What do you walk with to protect from other dogs?

[Anonymous]

I don’t want stop walking our dog because we live where leash laws are not followed by many and aggressive dogs charge, but after trying many paths and parks, the unleashed and charging seems to be everywhere. Any suggestions? Is there something I could carry to most kindly and safely separate the dogs or even better stop one from charging to begin with? This when not the friendly sniff meet and greet but attack.

[Anonymous]

Air horn

[Anonymous]

Where do you live that there are multiple off-leash dogs "attacking"? Call animal control and have them patrol and stop the idiot owners who think this is okay. They need the citation revenue, and people with and without dogs deserve to use public space in peace.

As for what to carry, I wear boots. If your dog is close enough to encounter my boot, welp, that's your L as an owner.

[Anonymous]

My dog was attacked by an unleashed pitt bull. I now carry a knife and pepper spray.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where do you live that there are multiple off-leash dogs "attacking"? Call animal control and have them patrol and stop the idiot owners who think this is okay. They need the citation revenue, and people with and without dogs deserve to use public space in peace.

As for what to carry, I wear boots. If your dog is close enough to encounter my boot, welp, that's your L as an owner.

it happens basically anywhere there are leashed and unleashed dogs.

dogs, even really wonderful ones, see leashed dogs as a target and if they're out of their owners sight and unleashed, even "good dogs" like labs will go full Kujo on a leashed dog.

Sucks to be the responsible one.