Lion Head Mesa Pangur Bán and I at work

He'd have to give it to her- she was fast, and he had already briefed her about how cougars attacked...So he landed on the ground, and crouched, using his long, thick tail to balance himself, but the wolf was at his flank in an instant with her snapping jaws. He felt the pierce of keen canines above his hip. He yowled and spun, to pull his haunches free from her grasp and used his momentum to whirl around, and lash out with his dominant paw- aiming a powerful slap at her shoulderblades meant to scythe through her flesh, and send her scuttling away. Should that not cause her to turn and flee, he would be prepared to launch himself again.