Mountain Lion Versus A Small Dog
BY Herschel Smith
2 years, 10 months ago
Report and video here. I don’t think she was chasing the big cat at all. I think she was running around out of her head screaming.
The dog is fine.
If it had been my Heidi-girl, a 90 pound Doberman, the cat may not have gotten out unscathed even if she had caught my girl. I’ve seen Heidi run other aggressive dogs down, catch up with them, slide underneath them (like she was sliding into second base), and then come up with a bite grip on the dog’s neck with the aggressive dog about to go down and out for the count.
Fortunately, I was able to save the other dog and we didn’t have to make a police report.
I’m sure she would have tried to do the same thing to the big cat. She may not have been completely successful against a cat of 130 pounds and she may have died, but she would have made the cat regret tangling with her and it wouldn’t have been a good day for either one of them.
The big cat probably wouldn’t have seen her as food anyway. From what I understand, they are predators of opportunity. Small dogs are on the menu.
If I lived in that area, I wouldn’t let my dog out without being there with a pistol.
On February 16, 2022 at 8:24 am, Daniel said:
Have you ever seen a mountain lion in real time defending itself? I have. It was pretty humbling to watch as it sliced open and killed every single plot hound we had while running it down. I hate to say it, a lion isn’t Guna be affected by any dog, those animals are designed to kill much larger animals than themselves.
On February 16, 2022 at 10:56 am, Dov said:
I can hear the dog now: “I got beat up by a cat!”
Seriously, though, that woman had courage to go out there without a gun. We have 160+ lb. Ovcharkas, and they are good fighters with claws like bears and huge, strong jaws. I feel better when there are at least 2 of them patrolling just in case of something like this. Dogs are hard to beat when they use swarming tactics; that is how they were designed to fight. We use Ovcharkas in pairs and have had no problems so far; and we have big cats, black bear, coyotes in packs and some wolves.