Hello Artist: Yes, I have three dogs. That is the problem. Sometimes they have to go out during the night to go potty. If they saw the bear on "their" porch they would surely attack it and could be killed.

There is a chain link fence attached to the porch where the dogs can go while outside. That is where the bear ambled of to as I was grabbing the phone to call my son. If the dogs got out the bear would be cornered and would fight the dogs since it couldn't run off. My little 9 year old Schipperke thinks she is a big dog and won't back down from a fight.

Thanks for the advice about the ammonia. Regards, Lil