Last night when we took the Pugs for their walk – Tex had a melt down.
He normally loves our nightly strolls, so it came as a bit of a surprise when he dug his little heels in and refused to move. We tried everything – promising treats, gentle coaxing, and finally insisting that we were the Alpha dogs - so move it! Nothing from our bag of tricks worked. Left with the option of dragging an unwilling pug down the sea wall, we decided to just pick Tex up and head straight home.
This morning we felt terribly guilty when we found out that several of our neighbors had spotted a cougar prowling around Granville Island – and all of this happened around the same time that Tex refused to budge. Texie-Baby has always been very intuitive. Who can blame the little guy for not wanting to be part of the food chain. On the other hand, his sister Maggie was totally oblivious. Bless her heart, she’s never going to be the dog that alerts her family when Timmy falls in the well.
Even though we live smack dab in the middle of a city of two million people, we are used to seeing wildlife in our neighbourhood. Over the years there have been seals, sea lions, herons, ravens, hawks, eagles, skunks, coyotes, racoons, otters – and once Tom and I even had to stop traffic so a beaver could cross a busy intersection. But a Mountain Lion takes things to a whole new level.
Well, time to go. Have to take the Pugs for their nightly stroll.
He normally loves our nightly strolls, so it came as a bit of a surprise when he dug his little heels in and refused to move. We tried everything – promising treats, gentle coaxing, and finally insisting that we were the Alpha dogs - so move it! Nothing from our bag of tricks worked. Left with the option of dragging an unwilling pug down the sea wall, we decided to just pick Tex up and head straight home.
This morning we felt terribly guilty when we found out that several of our neighbors had spotted a cougar prowling around Granville Island – and all of this happened around the same time that Tex refused to budge. Texie-Baby has always been very intuitive. Who can blame the little guy for not wanting to be part of the food chain. On the other hand, his sister Maggie was totally oblivious. Bless her heart, she’s never going to be the dog that alerts her family when Timmy falls in the well.
Even though we live smack dab in the middle of a city of two million people, we are used to seeing wildlife in our neighbourhood. Over the years there have been seals, sea lions, herons, ravens, hawks, eagles, skunks, coyotes, racoons, otters – and once Tom and I even had to stop traffic so a beaver could cross a busy intersection. But a Mountain Lion takes things to a whole new level.
Well, time to go. Have to take the Pugs for their nightly stroll.
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Maybe there's a message ....perhaps with we humans taking all the good spots on this round orb of ours the animals have adopted the " if you can't beat 'em join 'em attitude. Just a few weeks ago a black bear strolled into the outpatient ward of the Rockyview Hospital in the heart of Calgary. Perhaps looking for a little free health care he's due as a citizen of Alberta!
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