Must be spring - the bears are out!

Ohh man, that shure makes me not want spring to come. We have alot of bears around the property. We have to keep the garage closed and the bbq and trash all stowed away. We see bears almost every morning and they make my wife nervous (and me a little too). It only took one time of leaving the trash out, now there part of the family. I will have to get some good photos. I do have one quick story.
We have a breezway that connects my house to my garage, one morning last fall my wife was leaving from work and there was a bear on the breezway right by the front door. We had a little poodle at the time, which ran like a bat out of hell after the bear and chased it off. Its was one of the most funny sights i have seen in a while. I thouhgt for shure she was a goner, but a few minutes later she came prancing back all proud of her self. Good doggie!
Ryan