WPs Daily Prompt: Do you ever see wild animals?

This is my dog Hamish Macbeth.

Hamish and I have crossed paths with a bear and a wolf.

 

Hamish being the most sensible creature I have ever known, saw the bear before I did and thought it would be a good time to turn around and go home.

This is what happened- all of the sudden Hamish  stopped in his tracks,  he dropped his head level with his shoulders and then calm as a cucumber he tuned around and headed home.

From the direction he had been looking  I saw something big and dark make it’s way into the trees and that’s when I realized what Hamish caught scent of was that bear and I’m pretty sure the bear had  caught wind of him.

But Hamish didn’t bark and he didn’t growl, so I guess the bear didn’t see him as a threat.

Then one morning  we walked  out the front door and Hamish turned around and went right back in and that’s when I saw the Wolf stroll by our yard.

There aren’t supposed to be wolves in the part of the state we live in, but there are a few people around here who have tried to make pets of them and failed. I think the wolf that we saw was one of those.

 

The one thing Hamish always pays attention to is anything that flies.

He is transfixed by animals with feathers or wings.

Hamish always zeroes in on geese and ducks and even bats- he wills stand and point ( some Labradors do point- just like other well known hunting dogs- Hamish came by that naturally. He’s never been a hunting dog.) Oh and if we are out walking and I try to take him off our usual route, he will point in the direction we normally take.

But will he stand there and point at something that could make an easy meal out of us or cause us great bodily harm?

That’s a hard no. Hamish isn’t into conflict ( BOL).

Masterly retreat is in itself a victory.

Here is a video about someone who was caught by surprise when their Lab pointed at some Halloween decorations and at the end a dog trainer who breeds pointing Labs.