Does anyone here have sufficient mountain lion knowledge / experience to know if a large well trained jogging companion dog would have helped or hindered the situation? I thought that I'd read that mountain lions have a natural fear of dogs (I say well trained in hopes that the dog owner would be able to keep the dog away from the cubs.

I'm pretty sure that I've read that a large dog might draw a grizzly's attention but likely not much more of a defence. Still, that might be enough to stop the "charge".

Luckily, where I live we are limited to black bears, wolves, and turkeys. Mostly critters that steer very clear of humans ... though a few years ago a black bear with several cubs walked no less than 20 feet across the front of our house.

Thanks for any insight.