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Re: Bite the bullit movie-what's wrong



And I was worried about the black bears in our back yard (northern
Michigan)????
Maggie

Lucy Chaplin Trumbull wrote:

> BMcCrary27@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > But I wish for the sake of authenticity that the director had
> > sought a technical advisor who knew something about endurance.
>
> Along the same lines, I know exactly how to train Mouse after
> watching the Horse Whisperer.
>
> She already comes over to see what I'm doing when I crouch down
> in her field, so all that's left for me to do is truss her up so
> she falls over, and then stand on her. Then, hey presto, we'll
> be out there, galloping from tree to tree, marking those trails.
>
> * * *
>
> The question is - will she be any more receptive to mountain
> lions? We had the [mis?]fortune to come across one this last
> weekend. We were out on Patrick's first trail ride ever on
> Provo, so we opted for a nice, quiet, mellow excursion.
>
> Along a really narrow, overgrown trail, Provo, with novice Patrick
> on board, spooked and tried to leave, only to find his escape
> route blocked by me hand walking Mouse.
>
> After his second refusal, I pushed past with Mouse and
> carried on another few feet up the trail - at which point
> I glanced over and finally figured out why he was acting
> so weird. Gasp. Huge lion sitting in the bushes about
> six foot off the trail.
>
> Interestingly, throughout the whole incident, Mouse
> didn't even seem to notice that anything was wrong.
> Talk about blind trust, as she followed me down the
> trail. I wonder if this means that had she finally figured
> out that it was there, would she have totally freaked
> out?
>
> It was pretty cool, but not something I'm eager to repeat
> in the near future. <g>
>
> --
> **************************************************************
> Lucy Chaplin Trumbull - elsie@calweb.com
> Repotted english person in Sacramento, CA
> http://www.calweb.com/~elsie
>
> with Mouse and Provo
> **************************************************************



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