[seowulf]

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.

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.

[EDINVA]

Maybe this woman used to work in one of those Japanese steak houses where they really know how to use knives. She obviously got a helluva job done! Probably helps to know where the critical veins are. I’d hit fat or flesh only.