A few years back a big boy over 300lbs came out of the woods near my house. Our Irish Setter nearly knocked my 9 yr old son down charging in front of him to get between him and the bear. The hound and bear were 10 feet apart and neither backing down. My son came running in the house a bear is going to kill Katie!!! The bear was doing the huffing and clicking those huge teeth, and the dog was bearing her teeth, hair raised on her neck, standing her ground.
I thought this isn’t going to end well and got the shotgun and put a round into the ground and dog ran toward the porch and my wife grabbed her by the collar and they ran in the house. The bear just looked at me like your play man. I racked the .12 gauge and put another round into the ground and the bear slowly turned and ambled off into the woods. He was a big boy!
Had a friend who said his two dogs put him between them and the bear, then started to bark.
wow- too close for comfort no doubt- brave dog=-
What kind of shells did you have in your shotgun?