Dogs and mountain lions.

Ha, ha. The info is from my new book The Cougar: Beautiful, Wild and Dangerous. Check it out at www.paulawild.ca or on Amazon.com if you don't believe me!

 

Ha ha. Yes my first post but not from Wikipedia.

Info is from my book The Cougar: Beautiful, Wild and Dangerous. If you don't believe me, check it out at http://paulawild.ca or on Amazon.com.

 

My dog is always on alert. She is super fast and can climb a 6 ft wall no problem.

 

Belgian Malinois?

Good looking mutt right there man.

 

Hey peckerhead , remember this ?

 

To answer your question, yes.

I was hiking through the rockies with my (then) girlfriend and her dog Magli, a cattahoulla hound (bad ass dogs btw).

We were coming down a trail with a 15' cliff on one side and a large log laying along the top. Magli stopped in the middle of the single track trail sideways, not allowing us to pass. She was looking up at the log, hair up, growling. I took it as a sign that shit was not good. I started throwing rocks up there and yelling. After I saw a branch move on a tree nearby, I took Mags up there with me and sure as shit, behind the log I could see the tracks and where the cougar was laying down. Perfect ambush site.

I am a firm believer in having a (large) dog with me when in the back country.

 

Most Mtn Lions aren't going to want to take on a human and a dog at the same time. They are predator's w a great instinct to survive and the simple critter math on that one says 2 on 1 is a BAD idea..... Now A Lion taking a crack at a dog out on it's own would be MUCH more likely, depending on the size of the dog. I have Mastiff's, an English and a BoerBoel, both over 200 lbs, but they are doemstic animals and I wouldn't count out the predator instinct of a wild cat, I wouldn't want to see what would happen if my dogs tied intoa Mtn Lion, sure the Lion would probably end up dead but I would probably lose a dog too. Most mtn lions aren't gonna put their lives or health in jeopardy over a meal, unless they are sick, old or starving. And a grown human, w a canine companion would be one of those deals. the "juice wouldn't be worth the squeeze..."

 

I know several people who have had their dogs attacked while on leash. The upside: the cougar attacked the dog not the person and the person was - in most cases - able to fight the cougar off and save their dog.

 

What breed of dog? And that would make waaay more sense than the cat going after the human, I wouldn't be surprised if the catsin question were old infirm or very young and starving.

 

Cool, thanks for the answers. I think my dog would pick up the scent and bark loudly and aggressively. If there were an attack the dog would give me the time to get my firearm ready.

 

Goddamn Pete, your like an elephant with your memory. Dont hknow how you do it.

 

I'd agree, mountain lions probably will venture away from a loud barking dog. I have a husky that will try to eat just about anything. And had an Australian sheepdog with me once in the mountains that would give the bears a run for their money every time we walked through the woods.

 

Holy shit! Start a thread about mountain lions/cougars and some random dude who's written a book about them posts up. Wow! What's even more shocking is others keep posting more info AFTER the guy who wrote a book about it.

 

Paula is a woman, Detective Dan

 

I've killed lots of lions and bear. You can tree either one with a single good dog, but that doesn't mean the dog is "safe". Every houndsman I know has dogs with lots of scars. Bears will generally shoot up the first tree they see when confronted with a dog. Cats will run, and when tired or cornered then they will tree. Both lions and bears are more scared of you than you are of them, at least in the lower 48. Sometimes cougars will follow you around the woods. I often find their footprints in mine. That doesn't mean they want to eat you, they just don't know what you are.

Treed by me, no dog.



Cougar track I found next to my bootprints.

 

i have seen plenty of Mtn Lion tracks through my own tracks out hiking and camping. Four Peaks just east of Phx has a very healthy population nosey lil suckers turn up all over.

 

Dogs attacked on leash that I know about are a dachshund, Shih Tzu and a 45 pound collie-husky cross, so all fairly small dogs. In one instance the cougar was young and emaciated, condition in the other two instances are unknown.

Cougars have attacked large labs and even rottweilers in their yards. And they can and do kill wolves when it's a one on one battle.

Best case scenario is a large dog that will bark and act aggressive and bear spray to defend yourself and your dog in the rare chance an attack occurs.

 

Just man up and get 'er done with your bare hands like these dudes-
http://www.badassoftheweek.com/akeley.html



http://www.salon.com/2002/02/12/cougar/

 

Funny!

 

Small leopard.