How do I get a bear to ride, hopefully PFS legal?

[TGMaxMaxer]

Ok... I normally avoid AC/Mounts/Familiars, but I got a new boon, and now I have to figure out how I get a legal bear that I can use as a mount?

Can you normally ride an Animal Companion by giving it the proper tricks? Or is it only for "mount feature" classes?

Nature Oracle doesn't allow bears that I can tell.

Beast rider Cavalier doesn't allow bears until level 7, hoping I can get one sooner, and only for medium riders, small don't even get the bear option even though bears are medium normally.

Mad dog Barbarian, but i'm really not looking for rage mechs.

Sylvan Sorcerer gives AC, might work if you can ride an AC with the proper tricks.

Beastmaster Ranger, but looks like that's not until level 4, and still not a mountable option unless i'm small.

Druid, same as above.

Paladin, not an option.

Cleric with Animal domain, AC, if you can train a normal AC to ride that could work. Also not until level 4.

I'm really trying not to dip anything, and play straight... but it seems that the only way to do it is to dip and use boon companion for the rest.

Samurai, not a legal choice.

Anything else I'm missing?

You can't take Boon Companion until you get the AC normally right? Can't take it at level 1 when you don't get the AC until 4 with ranger/cleric?

[VRMH]

How do you get a bear to ride? Easy: give it a tricycle!

Kidding aside:

Handle Animal wrote:

Riding (DC 15) An animal trained to bear a rider knows the tricks come, heel, and stay. Training an animal for riding takes three weeks.

[Lamontius]

well uh, the problem is the size of the bear animal companion

[TGMaxMaxer]

Yeah... the size thing means imma have to be a small character probably.

I can't seem to get it to medium until level 4 any way I look at it.

[Lamontius]

Summoner: Build your Eidolon to take the appearance of a bear. Quadruped base form, Mount Evolution.