Family dog gets in between charging bear and young boy

[IronNoggin]

Family dog gets in between charging bear and young boy

A family dog pulled off an act of bravery over the weekend, leaping in between a charging bear and a young child.

Video from Jeffrey Tazzara's home security system, licensed by Storyful, shows his young son standing in the driveway outside Tazzara's home as a black bear appears, running toward the child at a high speed.

As the boy backs away, the family's husky mix, Bella, is seen running over from across the yard and chasing the bear away, circling behind the animal and placing itself in between the bear and the boy.

Family dog gets in between charging bear and young boy

A Connecticut family's husky chased away a black bear that was running toward a young boy playing in the driveway, in an incident caught on a home security camera.

abcnews.com

Good Dog!!

 

[GARLICSALT]

Charging Bear, that's questionable.

 

[Sully_44]

That dog is definitely going after the bear. I question if the bear is actually charging the kid though. Regardless, good dog!

 

[Nevwild]

I hope that dog got steak for dinner that night.

 

[willtim]

Good dog but that was a young bear not charging.

 

[brancher147]

Good boy! But don’t think the bear was charging…just trying to get out of there

 

[GARLICSALT]

Of course if it's MSM lets make something out of nothing because it caught on digits, then it's Charging.

 

[Ridgerunner1]

Good dog .
Bear was all ready running scared

 

[MuleyFever]

I didn't see the dog between the bear and the kid.

 

[Winnie]

I will give credit to the dog. We may realize the bear wasn't charging, but the dog probably didn't know and was protecting the child. Good girl, Bella.

 

[Chris in TN]

Teenaged bears can easily hurt someone without trying. Good dog. I see many extras treats in the immediate future.

 

[Turkeytider]

Family dog gets in between charging bear and young boy

A family dog pulled off an act of bravery over the weekend, leaping in between a charging bear and a young child.

Video from Jeffrey Tazzara's home security system, licensed by Storyful, shows his young son standing in the driveway outside Tazzara's home as a black bear appears, running toward the child at a high speed.

As the boy backs away, the family's husky mix, Bella, is seen running over from across the yard and chasing the bear away, circling behind the animal and placing itself in between the bear and the boy.

Family dog gets in between charging bear and young boy

A Connecticut family's husky chased away a black bear that was running toward a young boy playing in the driveway, in an incident caught on a home security camera.

abcnews.com

Good Dog!!

Yeah, whether or not the bear was actually after the child is subject for debate, but the actions of the dog aren’t, IMO. Sometimes, as a species, I have serious doubts as to whether or not we truly deserve them what they give us. I believe God gave man the dog and said, “ Look. This is what true, unadulterated love and devotion looks like. “

 

[gbflyer]

A dog is the best bear protection going. I'll take a badass healer over any firearm or spray.

 

[texag10]

My neighbor's dog apparently jumped a 6ft fence to run off a bear last week.

It's a poodle looking dog named Toby that sometimes has hair ties in to keep hair out if his eyes, weighs maybe 30 lbs but should be 25, and is as friendly as can be when he's out on a walk.

Dogs are great.

 

[IronNoggin]

My old Wolf Hybrid weighed in at 145 lbs of solid rock.
Collected him at just over 5 weeks old.
I guess his absolute hatred of bears was simply inherent / genetic as I never trained him in that regard.
He was extremely fast / agile / powerful.
Any bear that did not immediately get up a tree had a real problem with him.
He carved up more than a few in his span.
Miss that Lad.

The new one (closing in on 80 lbs at 8 months) is currently in human tracking / protection training.
He will be undergoing bush training soon.
I suspect he will be much alike to my previous one regarding bears...

Cheers

 

[jimh406]

Good job dog even if it was a small bear. No, dogs aren't the best protection and can even attract bears. That's why most national parks out West explicitly tell you to not take them off trail.

 

[Chrisamx]

I grew up hunting in CT and back in the day (70's) there were zero to no bears, with only a few transient bears in the NW part of the State. Now they are everywhere and really need to be managed. Unfortunately, there are too many bleeding heart types that keep that from happening, but if they ever do it will be a place to bag one.

 

[hikenhunt]

That was a good dog regardless if the article correctly worded the interaction.

 

[fngTony]

A dog is the best bear protection going. I'll take a badass healer over any firearm or spray.

I have a Great Dane, great Pyrenees, pit bull, Chihuahua mix. Looks like a 1/3 scale Great Dane with fafo eyes and the agility of a malinois. Complete faith in her protecting me against wild animals or intruders….house cats not so much.