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| Posted: Thu Jun 2nd, 2011 10:20 am |
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Not sure where to place this one, but I see that Cos has posted here about the Bible, so here it goes.
People, news reporters are questioning the why of the current violent weather. It is violent, and it is cruel. It was also forecast by spirit at this exact time within the rhythms and patterns of energy for this year. I was suffering for the people of Joplin, MO especially the two high school boys lost, the one just graduated, Will Norton, I believe the name and the two small boys, just babes. Had to quit the news. For days, I couldn't look at a picture of my grandson on my desk here right in front of me, because his very own high school graduation cap and gown were the same color as that kid, and they had similar hair styles, both dark, so young, so beautiful. That hurt, it hurts when it's the children. It cannot be comprehended. Bob Dylan sings "When the Deal Goes Down" and lyrics "We live and we die, we know not why, but I'll be with you when the deal goes down." 'Scuse me, I derailed again.
Sometime, during aforementioned time, I couldn't sleep at all, and I was listening to Garry Wills "What the Gospels Meant" ~ Wills is a professor of Greek and writes in a style similar to that of the great author, G.K. Chesterton. I particularly like Garry Wills, because he has the capability to translate all the Greek biblical stuff. He also wrote "What Jesus Meant" and "What Paul Meant" and this is NOT lite reading; these are texts and take considerable concentration. I have these three books on audiobook (I've mentioned this author and these books before). SOOO, I was just listening to Wills about the "Gospels" but kind of going altered which I do easily. You might have to help me with this, Cos, until I get a chance to review, but I DO believe Wills was into "MARK" (which you know so well) when something was there, weather was there, why horrific weather??? There it was, right there in the Gospels of old. Reason: WAR!!
This should not have been such a surprise to me, and in fact it wasn't but certainly got my attention. It figures. There is material aplenty about the torrents of rains during the Civil War, rains on the battlefields after the battles washing the blood away or down into the earth. Rain, rain, rain, rain, rain!! It seems obvious WHY it was raining on those battlefields, but spirit does make mention of it. Certainly so did General Lee and others of the battles. They knew why the rains would and did come. Several of the Generals of the Civil War were very devout Christians. Was Christ a Christian? NO!! but I digress.
It is a time for caring, compassion (quite apparently).
OK, that is MORE than enough of my flap for this night and several more.
It's nice to sit again at Cos' place. Even if we joust, the energy is friendly here, easeful. Kathleen has done a wonderful job with websites. This site has been a respite more than once. Oops, getting maudlin' ~ ~ just thought some residents might be interested, as I was, about the weather/war thing.
Time to  , appointments this day early.  do NOT like appointments!!!!
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| Posted: Tue Jun 7th, 2011 08:21 am |
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Cosmeta
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<< It's nice to sit again at Cos' place. Even if we joust, the energy is friendly here, easeful. Kathleen has done a wonderful job with websites. This site has been a respite more than once. Oops, getting maudlin' ~ ~ just thought some residents might be interested, as I was, about the weather/war thing.
Time to , appointments this day early. do NOT like appointments!!!!
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Nice to see you again...
It is 3am here so I will have to make this short....
Been a hectic two years for us...
Husband had prostrate surgery...
Then, 6 months later he had a cancerous growth removed...
Had his chemo and radiation...
Was given a new lease on life...
With a life expectancy of 30 years...
Is now going for regular checkups...
To scores of doctors...
He also just retired...
But at age 75, is rather healthy and robust...
Me...
Had just about given up on this site....
So I've been working on my beagle-land.com website...
And...
I've also been doing some oil paintings of my beagles....
I expect to complete the work I am doing on my beagle-land site in another week or so... But now that I know that you and Gypsy are back... I will check in more often.
And if by chance you are curious.... the medical issues happened... oh, just about the time of our little joust. And no... I was never angry with you.... nor with the Rev. I just get uptight when I am rushed... A part of me that rears its little head every so often. Cause like I always say.... I walk and talk, and sing and dance... Just like everyone else.
In Peace and Harmony --- Kathleen
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| Posted: Thu Jun 9th, 2011 10:57 am |
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PN
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Cosmeta wrote: Nice to see you again...
It is 3am here so I will have to make this short....
Been a hectic two years for us...
Husband had prostrate surgery...
Then, 6 months later he had a cancerous growth removed...
Had his chemo and radiation...
Was given a new lease on life...
With a life expectancy of 30 years...
Is now going for regular checkups...
To scores of doctors...
He also just retired...
But at age 75, is rather healthy and robust...
Ugh, I'm truly sorry to read that you and Mr. Cos have been through this ordeal! BUT that there was a joyful outcome for all concerned is GOOD news, indeed. Hope your son is doing well.
Nothing of significance to report from here, trying to adjust to the onset of heat for the summer, seems harder every year. Yet, I cannot complain with the trials that Nature has visited upon so many people by way of storms. The elements for this time are given as fire and earth; sure seemed like air (wind) and water but now come the fires in AZ.
Am off to my granddaughter's high school graduation; so fast they grow and such a beautiful one.
Take Care.
PN
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| Posted: Thu Jun 9th, 2011 06:42 pm |
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I have always wondered about weather. With our technology and machines we are able to document the weather so much better than they were just a hundred years ago.
We will never really know if the weather is typical cycle where sometimes its mild and sometimes it is violent. We know what is coming although some areas still are not advanced in their technology to foresee dangerous changes in weather.
http://www.world-mysteries.com/newgw/sci_globalw6.htm
I remember seeing this map years ago. Notice the Mississippi River is much larger mass of water. Could this be the future of the Mississippi. It is possible just watching the continued flooding that occurs along this river. Eventually it will push man back either voluntarily or by force.
Here in New Jersey we are having a heat wave. This past Sunday I was wearing a light sweater and vest to go out. This week it is in the low 90's and may get to 100.
I don't buy the global warming theory. Although I feel the earth is changing and ice caps will melt down as they have in the past. (remember the ice age?) All the gorges in NJ were caused by giant glaciers moving across the land.
I wonder should a glacier break off and move what will the government do. What would be the effects should they attempt to "stop" it due to its path such as heading towards a big city such as NYC.
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| Posted: Fri Jun 10th, 2011 08:47 am |
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To me, the Earth is a living breathing thing with an auric energy all its own. As it breaths in and out it will constract and expand. That alone will bring about cycles of weather related changes. Aurically, the energy patterns will always be in a state of constant motion.
Mankind seems to want to control nature, but Mother Nature has a way of cleansing and balancing itself. So that, the more man trys to alter nature by mining, drilling, building dams, diverting waterways... Not to mention what we consume and what we throw away.... Well now, what can I say, we may add to the overal effects and actually speed up changes, but the changes we attempt are always being balanced by Mother Nature.
This does not mean that I believe man is responsible for all the weather changes... On the contrary, I just think that Mother Nature is setting man straight by doing her own thing. The more man tries... the more he pushes... the more she will rebel and put him in his place.
It is called, "Life"
I also believe that man, like the animal kindom is sensitive to earth changes. He can feel them internally but still does not know how to process it. And not knowing, he acts out. This is portrayed by seeming acts of violence, riots, murders, robbery, rape, etc. But if he knew... he would then be able to control his behavior and lead a more product harmonious life.
In Peace and Harmony --- Cosmeta
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| Posted: Fri Jun 10th, 2011 08:56 am |
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Cosmeta
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btw PN,
Had started to "Prune" CS by deleting stuff because my database is getting too big. Still more to do... But before I do, I usuall make backups. It might take me awhile to find the files.... And can either email them to you as a zipped file, or, I can burn them to a CD and postal mail it to you.
Write me regular email and let me know....
In Peace and Harmony --- Cosmeta
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| Posted: Fri Jun 10th, 2011 10:41 am |
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Cosmeta wrote: To me, the Earth is a living breathing thing with an auric energy all its own. As it breaths in and out it will constract and expand. That alone will bring about cycles of weather related changes. Aurically, the energy patterns will always be in a state of constant motion. mmm, interesting post, K, as you know, this is my area of interest or one of them. The hour is late and I'm probably single-phasing, but words need be acknowledged. I see pictures in words. As it occurs to me at the moment AND I am in midst of reviewing an older workshop on "Earth Energy-Earth Power" (although they never grow old, and I should know this one by heart, but I don't because of complexity which is good, complexity takes us higher, OK ~) as it occurs, you are sort of making the Earth too human. It is a truth, according to my learnings, that the Earth is a living, breathing consciousness, but I don't think Earth, although a gentle mother, is in any kind of gaming with mankind.
Mankind seems to want to control nature, but Mother Nature has a way of cleansing and balancing itself. So that, the more man trys to alter nature by mining, drilling, building dams, diverting waterways... Not to mention what we consume and what we throw away.... Well now, what can I say, we may add to the overal effects and actually speed up changes, but the changes we attempt are always being balanced by Mother Nature. imo, the "changes we attempt" or the messes man makes upon the Earth, how much man insults the Earth, I do not believe the Earth takes personally. She can and WILL take care of herself. The more messes mankind makes, the more cleansings happen, because the Earth maintains her consciousness. It is not the story of "The Janitor's Broom" ~ and man can and should help this beautiful planet and can and should by, e.g., recycle. Clean up your minds, people. This helps the Earth. (I'm not referring to anyone in particular, just to people in general). Now, some Nature Spirits take VERY personally how mankind messes up the Earth, e.g., the Faerie of the Faerie Realm, and the Gnomes, Undines, etc. [Nature Spirits] and it is given that at this time there are Faeries of the Realm (they have a Realm of their own and were on Earth long before mankind) who are working with mankind to clean up aforementioned messes (for lack of a better phrase). They are being that kind, that generous, and that forgiving for the sake of this beautiful planet that is gracefully spinning in this Universe. Not all Faeries of the Realm are so forgiving. Some are really quite angry and torqued about what humankind has done to the planet, not happy at all about it.
This does not mean that I believe man is responsible for all the weather changes... On the contrary, I just think that Mother Nature is setting man straight by doing her own thing. It's a thought, but I don't think the Earth is a teacher per se. I do not believe the Earth has a task to set man straight at all. The Earth will keep herself straight, and whatever happens to mankind in the process will be as it will be. Civilizations have come, and civilizations have gone. As Pete Seeger suggested, "Another war could utterly destroy a civilization which has been so slowly and painfully built over thousands of years." The more man tries... the more he pushes... the more she will rebel and put him in his place. Again, a thought, Kathleen, but again, I think you are romanticizing the Earth and making it too human. I will post more about this at a later time, perhaps. I have posted much about Earth Energy and Earth Power; we've had much discussion about that in the past. It bears repeating. As mentioned, I am only now reviewing that very piercing, profound workshop.
It is called, "Life"
I also believe that man, like the animal kindom is sensitive to earth changes. Indeed. That's precisely what the standing stones are about, e.g., Stonehenge. People KNEW there was power there, and they placed stones to signify that this was a placement of power, and they felt the ley lines, and they placed cross beams. He can feel them internally but still does not know how to process it. And not knowing, he acts out. This is portrayed by seeming acts of violence, riots, murders, robbery, rape, etc. But if he knew... he would then be able to control his behavior and lead a more product harmonious life. That thought sort of makes me feel like the Earth is the fall guy again, although I understand what you're expressing, and sure, man does react emotionally to Earth activity. Currently, there is a lot of frustration, anxiety, overwhelm. It is a cruel time right now, this year. The harmony comes when mankind (womankind) finds deep within their hearts their great desire for peace, peace on Earth. It exists. In every man, all peoples of all Nations, friend and foe, and when all peoples find that deep desire for peace within their hearts, warring will cease. All people. I am not prophesying here at all ~ no-no. This is a sharing of learnings that have come to me, and to others, but I am responsible for these words I put, and it is a sharing. Folks here will do with it what they will. Makes sense to me. We can ask. We can ask that all peoples find that deep desire for peace. In Peace and Harmony --- Cosmeta There, Cos has stated a desire, right there in her signature is an asking. It is good. I hope this is readable. s/PN
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| Posted: Fri Jun 10th, 2011 07:30 pm |
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Interesting email I received today from "The Universe". http://www.tut.com
To fix the world, Gypsy, you must first see it as broken.
I'm not so sure I'd go there,
The Universe
PS. That would be kind of like fixing chocolate, huh, Gypsy?
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| Posted: Fri Jun 10th, 2011 08:03 pm |
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Cosmeta wrote: I also believe that man, like the animal kindom is sensitive to earth changes.
Along with the weather, the animals are on the move. Almost like they are moving to assure their existence. For example the black bear which there would be a rare sighting when I was child is now a frequent occurrence. We have coyotes, black bears, mountain lions and foxes that have joined the raccoons, ground hogs, deer and possums.
The bears are a bit close for comfort as they wander through my yard. The bruin is probably close to 500-600 lbs. The cubs are cute but scary with mom around.
One morning after photographing a new born fawn who was resting under my swing in my backyard I went back into the house. The mother was watching from the back of the yard. Not even 10 minutes later a bruin ran through my yard and grabbed the fawn running into the wooded area behind our houses. The Mother was frantic but stayed back in the woods. We watched the swing still moving from the shock of death. Although I know this goes on in nature, I don't want to have a front row seat. I never knew that bears dined on fawns.
I have noticed the huge deer population has dwindled greatly. At one point the herd was close to 30. I used to see large groups of deer 10-15 passing through my yard and now the most I would see at a time is 4-6 deer.
Of course it would really help if the neighbors would do something about their garbage which has become a regular feeding ground. The box they build last spring for their garbage was destroyed by the bruin a few weeks ago. That night my son almost walked right into the bear when he got out of his truck. The pattern is established but it is still not classified as a "nuisance" bear.
There are bear cans but my garbage men do not put lids back on. I have lost so many lids due to the wind and I am at the top of a hill. That is an expensive investment to make and not have a lid for the can. (they screw on and cost close to $100)
But back to the beginning, although I am not real happy about being this close to nature in a residential area I do believe the animals are instinctively expanding the areas they have been in. Just as weather changes and the earth changes so does every other living thing.
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| Posted: Sat Jun 11th, 2011 12:01 am |
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GypsysDragonfly wrote: Cosmeta wrote: I also believe that man, like the animal kindom is sensitive to earth changes.
Along with the weather, the animals are on the move. Almost like they are moving to assure their existence. For example the black bear which there would be a rare sighting when I was child is now a frequent occurrence. We have coyotes, black bears, mountain lions and foxes that have joined the raccoons, ground hogs, deer and possums.
The bears are a bit close for comfort as they wander through my yard. The bruin is probably close to 500-600 lbs. The cubs are cute but scary with mom around.
One morning after photographing a new born fawn who was resting under my swing in my backyard I went back into the house. The mother was watching from the back of the yard. Not even 10 minutes later a bruin ran through my yard and grabbed the fawn running into the wooded area behind our houses. The Mother was frantic but stayed back in the woods. We watched the swing still moving from the shock of death. Although I know this goes on in nature, I don't want to have a front row seat. I never knew that bears dined on fawns.
Of course it would really help if the neighbors would do something about their garbage which has become a regular feeding ground. The box they build last spring for their garbage was destroyed by the bruin a few weeks ago. That night my son almost walked right into the bear when he got out of his truck. The pattern is established but it is still not classified as a "nuisance" bear.
There are bear cans but my garbage men do not put lids back on. I have lost so many lids due to the wind and I am at the top of a hill. That is an expensive investment to make and not have a lid for the can. (they screw on and cost close to $100)
Hi Gypsy, re: your earlier post, I also do not buy into the global warming thing.
Re: Bears: I know you mentioned before having bears in your yard or close by. Bears need a tremendous amount of habitat space which is being lessened, i.e., population or urban sprawl is crowding the bears not vice-versa, SO they are moving around in populated areas. You mention a "bruin" ~ I wasn't clear if you mean a boar (male) bear. It would be very strange for a family of bears to be together, i.e., male, female (sow) and cubs. Bruin means brown, so I guess you have brown bears. They can climb trees. A grizz cannot. The reason a sow bear with cubs would not be with a boar bear is because a boar will kill and eat the cubs. There are some horrific fights when a boar bear goes after the cubs, but the boar usually wins, not always. I hope you don't have a boar. A sow bear with cubs is dangerous. Should a bear smell food even inside a house, they can and will come in if they want to. Your best defense is to have at ready some pots and pans, metal lids, something you can bang together and make lots of noise which will usually scare off a bear. If it doesn't, get a 911 guy from the cop shop with a weapon real FAST. If the bears are getting used to the people being in the area, they may become "neutral" which simply means noise doesn't scare them. There is also real BEAR PEPPER SPRAY. I would suggest you equip yourself with some of that, seriously.
Garbage: A garbage can and lid that you describe will do nothing to stop a bear. Once a bear has fed at a place, it will return there. A sow will even leave her cubs to return to that place. iow, once a bear is fed, it is dead, because it has to then be destroyed. If you transplant it miles and miles away, it will still come back to that place it fed or was fed. Even the heavy steel garbage cans set in concrete with post-office-type lids that the park service uses are extremely heavy to lift can be spun around like a toy with one swing of a bear's paw. I've witnessed that many times. The only solution there is to maybe have a neighborhood meeting and convince people to not leave garbage out which may be something of a chore to actually make happen, so there needs to be some person or persons of authority setting down some solid rules. For YOU, please do not even leave a bowl or basket of fruit on your table or any food out in your house. The sense of smell of a bear is so great, they will smell it from a distance outside, and they will come in, as mentioned, if they want to. Not trying to scare you, but it is prudent to be prepared. I lived in bear country for longer than four decades.
Was a time the brown/black bear was simply a bother if they got into a place with food. We had a kitchen in the basement of the hospital in Yosemite with heavy wire screen over the windows which didn't stop them for a second, and they got into the kitchen often and what a mess. But they would spook easily. No longer the case. The reason is bears are being researched a lot, followed, tagged, tranquilized, studied, and they don't like it; therefore, the brown/black bear is now considered to be as dangerous as a grizzly.
Bottom line is remove the feeding grounds. If bears are not fed, they won't go there. A daily, frequent question in Yellowstone Park is "Where are the bears?" People want to see them. They are not at the roadside, because they aren't being fed, and they are no longer any open landfills for them to feed, so they're gone. If one appears, it is kept under strict surveillance and transplanted. The surveillance is to keep it from being fed. I once cited a man who sat his little granddaughter on the back of an old sow bear to take her picture. True tale. How stupid is that? One has to wonder at times how some visitors even can FIND their way into a park, how they can drive cross country when they're that dumb.
I would take some precautions, Gypsy. Your word is right; they are instinctual animals. This is just their nature. And an additional "naturalist note" is a person cannot outrun a bear. A horse cannot outrun a bear. Don't try it.
And yes, a bear will feed on a young fawn that is weak, so will a wolf. It is their predatory nature to eat to live, but it is VERY difficult to witness. Bears and wolves are enemies. If both happened to be after a fawn, the little fawn would probably escape in midst of the battle.
Sorry, I know you just luv long posts.
~ PN
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| Posted: Sun Jun 12th, 2011 12:22 am |
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PN wrote:Re: Bears: I know you mentioned before having bears in your yard or close by. Bears need a tremendous amount of habitat space which is being lessened, i.e., population or urban sprawl is crowding the bears not vice-versa, SO they are moving around in populated areas. You mention a "bruin" ~ I wasn't clear if you mean a boar (male) bear. It would be very strange for a family of bears to be together, i.e., male, female (sow) and cubs. Bruin means brown, so I guess you have brown bears.
Hi PN,
I stand corrected. I have been using the term Bruin, incorrectly. We don't have brown bears, we have black bears. I was referring to the male.
I have seen a few females. There is 1 female with 1 cub and another with 2 cubs. The would be sighted together for about 2 years. The male is always alone.
We have air horns to make noise when they are around and to alert others. I recall one morning you can hear people yelling bear and banging pots from all directions. I do live in a lake community and they probably travel down to the lake for fish and water. Of course I have an established path which the deer walk through my yard so they may very well follow that scent.
It really takes a lot for police and animal control to declare a bear a "nuisance" bear. Last year one bear broke into a screened in porch to get to the pet rabbit. I have a small dog which I have to watch all the time. NJ has laws which can fine people for "feeding" bears or if they get into the garbage cans. The bear is usually gone by the time the police respond.
We have a big controversy with the bear hunt. They finally had one this past year. Of course there are those who are against it. I have seen 7 different bears in my yard one year which included cubs. For a 50 x 150 property with about 20 feet between houses on both sides there is no room for that bear population.
Those opposed the hunt stood out on the highway with signs saying "hug a bear". Worse yet, their kids were holding signs like that too. I guess they are like the grandfather posing the grandchild with the bear. People can be stupid and I always say, you can't fix stupid!
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| Posted: Sun Jun 12th, 2011 05:19 am |
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GypsysDragonfly wrote: I always say, you can't fix stupid!
LOL, never thought about that, but it makes sense!! In parks wherein I served, we kept a daily journal at the information desk which was awesome to read; it was filled with "stupid" ~ real stupid, some funny, some not so much. I right now recall a man coming up to my vehicle (a ranger cop car) in a fury telling me, not asking, to come right now and tell his wife that those Elks out there grow up to be Mooses, period. >>>sigh<<< He was absolutely serious. Another time a man driving one of those $100,000+++ motorhomes came with a map of Yellowstone. He demanded to know"How the @#$%^&* you get OUT of this @#$%^& park!!" I showed him on the map the five entrances to the park and where he was, the nearest entrance. "I don't want an entrance; I want an EXIT!" All in a day's work.
Brown bears actually look black, and you probably do have black bears. "Hug a bear?" Nuh-UH! Reads like some bear management people need to have a town meeting and do some interpretive talking with pictures.
My good friend, Paul Schullery wrote a wonderful book titled "The Bears of Yellowstone" which is on Amazon with some forty books he has authored, many on fly fishing (a fly fishing expert) but there are many not about fishing, also probably available in a library where you are. Paul is a WONDERFUL writer, and anything he publishes is well worth reading. Also some dvd's incl. one he did for PBS "Living Edens Series" ~ nobody can say it better than Paul. I'm not selling, but I know you research so this might be something for your "source" file (wildlife, no witches  ) heh. I did look into the novel you mentioned about witches. I'm not much of a reader at all so may see if it's on audio. NOT interested in vampires. Always have wanted to visit Maine, can't imagine why but have a clue. 
Do watch your little dog. Actually, a dog would be more attracted TO a bear than vice-versa, i.e., a dog would seek out a bear, cool thing to a dog. Bears are not particularly into preying on dogs. Coyotes, YES. A coyote will kill anything smaller than they are. Major problem here with yotes and doggies.
PN
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