I’m a year older now, and feeling it. My hearing is gone, my arthritis makes it hard to walk, and my eyesight is very poor. My sniffer still works, though! Adventures in Colorado, at 9,000ft elevation, are probably over for me – the thin air is a bit much for a 16-year-old Pomeranian. My foster parents have to carry me up and down stairs to keep me from passing out. It’s like magic, actually. I climb a couple steps, then wake up moments later on a human’s lap!
The entire week before July 4th, bears were stalking us. A day before this video was shot, a very large mother bear with cub appeared, climbing to our front door to smash a hummingbird feeder (that smelled like candy to us animals). It took hours of humans making a racket to scare the momma away.
The following day, a 2-3 year-old bear stopped by, without any fear of the humans. He stalked us for the entire week after that. My foster parents talked about having to grow eyes on the back of their heads, and they always went outside in pairs to take me for my “business” walks (or hobbles, in my case).
Enjoy!
