They call him "Ben"

My friend Jeff's property borders the Naugatuck Land Preserve. His dog Tucker is facing off with number 47 "Ben". I'm glad Jeff grabbed the camera ... instead of the shotgun.

Here is the email I received from Jeff.

The bear has not shown any aggression in his two visits to our house and he’s obviously WAY too comfortable around humans. It’s easy to get a false sense of “safeness” after you’re out in the yard with him for 30-40 minutes. Tucker just barks, and barks, and barks, and barks, and barks at him. Ben gives him the look of “will you please shut up!”. I try calling Tucker but he doesn’t listen when he’s got a bear on the hook. Tucker has nipped his hind legs as he was walking back into the woods…then the bear turns around and chases Tucker a little. The bear has never growled or roared or showed his teeth. He did climb a tree in our front yard and grab one of our bird feeders. We’ve renamed Tucker from Coonhound to Bearhound.