A Scottish terrier is lucky to be alive after an encounter with a cougar last weekend outside a home located southwest of Calgary.
Owner Jakub Strasser says he was heading home from work around 8 p.m. Sunday with his two dogs, including five-year-old terrier named Wednesday.
“Right, 30 seconds after, I hear a howling of a dog or a cougar or something then I ran out and saw the commotion right up by the gate,” says Strasser.
“Like right inside our gate on our property. My hunting dog came with me,” he added.
That’s when he says he and the other dog saw Wednesday in the grips of a cougar.
“If I would have hesitated a bit or grabbed a gun or something, it would have been over. Two seconds longer I think it was just about to carry her off,” says Strasser.
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Strasser says Wednesday was left with scratches …