Wild dogs are such a pain over here in Buddhist (don't hurt living beings) Thailand, and yet I see so much fried chicken and pork everywhere.
Several of my friends have been bitten by street dogs and kids get mauled/deformed by them all the time.
Feeding dogs poison doesn't work well.
I have a nice pet cat here and 4 wild street dogs kept trying to kill her.
I tried to intimidate them with a stick, they kept coming.
When my cat vanished for 3 days and came home with scabs and no claws from trying to climb up walls, I tried to poison the dogs in various ways, but it does not work at all.
I saw them eat toxic meatballs on 3 occasions.
Once made with rat poison, another with crushed lightbulbs and xylitol, and another with bacon soaked sponges.
I saw the rat poison on the street the next day.
They actually processed the glass and poison and lived.
It wasn't until a month later when one of the dogs bit a human hotel guest that 2 of the dogs vanished after the dog police came.
The 2 remaining dogs don't bother my cat anymore so we're cool, but I have a BB gun in case.
A BB gun won't kill but I am sure they would remember the sting.
Bear spray as noted is a bad idea, it depends on wind conditions and you have a good chance just macing yourself.
Can you GoPro/film yourself get chased by these dogs as evidence to motivate animal control and back yourself up in a legal case?
Yeah, I can just see self defense turn against you since no one really needs to ride a bicycle or go anywhere.
Post #22 seems the logical way, but carry your gun anyway.
Perhaps there are dog removal hitmen you could hire at the local bar or Home Depot?
Sadly my cat incident made me research how to kill dogs but the mentioned snacks didn't work for me.
Search for "airgun sniper" on the tube and you will find them very quiet and accurate.
Fill a hollowpoint pellet with poison, then seal it with super glue and aluminum foil.
I would think when the pellet expands in the dog the poison will enter the bloodstream but you will be a safe distance away.
This thread is a good reminder for me to carry a large stick on my grocery bike.