re: Cougars in the suburbs

Wild animals will avoid confrontation for survival. I wouldn't be surprised if the dog chased it away.

A dog can be trained to give its life at your command. A cougar would defer to self-preservation.

But, yeah, a cougar is badass. My dad hunted them when he lived in Argentina.

One time, they set traps and a cougar had one arm in the trap. The dogs went ahead and my dad said when they got there the cougar sliced the dogs neck with the other paw. The paw got stuck in neck and blood was everywhere.