Yeah, that sounds about right. Dogs (plural) are used in bear hunting, because, y’know, bears can outrun humans, and turn a hunter into little bitty croutons in no time. The idea is for the dogs to get the bear to rear up, so the hunter can get a body shot. Killing a bear with a head shot isn’t a safe bet, or so I’ve always been told; hard, angular skull, good for ricocheting a bullet.
In my Youth, we used dogs to tree the bear, Vermont, NH. Bears are very quick and refuse to stand still and get shot, I did get a couple in a meeting engagement, accidental on both our parts.