Pasadena Bear Break-In Is Thwarted...By Two Tiny Dogs

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I'm sorry, but bears are getting far too big for their boots. Aren't they? What's the deal? Barely 3 weeks since I wrote about this Tennessee bear who took a dip in a hot tub, and now there are more bold bears making headlines. I honestly feel like we're not making enough out of how brave they're getting. Is it a lockdown thing? Are they exploiting our new tendency to stay home? Have they realized that they're immune to Covid-19 and therefore superior to us? (I have no idea if they are, by the way. I just feel like they're in the news way more than they used to be, meandering into human homes without so much as a by-your-leave).

Anyway, whatever. Putting aside the fact that we should probably be more scared of real-life teddy bears than we are, this week's drama involved two little terriers - named Mei Mei and Squirt - who, upon seeing a brown bear pottering around their garden with a view to making a casual entrance into their house, began barking fiercely and succeeded in getting rid of the bear from "their" property.

The house's (and the dogs') owner, Deedee Mueller, put a video on Facebook after the event, which happened last week. In it, the bear can be clearly seen, pottering slowly onto the decking of the Pasadena house and then into the kitchen (the door was open to allow air to circulate for the benefit of the dogs).

Clearly, the bear is nervous but intent on exploring further. However, before the bear gets a chance to test Mueller's beds or porridge in a reverse Goldilocks scenario, the two little terriers go mad barking at the intruder and manage to make the bear leave again.

The bear was clearly scared of the little dogs, as it urinated on the steps as it made its getaway. The dogs, for their part, were not scared at all. As is often the way with smaller dogs, they "don't know what fear is", as Mueller accurately put it. Which was great news for the residents of the house, who were saved from the sight of a bear casually meandering around the kitchen looking for snacks.

Mueller herself was asleep when the bear visited but was woken by her dogs' furious barks. She said she could tell from the tone of the barks that something was amiss, but she didn't see the bear herself. It was her home security camera that revealed the fact that the bear had entered the house at all. After the dogs chased the bear away it lurked for a while in a part of the garden that doesn't have cameras, sniffing around a pond, but then ambled away again and hasn't been seen since.

As Mueller said, "it's time to close all the doors". I completely agree. I mean, I don't live anywhere that bears could amble in, but I maintain that they're getting far too confident in 2021. Thank goodness for Mei Mei and Squirt, tiny little defenders of their California home.

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