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Post by Adventurer'sBlade on May 25, 2022 0:23:19 GMT
Unfortunately, there are a lot of irresponsible dog owners out there. Unsurprisingly, a lot of them have pit bulls or bull terriers of whatever strain, which is the dog most likely to attack unprovoked and cause serious injury. Sadly, Washington state law is very weak when it comes to dealing with vicious dogs after the fact. Expect no real consequences for the owner outside of a civil court lawsuit if a dog puts you in the hospital while you’re minding your own business in public.
Dogs are susceptible to OC spray. Dogs are susceptible to being shot. Dogs can be stabbed to death, preferably with a blade 5” or longer so you can get into the important bits and have some slicing edge to work with if you go for the neck. Those are my suggestions in that order. An umbrella is great too, but I wouldn’t rely on one as my only option.
I love dogs. I have four, including an 80 lb dog-aggressive German Shepherd who I take great precautions to keep on leash or behind a fence so he doesn’t become someone else’s problem. But if someone else lets their dog loose and it goes for me or mine, and it’s big enough to cause serious injury, I’m going to put it down immediately.
A flashlight or pellet pistol will be useless. Those are deterrents to dogs who weren’t really a threat. You need something that will kill a grown pittie with the bloodlust if you’re bothering to prep for urban dog attacks.
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Post by Adventurer'sBlade on May 25, 2022 0:27:12 GMT
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Post by Zen_Hydra on May 25, 2022 14:21:44 GMT
I'm not sure how much research has gone into such, but it seems to me that it should be possible to make a nonlethal "dog grenade" which combines a number of unpleasant and overwhelming sensory stimuli. Imagine a light weight device which when activated combines a hypersonic siren, strobing light, and omnidirectional pepper spray release (or something similar to skunk spray). Such a device seems very likely to dissuade even the most aggressive canines from doing anything other than retreating from the affected area.
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Post by pgandy on May 25, 2022 15:54:07 GMT
When I was bicycling dogs made sport of me. There were devices as you mentioned commercially available, not all in one package though, and these products were recommended in the monthly magazines. I tried them all. They worked for the moment, but the dogs would be back waiting for the next day. There was one that I remember in particular a bull dog. He would give me a fit. One day on the way to work there was a crew working road side and he charged me. I had a brick bat that day and I connected. Due to the brick’s normal momentum plus that of the bike, my speed was about 20 mph, I saw him go head over heels into the ditch. The next day the crew was still there and I got a thumbs up and a cheer. As for the dog, it was nearly a year before he made another appearance. This time a shot him with a Crossman 1377 .177 cal. air pistol. I never saw him again. That air pistol worked in several cases and I liked it. It was silent and did its job. The downside was only one shot, but I never needed the second. I removed the rear sight as I considered it a snag hazard.
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Post by eastman on May 26, 2022 1:53:17 GMT
When I was bicycling dogs made sport of me. There were devices as you mentioned commercially available, not all in one package though, and these products were recommended in the monthly magazines. I tried them all. They worked for the moment, but the dogs would be back waiting for the next day. There was one that I remember in particular a bull dog. He would give me a fit. One day on the way to work there was a crew working road side and he charged me. I had a brick bat that day and I connected. Due to the brick’s normal momentum plus that of the bike, my speed was about 20 mph, I saw him go head over heels into the ditch. The next day the crew was still there and I got a thumbs up and a cheer. As for the dog, it was nearly a year before he made another appearance. This time a shot him with a Crossman 1377 .177 cal. air pistol. I never saw him again. That air pistol worked in several cases and I liked it. It was silent and did its job. The downside was only one shot, but I never needed the second. I removed the rear sight as I considered it a snag hazard.
In the late 1800s, there was a substantial market for the "Velo Dog" revolvers designed to protect velocipede riders from marauding canines.
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Post by pgandy on May 26, 2022 2:30:40 GMT
In the late 1800s, there was a substantial market for the "Velo Dog" revolvers designed to protect velocipede riders from marauding canines.
I had to look that one up. An interesting idea and one that I might have seriously considered. I did carry a 2” Colt Cobra for a while loaded with shot. I never used it. I really liked the silence of the Crossman. |
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