you could imagine.. Now the bear is totally terrified and does not know what to do or where to go. As they are getting close the bear panics and bolts towards another section of fence and tears that out too. And the new little dog, Target, is the bravest little coward you could see. She bolted up there with the other two. However, once she caught sight of the quarry, she screeched to a stop, turned tail and raced as fast as she could back to house barking all the way. So major repairs all around.
And the horses????.... They didn't even blink... could have cared less!!!
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sunny skies
Mikie
For those who have not been here, we have the main road out in front of our house. Our driveway goes out to it [obviously] and on both sides of the driveway, we have farm fence. About 50 feet from the highway, onto our driveway, we built the farm gate. So there is a sort of funnel shaped area coming into the property. This bloody bear came from across the road, walked into the funnel shaped area and then tried to push his way through the fence. Literally, he ping-ponged back and forth and in each ping [or pong] he would push [screeeaaach] and then break [ping!!] the wire. He did this for 3 or 4 times on each side and then succeeded in totally breaking the wire and blundering into the horse paddock.
At this point, the raptors spotted him and were off like amphetamine laced piranha fish.... barking and yapping with the utmost ferocity you could imagine.. Now the bear is totally terrified and does not know what to do or where to go. As they are getting close the bear panics and bolts towards another section of fence and tears that out too. And the new little dog, Target, is the bravest little coward you could see. She bolted up there with the other two. However, once she caught sight of the quarry, she screeched to a stop, turned tail and raced as fast as she could back to house barking all the way. So major repairs all around.
And the horses????.... They didn't even blink... could have cared less!!!
:sunny skies
Mikie
Then off to bed and 2:am 