You want an athletic yard dog to battle cougars and bears.
As long as [bleep] are out of the equation, get a pit bull. π
What about wild indians and sasquatches. Ain't they got them runnin' 'round loose in West Virginny too ?
This is typical WV cover (web pic, not mine)... on a scree field of loose rock at 12-20% grade... I swear you folks must live in fugging flat land cities...