Well.
Yesterday I was talking about all the Coonhounds from the US. And I joked that I need one. Well maybe I REALLY do.
There was a story here in Nova Scotia about
a raccoon – and I learned something I didn’t know. It seems that a woman in a town about 2 hours
from here, has a hunting dog – who looks to me to be a spaniel of some
type. Anyway, the dog took off after
some animal (sound familiar?) and when the woman went to find her dog she saw
that the dog had been chasing a raccoon.
And the raccoon was backing up into a pond – with the dog in hot
pursuit. Who knew that raccoons when
cornered will purposely draw the dog INTO the water – so they can then attack
them and try to drown them?!!!! Well
it’s good thing the woman knew it – because sure enough – it started to happen
right before her eyes!!!! She ran into the water and fought off the raccoon –
who WAS trying to drown her dog!!!!!!
Long story short, the woman won the battle – despite having lots of
scratches and bites – and her dog was saved. The woman has to undergo lots of shots to
protect her in case the raccoon was rabid – but she doesn’t care because her
dog is safe.
I would like to think my human would do the
same thing…and I THINK she would. For
example, about 4 years ago, in the early spring, the ice was melting on the
lake – and had separated from the shoreline.
Bucket Head took off one day and my human kept calling and calling
him. She raced down to the shore and
found him ON the ice – about 10 feet from shore. The ice went out quite a ways – and my human
KNEW she didn’t want him to run out further, because he would likely fall
in. And NOT be able to get out. She pleaded with him to come to her – but he
kept racing on the ice and didn’t want to go back into the icy water. So my human, didn’t think twice – and went
into the freezing water to get him. Bad
enough she was in waste-deep water – she was also wearing rubber boots, which
INSTANTLY filled with water. She went to
the ice and coaxed Paxton over to her. She grabbed him by the collar and
somehow pulled him off the ice and into the water – so he immediately went for
the shore. She then trudged out and went quickly back to the house – as she was
quite cold. Paxton on the other hand
thought the whole adventure was great fun.
Needless to say, we are not allowed off leash when ice is melting on the
lake.
So those are the adventure stories
here. As for whether a raccoon could
draw me or Frodo into the water – it’s doubtful. Remember – we are the guys who jump around
puddles, in an effort to avoid getting wet.
Just the same – my human never wants to find out!
©
Linda Wozniak
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