Bear bell for dog?
I went camping last week with my Boston. We were on a hike about 2 miles from the camper in a SW Idaho desert near Zeno Falls. The area is covered with waist high sage brush. She is very good a...
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Hey Buddy. Sorry for what happened.
I have had a couple of scares with my buddy too. But that is life. Those that don't live out in the open spaces of the west, don't really understand this issue as well. My buddy has lost his ability to hear and at night, he stays really close, no doubt his own concern with Coyotes, bears and other things. I have always used bells, way back to the 60s with my bird dogs, and use one of my Bear Bells all the time, now. As old and slow as he is, I can be looking at the stars and he just stumbles away. One of the things I started using, a number of years ago, in conjunction with the Bear Bell, is one of those flashing lights. I first got two of them (at REI) to put on my pack and jacket when I was was out walking in the snow, late at night. As you know, I have been hit by cars before, and am trying to cut down it happening again. It works great at night, on the dog. I have had a few people talk to me about it, when all they saw is this blinking red light moving around in the distance, not knowing it was my dog.
To be honest, one of the reasons I have the Bear Bell, on the pup too, is if a wild animal does grab him, I know which way he was taken and for me to go the opposite way. Now you know why people don't go hiking with me, in bear country! :-)
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I have had a couple of scares with my buddy too. But that is life. Those that don't live out in the open spaces of the west, don't really understand this issue as well. My buddy has lost his ability to hear and at night, he stays really close, no doubt his own concern with Coyotes, bears and other things. I have always used bells, way back to the 60s with my bird dogs, and use one of my Bear Bells all the time, now. As old and slow as he is, I can be looking at the stars and he just stumbles away. One of the things I started using, a number of years ago, in conjunction with the Bear Bell, is one of those flashing lights. I first got two of them (at REI) to put on my pack and jacket when I was was out walking in the snow, late at night. As you know, I have been hit by cars before, and am trying to cut down it happening again. It works great at night, on the dog. I have had a few people talk to me about it, when all they saw is this blinking red light moving around in the distance, not knowing it was my dog.
To be honest, one of the reasons I have the Bear Bell, on the pup too, is if a wild animal does grab him, I know which way he was taken and for me to go the opposite way. Now you know why people don't go hiking with me, in bear country! :-)
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