Don't lie to your wife. It'll bite you in the butt worse than that cat. But, also explain to her that with 3 exceptions, every county in the state is at carrying capacity for cougar and in Kilckitat, it's the most populated cougar area in the country.
There's nowhere in WA that you can escape cougars. One was killed here in downtown Vancouver last year, less than a half-mile away from where my daughter attended school. Just get a few extra dogs from the pound, don't name them, and tie them up outside under your stand.
