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When I had a paper route long ago as a yout' the worst dog attack I experienced was a chihuahua. Little heathen was hiding under a chair and latched onto my ankle while the little old lady was handing me the money.

A few weeks later he was outside when I was delivering the sunday edition. His having tasted blood made him even more game. As he ran up to me when I was on my bike I slammed the folded up paper on him like I was an NBA all-star at the slam dunk contest. Last I saw was four legs splayed out from under the paper.

The old lady never said a word. Never saw the dog again.

Yes, I would shoot a dog that attacked me or someone else. I have.

I killed a pit bull in my front yard when we lived in Chamber's County. The neighbor had just bought him that morning. He chased my Lab onto the fron porch. I hustled the wife, kids, and Lab into the house, fetched my trusty 20 ga short barreled pump loaded with 3" #2 buckshot. I stepped off the porch. He was under my utility trailer growling. I took a bead on the spot between his eyes and he launched, literally. I squeezed and took the top of his head off.

The neighbor heard the shot and drove over. He said "You shot my dog." I said "Your dog should have stayed in your yard. He attacked me" as I worked the action of the pump, ejecting the spent shell and ramming another one home.

Never talked to that neighbor again either.

Using a handgun against a dog attack is not my idea of fun. There are multiple ways of halting a dog attack, pepper spray being one. More often than not facing the dog and in a loud, firm, voice commanding it "NO!" will do the trick.

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