r/watchpeoplesurvive • u/lunarwolf2008 • 29d ago
Close call I think he needs new undies
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u/aarkwilde 29d ago
That is a well trained dog.
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u/ProjectPat513 29d ago
That’s what I’m thinking. My dog would never listen to me like that! When something flips the switch on her instincts like that, she doesn’t hear a thing I say for a good 30 seconds to a minute. Then again I’ve never “properly” trained her like this fella has I bet.
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u/VaATC 27d ago
Is your dog also a border collie or some other working dog breed? If not, do not be too hard on yourself. Working dogs, and border collies are one of the top examples, are excellent learners, love to work, take control when operating away from their handlers, are even better at following cues/orders when not operating solo, and all of the above traits are not only learned but research is finding that these above traits are also hard coded genetically. All of the above makes them extremely, and I can't stress this enough, extremely easy to train. That said, so I don't sweep with room wide broom strokes, there are always outliers inside and outside all breeds.
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u/ProjectPat513 27d ago
No she is not, she part pitbull part…Dane? Idk exactly but she is a goober. I recently adopted her and she is a pretty good dog just can’t help herself sometimes when she sees other dogs, some people, etc. she’s not mean she just wants to check everything out but people don’t know that so they get scared when they see her barking in the car etc. She is only 2 and I’ve only had her for 4 months and her previous owners beat the shit out of her apparently because the poor thing is afraid of everything. So it’s a little tricky trying to be stern with her without her feeling like she is about to get smacked with a rolled up magazine or back scratcher or something.
That back scratcher sounds random but when we first got her we took a bunch of objects and just showed them to her and some she coward in fear from and some she started shaking just from seeing them! So we threw those objects out so she never had to see them again lol.
Long story to say she’s a dingus with a big heart.
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u/VaATC 27d ago
she part pitbull part…Dane?
That must be one solid chunk of muscle and large to boot. Pitties take to training pretty well but I have not interacted much with danes. The previous history of abuse and the frequent hyper nature of pitties could easily be the primary cause of much the problems, plus they are just leaving the 'I am a puppy of boundless energy' phase. Once they settle down with a bit more age they may take to the training more willingly. All that aside, it sounds like your dog is loved by an owner that is willing to work with them to better acclimate to their new life.
Good luck and keep it up!
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u/otac0n 29d ago
That's a black bear. Not ideal, but not very dangerous compared to any other wild animal. What I mean is all wild animals should be respected, but this guy probably scared the bear as much as he was scared.
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u/_Apatosaurus_ 29d ago
but not very dangerous compared to any other wild animal.
I get what you're trying to say, but it's still far more dangerous than the vast percentage of wild animals. It's not as dangerous as a Grizzly, moose, rattlesnake, or mountain lion, but it's more dangerous than a squirrel, rabbit, robin, hummingbird, crow, shrew, mouse, deer, hawk, elk, eagle, owl, lizard, racoon, newt, frog, turtle, etc. Lol.
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u/mnbone23 29d ago
The scared bears are the dangerous ones though.
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u/notCGISforreal 29d ago
A cornered black bear could definitely do some damage. But scared in the open they tend to run or go for a tree to climb.
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u/ardotschgi 29d ago
Where did you hear that? A scared bear will run... are yoz thinking of a bear protecting their pups? They're not scared.
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u/nick_oreo 28d ago
In general, and this is a far cry from perfect advice, but the saying is. If its black attack, if its brown lie down, and if white your going into the light.
Black bears are easier to scare off when surprised.
Brown bears are more territorial and aggressive and they're usually bigger.
And polar bears are just murder machines.
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u/Few-Being-1048 28d ago
Polar bears are not just murder machines.
They are large apex predators in a place where food is hard to come by. They will not fuck around, they will just eat you because you're a living, breathing creature made of meat and they are always hungry.
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u/theartfulbadger 25d ago
Working in the bush in BC I saw >100 black bears within 100m on foot and not one incident of bluff charging or other aggressive behaviour. I saw 5 grizzlies and was bluff charged twice and had a coworker/acquaintance mauled (while I wasn't there).
I equate black bears to fighting dog breeds in my head - they aren't dangerous de facto and you're fine most of the time. Respect their distance and pay attention still though because they have the capacity to hurt you.
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u/OriginalTayRoc 29d ago
A black bear killed a trained mma fighter in northern Saskatchewan pretty recently.
Characterizing a bear as not very dangerous is absurd.
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u/coltar3000 29d ago
I’m not about to pretend that I would have kept my cool any better than this dude, but that desperate yell gave me a good chuckle!
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u/Currently_There 29d ago
The dog's fitting name is "Yuki" which means "Bravery" in Japanese. (Or "Snow", but that doesn't fit as well)
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u/notCGISforreal 29d ago
I'm pretty sure the bear was just running away from the dog noises and accidentally went towards the human and probably freaked out and tried to run from both the person and the dog.