Originally Posted by
cyclezealot
We have an unfriendly dog close to where we live. I try to outrun him. In traffic, I am afraid his distraction might cause me to run stop signs, etc.. My patience is running out.. If the dog is in your neighborhood, you should first report it to the police.. 2. Think I am going to start carrying my pepper spray . Annoying dogs seem to come with two dispositions. 1. All show , stop and chase them they run away. Or.. They are determined to take a nip of your calf.. .. I wonder if once subjected to pepper spay, if they would still continue their behavior. Maybe make them meaner.?
THESE are the dogs that need a quick dose of halt.
Squirt them a couple of times and they'll leave you alone. Halt is like 1/3 of 1% active ingredient. Mace is 10% unless I'm mistaken. Halt doesn't hurt them. Just gets their attention.
Most dogs are just friendly/curious.