Phineas Dregg
Member
I must say I'm a bit disappointed in pepper spray.
Two dogs (lab mixes I think) came charging after me in my garage, barking, with their hackles raised. They stopped before actually entering my garage and my wife was able to close the door without them coming any closer. Then they decided to sit on my porch. If I tried to open my door they would come after me. I snuck around through a side door and sprayed them with pepper spray.
I was using Sabre Red because I heard it was a good brand. The stream seemed kind of weak and only went about six feet. I managed to get one of the dogs in the face. He stopped barking at me and casually trotted off a few feet and rubbed his paw once or twice on his face and they both layed down in my yard. After they had been so aggressive earlier I didn't want them hanging around. I thought perhaps my pepper spray had gotten too old or something (though it isn't expired), so I got another (bigger) can of pepper spray from my house and went back out. I sprayed them with the second can. The stream probably went a foot or two farther, but the results were the same. It really didn't seem to bother them much.
I went into my house and 15 minutes later heard the dogs barking at somebody else.
There had been no yelping. The dogs were in no hurry to get away. They didn't seem to be bothered as badly as I am when I get shampoo in my eyes. Maybe the spray works better on humans, but I find myself questioning the effectiveness of pepper spray for self defense.
Two dogs (lab mixes I think) came charging after me in my garage, barking, with their hackles raised. They stopped before actually entering my garage and my wife was able to close the door without them coming any closer. Then they decided to sit on my porch. If I tried to open my door they would come after me. I snuck around through a side door and sprayed them with pepper spray.
I was using Sabre Red because I heard it was a good brand. The stream seemed kind of weak and only went about six feet. I managed to get one of the dogs in the face. He stopped barking at me and casually trotted off a few feet and rubbed his paw once or twice on his face and they both layed down in my yard. After they had been so aggressive earlier I didn't want them hanging around. I thought perhaps my pepper spray had gotten too old or something (though it isn't expired), so I got another (bigger) can of pepper spray from my house and went back out. I sprayed them with the second can. The stream probably went a foot or two farther, but the results were the same. It really didn't seem to bother them much.
I went into my house and 15 minutes later heard the dogs barking at somebody else.
There had been no yelping. The dogs were in no hurry to get away. They didn't seem to be bothered as badly as I am when I get shampoo in my eyes. Maybe the spray works better on humans, but I find myself questioning the effectiveness of pepper spray for self defense.