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Hi,
A person in my neighborhood has a 100 pound fighting breed dog that has attempted to attack multiple people - even dragging his owner off of his feet and down the street on his butt to try to attack to teenage guys on roller blades - and has successfully attacked and injured 3 dogs that I have personally witnessed.
What's ended each attack is when he runs away from his owner. It's not bitten a human yet, so it's still alive. I do NOT intend to be the person it bites. I'm an athlete that trains by running, and this dog has threatened humans on walks by themselves through the fence and it frequently breaks loose.
I have mace, however, this is an incredibly windy state and there's a high probability of my macing my own dog and myself if I deploy it. There's also the issue of the dog just being aggravated by the mace. If I incapacitate myself in front of that dog, I'll get to watch my dog get killed, or worse, if I'm the one out exercising - it'll attack me. (If I don't take her for walks, she loses her back legs due to joint issues.)
I have to pass nearby this dog's house if I want to leave mine due to being behind the yard on a dead end.
My vet recommended cattle prods over my plan to carry a large mag lite, but I don't know if those have the stopping power I need.
What should I get to incapacitate a vicious dog with minimum risk to myself and my dog?
A person in my neighborhood has a 100 pound fighting breed dog that has attempted to attack multiple people - even dragging his owner off of his feet and down the street on his butt to try to attack to teenage guys on roller blades - and has successfully attacked and injured 3 dogs that I have personally witnessed.
What's ended each attack is when he runs away from his owner. It's not bitten a human yet, so it's still alive. I do NOT intend to be the person it bites. I'm an athlete that trains by running, and this dog has threatened humans on walks by themselves through the fence and it frequently breaks loose.
I have mace, however, this is an incredibly windy state and there's a high probability of my macing my own dog and myself if I deploy it. There's also the issue of the dog just being aggravated by the mace. If I incapacitate myself in front of that dog, I'll get to watch my dog get killed, or worse, if I'm the one out exercising - it'll attack me. (If I don't take her for walks, she loses her back legs due to joint issues.)
I have to pass nearby this dog's house if I want to leave mine due to being behind the yard on a dead end.
My vet recommended cattle prods over my plan to carry a large mag lite, but I don't know if those have the stopping power I need.
What should I get to incapacitate a vicious dog with minimum risk to myself and my dog?