“Hey, that’s close enough” our guide Hiram said calmly, without raising his voice to the Kodiak Brown Bear walking directly toward us. That’s all it took. The bear made a right turn and headed away from us to the river a few yards away. “Thank you!” said Hiram to the bear. Hiram told us that sometimes the younger bears will try to see how much they can get away with. If they succeed in frightening someone off, they will try that behavior again. If, as in this case, they do not succeed, the next time they will likely head away from the humans instead of toward them. This is my sixth week spent at Rohrer Bear Camp since 2021 and I have never felt afraid of the bears. In my mind, they are more like grazing cattle, lazy dogs, or teddy bears, not to be feared. In fact, just seconds before this Kodiak Brown began to walk toward us, it had been napping about 200 feet away from us. As it lolled lazily on the grass, stretching, yawning, and resting its huge head on its paws, all I could see was a big brown lazy dog.