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That's helpful if a dog attacks another animal, but not a human. Strange state of affairs.

- Jim

asleepatthereel wrote:... I recall reading somewhere that pepper spray has little effect on dogs.

There are accounts of dogs and people in attack mode being unaffected, or at least not stopped immediately, by pepper spray.

In every situation you have to balance risks.

If you use pepper spray, it might work or it might not. If it works, problem solved. If it doesn't, you could suffer nasty bites.

If you shoot, you might shoot yourself or another person (it happens to cops several times a year during dog attacks). It's difficult to hit a small moving target at an angle that we don't usually practice with. If the shooting occurs in a built-up area, you most likely are going to visit the police station until they can sort out the situation.

- Jim

You can shoot an animal as a last resort, but I think pepper spray is more appropriate. A walking stick is also an asset if you are walking dogs, which seems attract dog attacks more than a human without a dog.

BTW, the defense is necessity, PC §9.22.

You could indeed end up in legal trouble if you could not persuade prosecutors that the dog was a threat.

This topic has been discussed many times, but I can't get the search function to do what I want this morning.

- Jim