Be prepared, carry pepper spray or a pocket knife when strolling or walking a dog

[LWolf]

68. No thanks.

I don't know how I've managed to live for 53 years, strolling around all over the place, with or without my own dog, without ever having run into an aggressive dog on the loose.

Dogs on the loose? Plenty. Aggressive? None. As a kid, I lived in between a doberman and a german shepherd. They both ran loose, and often got in fights which I, when no one else was around, broke up. I was a kid. They never turned their aggression on me.

Plenty of loose dogs; none aggressive.

I've known two dogs aggressive toward people. One was a malamute, one a great pyrenees. Both families were careful to keep their dogs well-fenced and separate from visitors.

53 years. 2 dogs, neither loose.

Maybe it's because I'm not paranoid, and choose, rather than to live in fear, to use common sense.