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Generally speaking, I like dogs . . . and - again, generally speaking - most dogs are friendly, or curious at worst. (At least in my suburban neighborhood.)

But some are not.

When I was a kid walking to school, I found that good "medicine" for bad dogs was a squeeze bottle filled with concentrated ammonia (not the weak household stuff, I mean ammonia from a diazo blueprint machine) that I'd added powdered cayenne pepper to. This was before commercial pepper spray was on the market . . .

Today if threatened by a dog, I'd respond appropriately; Itty-bitty little ankle-biting yappy things would get a kick, but if Fido were big enough to do some serious damage by sinking his teeth into my leg or elsewhere - I'd shoot him.