[mou] Sax Zim Dogs

[Sharon Stiteler]

Amber Burnette and I went up for the day to Sax Zim Bog and had an  
unnerving dog encounter.  We went up Blue Spruce Rd and followed it  
past the Morse feeders to where it turns into Poplar and then Aspen  
and then Birch and goes back out onto 133.  When we got to the end of  
Aspen we could see about six large dogs shoulder to shoulder in the  
road.  I've seen a couple of dogs on this road before but not this  
many and they didn't move.  I figured if we went slowly through, the  
dogs would part and we could pass.  Oh no.  They charged and  
surrounded the car.  A few jumped up nipping at the windows and the  
others stayed in front of the car.  We tried honking and that didn't  
work.  I didn't know how we could get forward without hitting one of  
the dogs.

Eventually, a woman came out and tried to call them in, but it did no  
good.  She came over to the car and it explained that the dogs get  
dumped here and at one point had 50 some odd huskies dumped there.   
As she was talking to us, the dogs were jumping and bouncing off my  
car--to the top of the window and we could see more dogs coming out  
of the woods.  I told her that I didn't know how to get through  
without hitting one and she said if I went fast, they would part  
ways, they just want to chase the car and if I hit one, it was no big  
deal.  No big deal to her, but a big deal to me.

We pulled ahead and the pack followed us.  Some kept running and  
stopping in front of the car and others continued to jump up to the  
side--one jumped up, I heard a bump and then a yelp.  They followed  
us around the corner for about a quarter of mile running in front of  
the car as soon as we would try to speed up.  We eventually made it  
through, but it was incredibly unnerving, the dogs seem to sense that  
you don't want to hit them and just run in front of you.

You might want to avoid the area of Aspen and Birch.


Sharon Stiteler
www.birdchick.com
Minneapolis, MN



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