Our Dog Bud Chases Bear from Bird Feeder

Our backyard bird feeder become a popular spot in the afternoons for a few bears in the area, just north of North Conway, New Hampshire. We took the feeders in at night, but it seemed that by 3 pm the furry neighbors got a hankering for a snack. It wasn't long after this became a habit that we began to hang the bird feeders higher up in the trees, where the bears cannot reach them.

Our dog Bud decided to chase this one out of the yard...our other dog Bodhi opted out of the chase. It does seem somewhat cruel...but, for the bears that become too accustomed to getting easy food from humans, they ultimately become a nuisance...next step is a bullet from the wildlife officer. Having Bud chase this bear away sent a clear message to the bear that it was not cool to eat here, and to me that it was time to hang the feeders up well beyond their reach.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• black
• bear
• dog
• Thom
• Pollard
• New
• Hampshire
• North
• Conway

[AxeMurderGirl]

What type of dog do you have?

[DharmaBum333]

@AxeMurderGirl I think Bud is a griffin...but since he came from a shelter it's hard to say one way or another...

[Amidat]

what ended up happening?

[DharmaBum333]

@Amidat, about ten minutes later our dog came running back to the house...the bear probably climbed a tree. We hang the feeder up in those trees behind where the feeder used to be, knowing that leaving easy food for bears isn't good to do. They come snooping around every once in awhile though...

[motorbreath1983]

No wonder there are bears around. YOU live in THEIR environment. So no reason telling the bear to get lost.

[DharmaBum333]

I agree, and thank you for your comment...we do not take great pleasure in chasing bears...we love the bears. We bring the bird feeders in every night. When they begin showing up in the afternoon we have the dogs chase them away...and they stop visiting. If they continue to visit during the day we pull the feeders altogether.

[Myaucat]

poor bear. that was mean.

[Mr420rush]

shit I mean dog is like :

[Mr420rush]

holy shit that bear is like DIE MOTHA FUCKA

[ibroughtsexyback323]

Hey i know this may be a silly question but aren't you a little afraid that the bear might hurt your dog? Haha i know i wouldn't have the guts to send my dog after a bear but thats just me.

[kpsuk]

@Andothul My history's fine thanks. There's a vast difference between the native people who co-inhabited North America with the animals there for thousands of years and the people who bulldozed there way through a couple of hundred years ago affecting the habitat for animals (along with the people who were there before them also).

This is not exclusive to Nth America, it has stretched across all continents, with the Animals in Africa, to Asia & Europe

[Andothul]

@kpsuk Maybe you should brush up on your history humans have been in America since atleast 60,000 bc they crossed the land bridge in alaska. Even saying that this arguement of "they were here first" does not fly because animals encroach on other species territories all the time. Wolves don't tolerate bears, lions don't tolerate hyenas etc etc.

[kpsuk]

@Andothul Because Bears have been living their for thousands of years, man bulldozed his way into the area couple hundred years ago & took to cutting back the habitat of the animals as humans have done al over the World. Man can adapt to virtually any environmental condition in the World and is pretty much the only species that inhabits every continent on the Globe; bears do not do this, they adapt to the region they live in. Man chose to live on the Bear's doorstep, not the other way around.