“It seems most people who go out to walk there dogs don’t think to take along their fillet knife with them.”
They would if the area has had mountain lion sightings, as has Apple Valley, CA. She’d be a fool NOT to carry a knife or gun when walking her dogs. It likely wasn’t meant for the pit bulls, but came in handy once they attacked. Pit bulls are no less deadly than mountain lions that typically avoid people, only animal prey. Perhaps the pits are more deadly,
I would hate to go against a mountain lion with a knife, although it has been done before (successfully even).
I remember a few years back a logger on Vancouver Island walking down a logging road was jumped by a cougar and he was able to turn on it and kill it with his pocket knife. Wow!
I would even hate to go against a couple of pitbulls with a knife.
Like Rumsfeld said, "You go to war with what you've got," but the more substantial the better.
I always carry a knife especially when I'm going where I can't carry a gun, and if I go where I can carry neither, I feel downright naked.