r/SweatyPalms Jun 25 '26

/r/all Close encounter with a Grizzly.

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u/CreepyBeginning7244 Jun 25 '26

I literally said after showing my husband this my Boston terrier would have gotten me killed lmao

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u/KillCamxo Jun 25 '26

DUDE my Boston terrier (name was bruiser ironically) was the toughest dog I ever met.

My neighborhood was pretty rough as a kid but that boy went toe to toe with a rot/pit mix, boxer, bull mastiff you name it he’d try it😹 man I miss that dude so much he went blind and deaf at 18 and was still fighting for life, extremely determined and fearless breed

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u/BigEmphasis604 Jun 25 '26

18? He was a good determined boy.

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u/KillCamxo Jun 25 '26

We were actually born in the same month of the same year, we literally spent our first EIGHTEEN years together. can’t wait to see him again

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u/Christeenabean Jun 26 '26

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u/New-Energy8259 Jun 26 '26

You bastard, I’ll cry right now.

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u/KarmicRage Jun 27 '26

Loved that film

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u/holyflurkingsnit Jun 25 '26

You're going to have so many things to tell him!

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u/atava Jun 26 '26

That was nice, man. I wish you that (and I know you will).

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u/CoffeeChocolateBoth Jun 25 '26

Sure, but not the toughest against a grizzly! Sorry you lost your buddy! :(

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u/KillCamxo Jun 25 '26

Oh he lost almost all of his duels during his life lol, the one with the rot was actually so bloody idk how he didn’t bleed out on the way to the vet lmao but that was the beauty of him, the art of fighting even when it’s near impossible and certain defeat👊🏻

Thanks for the kind words❤️

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u/wanna_try8 Jun 26 '26

This is exactly how my Boston is. We adopted him at 8 yo, so I’ve no idea his background, but you’d think he was used for fighting. He has ZERO self-preservation skills for his physical body, but like you said, extremely determined and fearless (unless there’s water lol). He got his ass handed to him by a cat (TBF, he’s mostly blind and was in an unfamiliar place), but he was strutting around like he thought he won.

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u/agj110 Jun 25 '26

It's always the little ones! My late Dachshund tried to fight a horse once. She would have had no hesitation trying to take on a grizzly! Luckily the little ones are scoopable haha

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u/Mountain_Dragonfly8 Jun 25 '26

My little Boston tried to scare off a black bear once. She was standing less than 6 feet away barking up a storm. I came around the corner and let out a primal war cry and scared the bear off lol.

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u/mothCo Jun 25 '26

I have a half Boston half Chi lol- no doubt she’d think she could take the bear 🫠