I posted this happening before on one of George 76’s mountain lion posts.
My wife had as patients a grandmother and grandfather, who had a cabin in a remote area in the Lake Tahoe area.
The woman had seen cougars a couple of times and was concerned and her husband laughed at her.
They went up after a winter to re open their cabin. She was inside cleaning and dusting, while her husband was shopping for groceries. She heard their 110#+ Rottweiler bark, growl and suddenly give out a terrible howl.
She looked out the window to see their dog being dragged away by a big cougar.
When her husband returned with the groceries, he asked where their Rotty was.
She was dressed, packed and ready to return home, she told her husband their Rotty was probably part of the food chain beginning with a big cougar.
Then, she told her husband it was past time to leave, “If you don’t, I’m leaving you with the cougars.”
He saw the blood trail and crushed weeds where Rotty had been dragged. He got his stuff back in their SUV, and they left and sold the place.
Their grandkids had played where Rotty met his end.
Yikes.