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Walking through a cornfield and stumbling upon what eventually turns out to be ~$3 million in gold and silver civil war-era coins.
Or, why corn is golden.
Or, why corn is golden.
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Borrowed, as are many, from what is actually Lakota Creations.
Nice folks.
Nice folks.
says it all, doesn't it ?
CharlesU Farley
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My niece is a dog trainer and she had two Malinois that were schutzhund trained and they were incredible at what they did. A prehensile tail would make wire walking easier for that dog.
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We watched Mickey Dolenz on television many mornings as youngsters. Fun times in between it all.
Our youngest GSD, the almost-7-1/2-mos.-old puppy, has a distinctive curl to the tip of her tail, along with a cowlick at the very tip, which I've interpreted as a warning re. levels of potential mischief. Perhaps that curled tail tip is as much a matter of evolution as it is a birth defect.
I eventually (in short order, relatively speaking) concluded that owning a Belgian malinois incorporated liability risks that were as great as the required self-discipline on my part required to give the intense little bugger what he really needed.
So I left the pup for a more responsible, more intense, much younger owner.
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A very smart move, Old One.
My niece visited us one weekend and I had an errand to run. When I returned I walked in the back door to discover her Malinois at attention. UH OH! She was showering and I was intruding in the eyes of her dog. I had heard a command or two so I started in with "Nein NEIN!" to no effect. Aw shit!! Then it came to me "PLATZ!" She went down and I went out the back door to wait outside until the shower was over.
Scary dogs.
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They can be utterly amazing, but they can also be as intense as a paranoid meth head who's been up for a week, and is holding a loaded firearm.
The fellow north of Whitehorse whose malinois I was going to drive and procure, having already clarified Border requirements for such a venture, sent me several videos of his dogs, including the very well trained father of the adult male I was considering and nearly brought home.
The father of the dog I was leaning toward adopting performed some of the numerous climbing, jumping and hanging by its teeth exercises that are in the video I posted, albeit with structures in BC and wild trees on his property in the Yukon Territory, at one point jumping well over 8 feet into the air and hanging onto a branch by his teeth until the owner told him it was OK to release.
And the fact that the dog I was considering bringing home was already bonded to his 'pack' and his owner gave me pause, as well. And we already had an adult (spayed) female GSD here, so we went with the petite female puppy GSD instead. As intense as GSD's can be, my initial assumption that Belgian malinois are "just another type of German shepherd" was relatively naive.
The new puppy, about 2 months ago, +/-. WAY better than any anti-depressants. She's been known to cause wall-to-wall smiles.
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gorgeous puppy! congrats on the find...
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Now that is one beautiful girl there!! With a face like that looking at ya, no way you can be depressed.
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Thanks.
She's a bundle of energy most of the day (I haven't had to get out of bed between 5:00 and 6:00 AM so often since I milked goats on the farm) and is way open to both giving and receiving affection; she thrives on it, which isn't always the case with GSDs.
Smart as a whip, too.
She's a fair bit undersized though she makes up for it with spirit, and her shoulders and hips have INCREDIBLE muscle mass already. Really good ears and nose on her, and surprisingly good eyesight.
The breeder changed terms mid-stream, which I saw as nothing shy of cheese-dick behavior, but once we'd decided on her, we stuck with it.
And she keeps the older GSD female on her toes, too.
She's a bundle of energy most of the day (I haven't had to get out of bed between 5:00 and 6:00 AM so often since I milked goats on the farm) and is way open to both giving and receiving affection; she thrives on it, which isn't always the case with GSDs.
Smart as a whip, too.
She's a fair bit undersized though she makes up for it with spirit, and her shoulders and hips have INCREDIBLE muscle mass already. Really good ears and nose on her, and surprisingly good eyesight.
The breeder changed terms mid-stream, which I saw as nothing shy of cheese-dick behavior, but once we'd decided on her, we stuck with it.
And she keeps the older GSD female on her toes, too.
moose eater
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Thanks.Now that is one beautiful girl there!! With a face like that looking at ya, no way you can be depressed.
The warmth in her eyes is all there to see. She is exactly as she appears.
She's a beauty, @moose eater .
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From just the other day in Homer, Alaska, the first community I stayed in when I came to Alaska from the Yukon Territory of Canada in 1978.
We see more moose attacks than we do bear attacks, and ANY animal with babies will attack, even a grouse (though 'attack' is maybe a bit over-stated where grouse are involved. They'll sometimes rush at you to take your attention and body away from their young'uns.).
I understand that the guy had already photographed the babies (calves) being born, earlier, but to go and seek out up-close pics of a moose (or a bear) knowing they have babies? (SMH).
Despite him being known for wildlife pics and being a bear guide, in my judgmental opinion, this was a stupid move... and ultimately, a terminal one.
Bullwinkle and his missus might look cute with that gangly long, awkward snout, but they can kill you with one kick. They're like the Bruce Lee of the wildlife club.
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>>>""A man attempting to photograph moose calves was killed by their mother over the weekend, authorities in Alaska said Monday.
Dale Chorman, 70, was hiking about 100 yards from his home on Sunday looking for the newborns when the moose charged, Alaska Department of Public Safety spokesperson Austin McDaniel told the Anchorage Daily News.
“As they were walking through the brush looking for the moose, that’s when the cow moose attacked Dale,” Austin said.
“The cow moose charged two men, kicking one of them,” Alaska State Troopers said in a release. “Medics arrived on the scene and declared the victim deceased.”
Chorman had already photographed the birth itself and had invited his friend along as he tried to do the same for the calves, a friend told KTUU-TV.
“As they were approaching the area suddenly the moose came crashing out from wherever it was — they hadn’t seen it — on the attack,” Chroman’s friend Tim Kizzia said. “And they turned to run, and his friend looked back and saw that Dale was already on the ground and the moose was standing over Dale.”
The moose left the area with her calves by the time help arrived, Alaska State Troopers said. The friend was not injured, and police did not publicly identify him.
Chorman was a naturalist, bear guide, carpenter and builder who had lived in Homer for decades, the Anchorage Daily News said. He was also an avid and locally known wildlife photographer.
“Dale died on his property, tromping through the woods with a dear friend, in pursuit of a great photograph,” his son, Nathan Spence-Chorman, wrote on social media, according to KTUU-TV. “This was his favorite thing to do…. Dale was highly experienced around wildlife. He was intimately familiar with nature and had no naivete about its danger. This was not a hapless fool stumbling into danger — this was a person who went out looking for a great photo, knowing the risks, and got caught in a dangerous moment.”
Spence-Chorman added that the moose “was just protecting her offspring.” ""<<<
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It's a small wonder that the enforcers and others didn't do what they're prone to doing when people do stupid shit around bear cubs and get mauled by a momma bear; track the thing down and kill it, as though it had some sort of evil intent.
At times, our species can seem pretty unaware of the life we're supposed to be adapting to.
We see more moose attacks than we do bear attacks, and ANY animal with babies will attack, even a grouse (though 'attack' is maybe a bit over-stated where grouse are involved. They'll sometimes rush at you to take your attention and body away from their young'uns.).
I understand that the guy had already photographed the babies (calves) being born, earlier, but to go and seek out up-close pics of a moose (or a bear) knowing they have babies? (SMH).
Despite him being known for wildlife pics and being a bear guide, in my judgmental opinion, this was a stupid move... and ultimately, a terminal one.
Bullwinkle and his missus might look cute with that gangly long, awkward snout, but they can kill you with one kick. They're like the Bruce Lee of the wildlife club.
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>>>""A man attempting to photograph moose calves was killed by their mother over the weekend, authorities in Alaska said Monday.
Dale Chorman, 70, was hiking about 100 yards from his home on Sunday looking for the newborns when the moose charged, Alaska Department of Public Safety spokesperson Austin McDaniel told the Anchorage Daily News.
“As they were walking through the brush looking for the moose, that’s when the cow moose attacked Dale,” Austin said.
“The cow moose charged two men, kicking one of them,” Alaska State Troopers said in a release. “Medics arrived on the scene and declared the victim deceased.”
Chorman had already photographed the birth itself and had invited his friend along as he tried to do the same for the calves, a friend told KTUU-TV.
“As they were approaching the area suddenly the moose came crashing out from wherever it was — they hadn’t seen it — on the attack,” Chroman’s friend Tim Kizzia said. “And they turned to run, and his friend looked back and saw that Dale was already on the ground and the moose was standing over Dale.”
The moose left the area with her calves by the time help arrived, Alaska State Troopers said. The friend was not injured, and police did not publicly identify him.
Chorman was a naturalist, bear guide, carpenter and builder who had lived in Homer for decades, the Anchorage Daily News said. He was also an avid and locally known wildlife photographer.
“Dale died on his property, tromping through the woods with a dear friend, in pursuit of a great photograph,” his son, Nathan Spence-Chorman, wrote on social media, according to KTUU-TV. “This was his favorite thing to do…. Dale was highly experienced around wildlife. He was intimately familiar with nature and had no naivete about its danger. This was not a hapless fool stumbling into danger — this was a person who went out looking for a great photo, knowing the risks, and got caught in a dangerous moment.”
Spence-Chorman added that the moose “was just protecting her offspring.” ""<<<
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It's a small wonder that the enforcers and others didn't do what they're prone to doing when people do stupid shit around bear cubs and get mauled by a momma bear; track the thing down and kill it, as though it had some sort of evil intent.
At times, our species can seem pretty unaware of the life we're supposed to be adapting to.
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I'm quite surprised that somebody with that level of knowledge of local wildlife would be so careless. I totally understand dumbass tourists during doing that kind of thing but not somebody who is used to being around totally, wild animals.
Where I am in the SouthEast mountains, dumbass tourists made the headlines a couple of months ago for pulling bear cubs out of a fucking tree and taking pictures with them. Quite luckily for them, Mama was not around.
The blatant stupidity of some humans never ceases to amaze me.
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I fully expected to read that it was a tourist when I opened the local article, based on the headline.I'm quite surprised that somebody with that level of knowledge of local wildlife would be so careless. I totally understand dumbass tourists during doing that kind of thing but not somebody who is used to being around totally, wild animals.
Where I am in the SouthEast mountains, dumbass tourists made the headlines a couple of months ago for pulling bear cubs out of a fucking tree and taking pictures with them. Quite luckily for them, Mama was not around.
The blatant stupidity of some humans never ceases to amaze me.
In the later mid-1970s in the Yukon Territory, a tourist, a woman, thought it would be neat to get a pic of herself feeding part of a peanut butter sandwich to a grizzly near Kluane National Park... Lost part of her arm... Hope the selfie wasn't too gruesome for sharing with her intended audience...
If a stranger came up out of nowhere and either began tugging one of my kids away to somewhere, or trying to entice them with a sandwich without my consultation, an arm would be a minimal target.
Absence of common sense often equals a signed invitation for entry into the Darwin Awards..
