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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hate untrained dogs.  But shooting the animal is pretty extreme.  [b]Carrying pepper spray or a baton would seem to be a better option.  [/b]

But yes, if you have an untrained dog that will jump happily or get aggressive with strangers, don't let it run around loose when you are expecting a delivery!  Also, train your dogs to have better manners and know how to heel and get called off.[/quote]

Please, enter a property with pit bulls present and let us know how baton and pepper spray work out for you.

Pit bulls were bred for thousands of doggy generations to be nearly impervious to pain - they will hang on to the death in a fight against a bull, a person, another dog, etc. Pepper spray is very likely to make them angrier and more lethal, but not very likely to make them whine and run away.

I used to live in Montana and engaged in back country hiking. Everyone with any common sense knew that carrying bear spray was only any good if you carried two cans, and a gun to boot. The bear (pepper) spray might make a grizzly back off initially, but they are very likely to come back more enraged and ready to kill.

Bullets are far more efficient than capsaicin spray or sticks.[/quote]

The dog was not a pit bull.  It looked like a small hound dog. [/quote]

So? All dogs bite. No biting is acceptable by any dog. 
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I know a lot of people who were bitten by dogs, and I myself am afraid of large dogs...None of the dogs involved were shot, and I certainly wouldn't shoot a dog. There's something really odd about defending this man's actions. This wasn't the crazy type of attack you hear about in the news with enraged pit bulls.[/quote]

So it sounds like you've never been bitten by a dog yourself.

I have, and I didn't shoot the dog (a small-medium dog,  not a pit bull)  because I don't own a gun. If I had pepper spray, I wouldn't hesitate to spray it, or do whatever I needed to protect myself.

I will not wait for contact again before defending my safety by any means. No dog should ever be lunging at someone, leashed or not. The onus is not on the public to be psychic and know your dog's personal temperament, or to wait until contact is made. It's 100% an owner's responsibility.

I think there's something really, really wrong with people defending lazy owners who aren't in control of their animals at all time. [/quote]

If you shot at a leashed dog who “lunged” at you, you would rightly be prosecuted.[/quote]

False. See the incident in McLean a few years ago.

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My neighbor has a dog that she can’t control. I’ve seen the dog lunge, her drop the leash and the dog attack another dog. A leash only works when the dog is well trained and or the person holding the dog back is strong enough to hold onto the leash. [/quote]

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