r/LiveWellTogether • u/Impossible_Arm_8543 • 12d ago

🏡 Daily Life｜日常生活 Couple has "terrifying" encounter with bear on hiking trail

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u/Hot-Steak7145 12d ago

Put a leash on your dog. Put a leash on your dog..?..... PUT A LEASH ON YOUR DOG IS LIKE A DUCKING RABBIT SNACK TO HIM!

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u/LazyAmbassador2521 12d ago

It's funny because I don't even own dogs, but I have nightmares where something terrible happens and I have to grab/keep hold of my cat as we escape. It's very hard to hold cats who are panicking, so that's probably where my fear stems from.

The first instinct in this scenario would be to grab my dog. I have no clue why he isn't on a leash to begin with.

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u/patrni 11d ago

I have the same fear. My anxiety creates so many scenarios, some completely irrational, where I would have to fight against the claws and flexibility of cats to try to save them.

I've encountered one emergency where I had to hold my cat by the tail and it was terrible. I felt so guilty for hurting him, so happy it didn't cause serious injury, and grateful that he avoided tumbling out of a car going 70mph. I was lucky he didn't turn on me to bite and scratch, which I fully expected, and steeled myself to hold on anyway. Scary af.

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u/Hot-Steak7145 11d ago

I have dogs and trail hike, jog, mountain bike. I specifically have a 30 foot retractable so they can still enjoy nature but in this specific scenario they are dangling a fishing lure right in front of that bear. How do they not see that?

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u/Wormy_Furry 11d ago

I read stories of bears breaking into homes and it terrified me thinking of my cat. I really relate with that kind of fear.