Then, you round a bend and see a full-sized black bear sprinting full-throttle directly at you. As the black bear came charging up to the path like a fuzzy freight train, it wasn’t trying to make Jake its afternoon snack. A pup who, according to Jake, was only on his third day of training to run alongside the bike. Meanwhile, Jake was left trying to process the absurdity of watching a black bear bolt in terror from a pet that probably still sleeps with a plush chew toy. But as far as first impressions go, the local bear population officially knows there’s a new sheriff in town, and he wears a collar.