scA53zu1Ntv0EqaIpAYF2d6HnI8 My dog - inspired life: Encounter wildlife

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Encounter wildlife


Yes, its autumn and encountering wildlife with your canine companion is a good possibility. Around here, rural Alberta, we have lots of moose in the fall, coyotes and deer starting to graze close to the house. This morning I spotted a bull moose and leashed Lacy up as well (not trusting my "stay here" command with her seeing the moose). Shortly after, my dogs saw the moose and Copper starting baying. Not sure about this big animal in front of him, he pulled a little on the leash but kept looking for my support. The moose was more curious then frighten and kept starring at us. He was four meters beside our drive-way, 20 m way from us, so to close to pass him so I started backing up. After a few steps, the moose walked slowly away, "gracefully" jumping over two fences and gone!
In the fall, I always keep my eyes open, trying to spot wildlife before my dogs do. So I can avoid a close encounter or distract the canines, so that the wild animals can leave before getting spotted.
Keep your eyes open on your dog-walks!

6 comments:

  1. We are heading out for a family walk with our dog this afternoon and hoping to spot some wildlife. Saw a muskrat and a deer on Tuesday's walk in Fish Creek Park.

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  2. How was your walk? Saw any wildlife? What kind of dog do you have? It was a beautiful sunny Sunday here, hope you had a great walk!

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  3. oh my goodness that is close, Moose are so big but surprisingly graceful. I'm not sure what Kingsley (my basset) would do if he saw a moose, kids confuse him enough so I'm sure a moose would completely baffle him!

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  4. Yes, probably Kingslay would be a Little scared. When Copper was only a few Mönchs old, he ran after Lacy, who chased two Moose Out Off a brush. When he exited the bushes and actually saw, what he was Running After, he tucked his tail in and ran straight to me ;)

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  5. This post made me homesick, no moose in Germany :(.

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  6. Sorry that pic made you miss Canada. But we also had our first "serious" snowfall (8cm) overnight and I bet it is still nice in Germany. So every country has its benefits but I know that the home country will always have a special place in our hearts.

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