Thank God Billy was on leash because he had never seen a bear before and started growling and pulling to attack maybe. Just before, he started running far away from me and being super disobedient but came back: that's why I put him on leash.  So grateful he was on leash! I dont know how it would have gone down with the medium size bear if Billy had attacked. The bear was beautiful and followed us for about 10 metres. He was about 2 metres away from me as he stepped out of the bush. I had not seen a bear for a year. BJG and I were thrilled.