[old school]

A "Bear Dog" is not going to run, it's going to fight! The dog is early warning. If the bear can smell you, the dog can smell the bear!

[kms61]

99.9% of the people on this thread aren't gonna have a bear dog, though. Taking ol' Rover out in the woods is asking for trouble if there are grizz around.

Reading stories like this have the same attraction as listening to ghost stories. It gives us a chill, but the reality is most people will spend a liftetime in the outdoors without a hostile encounter. I've spent a fair amount of time in grizzly country, and have seen seventeen bears by my count, the closest at about fifty yards. An amazing experience sight.

Be prepared, be aware, but people shouldn't let stories like this panic them. Take the proper precautions and you should be fine.