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Originally Posted by foshizzle11
I am a bit of a newbie to back country camping but would love to start adventuring a bit more to get to some more remote areas for fishing. I was wondering what our resident CPers think of taking my dog along with me. She would love to, but I don't want to do something that wouldn't be safe. She is a medium sized dog (55-60 lbs), loves the outdoors and would have no issues joining but is it safe, in regards to bears and cougars?
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Bring a leash and keep your dog on it. Dogs add risk of encountering a bear when off leash as Bears will chase them back to you. However dogs will help you in a bear encounter provided you are willing to let your dog be potentially killed by a bear.
If your dog won't lose its #### when encountering a bear and will back away slowly with you then there is no added risk to you or your dog.