Hmmmm... perhaps there's a correlation???? I'm just sayin'.
Bait station was a couple miles behind our place, but since theres nothing for 400 miles, I just say behind our place. We have a creek the bears travel in spring, nx to house; could shoot them from bedroom window if so desired. Neighbor about 1/4 mile away has little screaming kids, dinner bell to bear. People keep a few loose dogs around their places, tends to keep bear away. It seems as though a bear will come after 1 or 2 dogs, but when there’s 3, they sseem to go the other way, odds I guess.
I once taught in an Indian Village, grizz strolled thru village every couple days like they owned the place; walked right between cabins. We kept a 338 in school in case bear tried grabbing a kid on playground. Believe it or not, the indians never fed their dogs, claimed it made them great bear chasers. Course the dogs routinely killed and ate each other too. I’d hear the loose village dogs goin nuts, look out school window and here come a bear with 10 little scroungey dogs bitin at his heals, pestering him outta the village. Funny cause they had these miniture dobes and they were the bravest of the bunch.