Stargate,
You seem to be the smart dog owner - you realise that you put your dog in danger when you take him to the wilderness. It is a really bad idea to take a dog into lion/bear country because they will eat him, he will become an attractive nuisance unless he is a lion or bear dog bread. And if you let your dog run loose and he attacks someone carrying a gun they may blow his brains out in self defence. In most wilderness areas in California at least dog must be on a leash, and almost no one does it.