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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you randomly spray my dog with pepper spray, I will spray you back.[/quote]

And you'll get arrested and charged with assault.

By the way, your dog going up to someone, and that someone pepper spraying your dog, is not a "random spray." You should not be letting your dog just go up to people randomly.  Your animal is your obligation to control, and is never, ever the responsibility of strangers. [/quote]

I have spoken to the Maryland National Capital Parks Police abut this and you are well within your rights to defend yourself against a dog that is making unwanted bodily contact with you.

In fact, off leash is a minor fine, but if your dog physically contacts someone who doesn't want it, it's a huge fine -- like $500.[/quote]

"Physical contact" though doesn't mean a bite. If your dog comes right up to me, within inches or centimeters or sniffing, I will pepper spray it, no questions asked. I do not know your dog. I do not know you. I do not know what your dog is or isn't going to do, and it's not my responsibility to wait and find out. Owners and caretakers need to be in control of their animals at all times, in public spaces and parks (ie, any place other than your private fenced yard, or the designated boundaries of a dog park). [/quote]

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