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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Bear spray. Empty the can on them.[/quote]

Are those of you (and there have been several) who keep advocating bear spray and pepper spray -- have any of you actually used this stuff? Do you not know that these sprays can very easily be blown back into the user's face? Or in the heat of the moment, deploying a spray  (probably for the first time ever) in a panic as a dog is actually rushing at you, it's entirely possible to hold the spray the wrong way and end up spraying it at yourself or your child, depending on the spray container? Do you not see how a container, even a small keychain container, with a spray in it is something that could end up found by a toddler?

Even in a self-defense class i took that was for humans dealing with humans, the instructor discouraged use of pepper sprays because he knew of cases where people accidentally sprayed themselves (and where assailants grabbed the spray -- not likely with a dog, but still, the idea is that sprays can easily go wrong).

Everyone thinks they'll use a spray right but there's no guarantee, and the results if it goes wrong could be horrible. [/quote]

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