I hear many of the same type stores from my niece and nephew.....they live in Fort St. John about 200 miles north of Prince George. My niece's golden retriever ran one black bear off recently from her yard. A real trade off for sure....cougar's, bears etc or gators and cottonmouths. There must be somewhere great in between! LOL Molly In a message dated 5/12/2010 5:51:50 P.M. Central Daylight Time, uwish@xxxxxxxxxx writes: I am located 17 kms ( or should I say 11 miles east of Prince George, British Columbia, which is 500 miles from the Alaska border, 500 miles from Prince Rupert, 500 miles from Edmonton Alberta and 500 miles from Vancouver BC. God's country. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2010. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================