I actually have been looking into the BB and am really likeing what I'm reading especially if I could get one from south africa, iv really narrowed it down to the italian cane corso, the BB or an english mastiff or bullmastiff I really feel they are right energy level for what I'm looking for and almost a perfect size I am looking for a bigger dog and with the deep barks of the english/bull/BB I don't think bears would be a problem at all as I think bears would be my biggest concern