At anytime during the night our dog Tono can, quietly, with just a simple whimper, wake Ed from a dead sleep to let him know he wants outside. It can happen at anytime. It can happen multiple times throughout the night. But on this day Tono did something he has never done.
On the morning of July 5th Tono barked to wake us. Not thinking much of it Ed got up and went to the first door, we have two, to let the dog out. As he did so Tono began to huff and puff making Ed think the dog was smelling something. Tono is a mix of Akita, Husky and Wolf and his sense of smell is incredible. He often barks out in the bush and we know he is scaring off whatever it is he smells out there.
On this morning, as Ed opened the outside door, he noticed the BBQ had been upturned. He was lucky to see anything as Tono flew past him and bolted around the corner of the entry. That solidified Ed's notion that Tono was on the hunt for something. I thought that I heard more than just Tono sounds outside. Ed looked out the window and saw what had Tono's attention, a BEAR. Right there just a few feet in front of him there was a full sized Black Bear. Ed made sure that I knew what was going on and I jumped out of bed to get a look. Knowing that Tono was no match for a full sized bear Ed yelled for him to stay away and grabbed the 22 and a magazine of ammo. I grabbed the camera. I was able to snap a couple of shots through the screen door before Ed fired off a few rounds in the general direction of the bear in the hopes that he would take his leave.
And he did. He scurry off into the bush. Thankfully Tono kept close by and didn't pursue the bear although he wasn't interested in heading back inside.
Certainly a morning where we could not return to sleep after all that excitement and one that will be remembered and recited for quite some time.
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