Your rock! I absolutely love it! "Be mad at your government, not me." That has to be the most perfect response ever! The world needs more men like you that have a backbone!
👍🏻This actually happened to my. My pup while on a leash. The mean dog another time had run out and I had to pick mine up and keep turning around to protect her. Next time I walked her I had pepper spray. The dog went off it’s property and started coming at us aggressively. I sprayed, the dog went back to it’s yard. It NEVER came at us again. I love dogs. But my dog is in my care and it’s my responsibility to protect my dog. And I felt like my dog seemed less wary and more confident after that because she knew I had her back.
Down the street from me there's a sweet little girl, she's eight years old, and her name is Karen. Rather hurtful to her for people to turn her name into a pejorative.
I feel much better on walks having taken Joel's advice on pepper spray. I have a pit with a very high prey drive. Someone in the park had their cute little poodle puppy off leash and it ran right up to my dogs. Luckily my dogs were glad to say hello, but I would have pepper sprayed my own dog to save that one's life if necessary. But that's just me.
When training to be a letter carrier for the USPS, they trained us that if we needed to pepper spray a dog, to aim for the nose. Oh, and "if" your dog charges the mailman and gets pepper sprayed, it's YOUR Fault, NOT the mailman....
If my dog attacked another dog and the owner used pepper spray I would shake there hand. Because I would rather have that than my dog being kicked in the head or having to be put down.
I have a 65lb pitt and this is my fear, that it would get away from me and hurt another dog. It would suck to have my dog sprayed but its by far the better solution even knowing my dog mostly ignores dogs that aren't aggressive to him.
Attacks can probably turn out way nastier that the use of pepperspray. Altho Often the dogs just walk away like nothing happened after a fight. In Belgium you can really get shouted at when your well trained border collie looks to get pet by the upcoming stranger. Or when your pup sets out to meet an older, fragile? Dachshund. If dog people's tolerance becomes that low or that of adventurus people, I don't see a bright future for dogs in our societies.
Ground to face aiming! That’s perfect 👍🏻 here in Canada “pepper spray” is band, however….”dog spray” is not. And it’s just pepper spray under a different label..my wife takes out our young daughter and large dogs for a walk all my the time and we have pepper spray even without the dogs! It’s an absolute must.
Exactly! I’m in Ontario, and have bear spray for camping, but that’s extreme for regular walks, so I bought myself some DAWG spray off of Amazon. Never needed to use it, and hope I never do.
@Happy Accidents thanks for giving a brand name, I searched & only found bug repellent lol. When our Golden was just a few months he was attacked by another dog, thankfully I was able to get kick him off till the owner got to the situation but it could have been so much worse.
I have hesitated because I've wondered if there is a chance the pepper spray might blow back onto me and my dog, depending on wind gusts, etc, which might make the situation worse. Have you practiced with the spray ?
@@MB-lf8rm Yes. The pepper spray will blow back and basically everyone gets sprayed. The dog that you aim for will get the worse of it. The dog spray is less concentrated than human spray as dogs are more sensitive. You will definitely know you used it though- but it won’t be like what the police use. Unless you need it for bears and left your dog spray at home - I would never, ever use bear spray on a dog. There is a good chance of permanent eye and nose damage to the dogs or even kill the attacker or your own dog. It also has the potential to incapacitate yourself or the other person. I see comments about people carrying around bear spray and they have no idea what they are getting themselves into if they use it. It’s for protection from BEARS!
I always carry pepper spray when I walk my dog. It's not only for the potential of an aggressive dog confrontation, but for creepy people that are in the city that I live. Never had to use it, but I would if needed.
I'm not a hater however I probably started the argument by irrationally thinking pepperspray is a weapon. It's not cool to see someone you look up to, boldly recommend something illegal in the comments. Especially leaving it up to interpretation when there are enough people looking for An excuse to harm any off-leash dog larger than a Dachshund. I knew from the start he meant it well, like he just explained. Anyway, as expected Joel took up his responsibility to his worldwide audience with this video and put the argument to bed. Great job! Clearing out these topics makes him stand out even more.
As a "European Folk" I'd like to say I 100% support your choice to use pepper spray in extreme situations, and would prefer it to come from a can where we know exactly what's in it, than a home made "legal" chilli spray concoction but where the strength of the capsaicin would be unknown.
I pray to God to give you a lot of beautiful days and you know God loves us so much,So where are you originally from? I am David originally from Spain but currently living in Texas now.
Those against pepper spray, just do a quick RU-vid search and you'll see how quickly a large dog can kill a small dog in seconds. There's a video of a husky that snaps a toy poodle's neck in seconds at the groomers and a video of a German Shepherd those broken tie out was still attached to his collar as he chased down what also looked like a toy poodle in front of it's owner, violently shook it, then snatched it back up and took off with it... and just like with Maverick a group of dogs can easily hang up on a large dog... RU-vid has tons of videos of this happening.
One thing to remember about discharging peper spray is the wind conditions, if it is windy the spray mists can blow back in your eyes,nose and throat and disable you leaving you vulnerable, just keep that in mind. I had it happened as a letter carrier. Pepper spray was a great deterrent the few times I used it against attacking dogs.
I just want to mention something that I was told in my training. When spraying a dog with pepper spray/dog spray getting it in their eyes doesn't do much because of how tear ducts work or some complicated thing. However trying to get it in their mouth is much more effective. One its a larger area to spray towards (ground up works great) and two there's a lot more moist area and sensitive nerves on their tongs.
So glad to see this!My neighbors pit bull came through it's electric fence (not for the first time,). He jumped onto my female German Shepherd Dog. I dropped her leash so she could get away and grabbed the pit's collar. He dragged me to the ground and my dog unfortunately came to my defense. The owner of the other dog came out and he took his dog from me where I sat on the ground holding him. No one was injured ( luckily) and he briefly apologized. If I had pepper spray I would have used it.
Your government thinks you are too stupid to use this tool properly! And there go choices and freedoms, all in the name of Sacred Safety! Love how Joel just says it right out--naming names, which itself is now considered "divisive" and mean. Keep On Truckin, Joel! I'm going to get the pepper spray into the dog walking bag, thanks. I love Maverick!
I just want to clarify that if you want pepper "spray" that "goes in a straight line" and not as much blow back in your face, be sure to buy the GEL SPAY form! 👍
Get the spray. I was walking a clients dog with my chihuahua and 2 shepherd/pit mixes ran at us and starting attacking. Luckily I was able to pick my girl up but the poor Weimaraner got latched onto. Injuries looked way worse than the Great Dane in this video. I won’t walk without it now. For the people saying they wouldn’t use it wait until it happens to you
My dog, GSD mix, was attacked on our walk just today 😢 Two large white dogs ran up and attacked him. It was incredibly frustrating to only be capable of holding one of them back at a time. It didn’t end until someone driving by stopped to help. It was horrible being unable to protect my dog. I hate that it happened, and I just hope my dog’s behavior won’t change. He loves other dogs and I take him to the dog park regularly.
I cannot agree more! I never thought to carry pepper spray in my old neighborhood; there was a guy who let his rottweiler mix off-leash, and I would always walk to the other side of the street with my 25lb dog. Still, his dog sometimes crossed over, I tried to alert the owner, even walked up one day without his dog in the yard and had my friend hold my dog a ways back and confront him, that went poorly, then a few weeks after his dog did come after mine and thankfully I was able to pin his dog to the ground. He got all worked up about it; I told him be glad I didn't kick your dog or shoot him as I carry; unfortunately, I had to get the ordinance officer involved, and he was fined. The dog was listed as dangerous after that day, so now he has to keep him fenced or on a leash and have a sign posted in his yard, something I wanted to avoid, but sometimes owners are more of the problem. I have since moved, but this is a good idea where I live now. It is a sorta rural area, so even with wildlife, this can be used.
I wish my friend had that to help stop the pit bull that came up when my friend was walking his Boston terrier. The pit bull attacked his dog and wouldn't stop our friends dog died from that attack. When another dog his attacking your dog you do what you have to do.
I have become afraid when walking my big super friendly young dog after being attacked by other dogs , especially one pit bull that ran up on us with no owner in sight for long minuets . I held my dog back as I do not want him to fight and got between them but we were both bitten ( not badly ) and since I have not really been able to enjoy walking , I'm on edge all the time . This is so helpful as a last resort when you really do not want to hurt anything but need to defend yourself and your dog
Great explanation for use of pepper spray, thanks! You made me laugh when you said “hold your horses” because I was literally holding my horse while watching😂
On point, Sir. Pepperspray doesn't kill a dog, not even severly hurt it. I have it with me most of the time in unknown environments, never had to use it - BUT having it at hand as a last resort is a responsible thing to do. Have seen it even to split up dogs in a serious fight to interrupt them, getting a chance to seperate them. Greetz from Germany. TBH: Up to now, kicking the other dog away like a soccer ball did the job, but I'm 6.5 and pretty solid.
@@ohjeh7388 Thanks. And do you also praise my wisdom to call it soccer, while 6.5 Billion people call it football except those "not-so-whitted" U.S.-peepz? To my knowledge the U.S. still call the soft version of rugby football - or am I wrong by now?
@@liliderhund6033 it's not soft by any means they collide going towards each other not tackling from behind a lot and some impacts knock helmets off!!! Check out the football greatest hits on your New Zealand family Channel where they see why American Football is so brutal
@@liliderhund6033 Funny thing is that the term "soccer" was invented by British nobels. They stopped using it because Americans co-opted it, and then all of a sudden it was a dumb American word. Gotta love the anti-American hatred.
I bought a 'Doggie Dont' from AmazonUSA, though I live in Asia. Always carry it in my pocket and I needed it two weeks ago when a free dog went at my leashed dog. I had shouted and stamped but that didn't stop him. The Doggie Dont scared the hell out of both dogs and the offender sprinted back home like I'd zapped him with lightning (it is just sound, no actual hit). My dog looked at me terrified at first "Mommy is a devil" but he calmed down and had his tail up again after some calming words and pats. One minute later he was trotting along happily again and almost had his chest puffed out "Mommy saved me". Both dogs are medium sized and it was just aggression, not a full on attack. I haven't any pepper spray (illegal here) but I do have a can of cool mint deodorant. I would have sprayed the other dog's face if I'd had to. I accept that is horrible, but better than him being euthanized for running amok attacking dogs and perhaps kids. We live in a residential area near a school, and lots of kids walk with their small dogs in the early evenings. That dog is a rescued street dog, as is mine, and mine was wagging his tail in a greeting before the other dog lunged.
What's funny about this is that aerosol deodorant is probably WORSE in a dog or person's eyes (nose/mouth for the dog) than pepper spray 😓 that's so sad that you guys have to resort to such odd/WORSE options than pepper spray. Pepper spray hurts like hell but you are SUPER unlikely to have any lasting DAMAGE, if the deodorant is a jet stream/stream type of aerosol, it's way more likely to fuck something up internally with the chemicals in it than capsaicin or capsicum spray will.
Thanks so much for this. My Akita got attacked by a Mastiff boxer and whilst she didn’t get hurt, she is now barking at every dog and being so reactive. Some woman was very scornful about me wanting to buy pepper spray to help protect us on a walk
Love your channel. Just a comment about the new intro.... Would it be possible to slow down the transitions? Love the pics, but as someone with a history of seizures, fast flashing graphics like that can be a trigger. I fast forward through the intro now, but just wanted to bring it to your attention, since it’s probably not something most people would think of. Kudos to you for all you do. 🙏
Hi Joel, I would use pepper spray as you said as a last resort, for those that get offended about spraying your dogs, keep better control of your animals. Remember , dogs live in the moment. They become fixated on the situation, what ever it takes to keep you and your four legged friends safe. Keep up the good work.
Write your government if you don’t agree with a policy, 100%, because otherwise your last line of defense is hurting an animal possibly permanently because you don’t have a short-term deterrent, you only have a knife or a gun. And you don’t KNOW what other people’s experience is with dogs! Your dog gets out, and causes an extreme reaction by running at someone? I’d fully expect that dog to get injured, because the dog is not in its own space and therefore is not going to be seen as anything but a threat depending on the size. Don’t unleash a dog outside of an area specifically allowing it! These are animals bred to be different types of companions, and if you can’t read their body language, assume they are trained to protect if loose! I always appreciate your logic on this, Joel, thank you!
I agree. My dog was attacked by a mastiff without a leash and without a collar. Despite the submissive position, the mastiff grabbed his thigh anyway. If not for the husband's determination and the fact that he had a heavy "flexi" leash that hit the mastiff, our dog would be at least a cripple. We bought pepper spray.
I like this channel very much, ik think it's the best there is on the internet. I see a lot of good questions in the reactions and I understand Joel can't answer them all but I think it would be nice if he would answer 1 or maybe 2 good questions in every topic and pin that question so that everyone can read the answer and learn from it
I have a friend who uses bear spray. He lives in a very remote area with wild dog packs. When he's out, with or without his dog, he always takes the bear spray. He was attacked by a pack of dogs, at least 10 he could count. He hit them with the bear spray and it dispersed them pretty quick. He was then able to climb a tree to get away from them until they left the area.
thank you. i hope i never have to use it, but i carry it on every walk with my dog and any walk by myself. way too many dogs off leash near me, some of them aggressive, some not, but you may not know for sure until it's too late. feel like if the dog is not aggressive but just saying hi, when the spray hits the ground in front of them, they will back off. aggressive dogs will probably need to get hit with it unfortunately. I also think it could potentially save the life of the aggressive dog--spraying them keeps them from biting your dog and also potentially you. bite a human, might get euthanized, so spraying might actually protect all parties involved.
ohh thanks a lot for this channel! I have a 9mo fawn Great Dane too, about a month ago an off-leash Belgian Malinois chased and bit her, got about 5 holes on her sides. Somehow I managed to make the dog stayed away long enough for the owner to come get his dog. I was very upset and the owner was not even apologizing, dang. Physical trauma are healed but somehow she's becoming more nervous around large dogs. I have been looking for how to protect my dogs from off-leash aggressive dogs. Light-bulb moment this is
Great point! If I can save my dog, or even self from getting attacked, I would definitely defend myself. If you're walking through the woods where bears roam, would you not carry bear spray, or a pew pew? Get attacked by either, then answer the question.
I was walking my 14 pound dog the other day just a block away from our house when a very large (sounding) dog barked directly to the right of us and banged into his side of the fence. The noise of the snarling/barking and the fence rattling (I was not at all sure it would hold) terrified me and my dog so much we haven't walked that direction since. After watching this I will buy some pepper spray to have on hand just in case. Thanks, Joel!
Where I live, everything other than flat collars and harnesses have been banned, which I think is pretty stupid too. If I walk my sister's GSD on a flat collar, she'll often pull until my arms fall off while she chokes on her own collar. If I use a prong collar, I can walk her with one finger. She knows how to walk decently well, she just has near-zero responsiveness to leash pressure via flat collar.
@@michwenz8413 What I usually do is put a traction harness on her, a belt clip on me and let her pull as hard as she wants until the excess energy is out. That is usually about 10min out of a 30-40min trip depending on weather.
Hello from Czech Republic ✌️.On point video, no sugar-coating, I love it. I might need a little help of what to do tho. As you were talking Mr Joel about a big dog attacking a small dog, it reminded me of two recent things that happened to me when I was walking with my dog. 1) I was in a park, walking my dog (Yorkshire terrier) and she was without a leash because I've trained her to listen to me without it. Anyways, we go on a sidewalk and there's this buff dude sitting on a bench, with a Pitbull lying underneath the said bench with this (and sorry for my foul language, but) big-ass chain collar and a chain leash. That screamed red flag to me, so I told my dog to go on my other side, so she's not at the side of the bench and so I'm between them (we were about 2 meters away from them, but just to make sure). As we were passing them, the dog lunged at my dog, but luckily she was far enough, plus she got scared so she ran away a bit. Now for the worst part! As I looked at the dude to tell him wtf, he was smiling and looking at me and then at his dog. HE👏WAS👏SMILING👏!! Not like checking me out smiling, like, he was actually amused that his dog almost attacked other dog, the dude didn't even corrected him, or anything! I was livid, and scared, because such untrained dog in such idiot's hands is basically a weapon. I left as soon as possible, I just couldn't risk anything. 2) it was late, like 2 in the morning late and I just walked my dóge around our house so she can quickly pee and then get home ASAP. As I was on my phone, I hear someone approaching. Pretty bloody fast. I look up and see this lanky dude with a pitbull that is basically pulling him towards my dog and the man could do nothing. I panicked, I couldn't really read the body language of the dog because it was in a hurry, so I yelled at my dog to get behind me, so she did, but began to bark at the dog. I was begging all god's above so the dog doesn't take it as a thread. Luckily, this dog was just a 1 year old puppy and was just curious and playful, but it scared the living hell out of me. But what scared me more was, that the guy had no control over the dog whatsoever. Please, don't get dog you cannot handle 😞 What to do in such situations? I usually carry a switch blade, but I never use it for anything, god forbid to break up dog fights I mean, talking or yelling doesn't help, so I'll probably have to get that pepper spray, here it's luckily legal.
I’m more scared of the owners then the dogs. Sometimes dogs won’t attack until last second, my heeler/pit mix is very well behaved and he doesn’t necessarily like dogs but he isn’t aggressive, he mostly just wants to get away (he has been seriously hurt by large dogs like German shepherds). I was walking my dog near my house and I saw this golden doodle sitting offleash in its yard by the owner. I had seen this dog before lunging at dogs and snapping at kids at the bus stop so I crossed the road and kept a very large distance. It stayed put the entire time that we walked by but as I turned around it was charging up to us from behind. It immediately got in my pit/mixs face and started to stand over him and growl, it’s whole body was stiff and poised to attack. My dog luckily didn’t react at all and just lowered his head and didn’t move. The owners of the lose dog came running over and laughing saying that “oh he just wants to play!”, they never apologized or said anything else. If my dog was reactive the golden doodle would have had to been scrapped off the road. I’m planning on getting an air horn, pepper spray just scares me a bit.
I am the same I carry my "bite back" everywhere with me....have had to use it once when someone's off lead lab grabbed my 5lb Pomeranian and started shaking her.....thank god I had that with me that day and from then I've never left the house without it.....she survived her ordeal and has a standard poodle puppy big brother now who I watch your Chanel for xo
I had a dog attack a client dog I was walking and I sprayed pepper spray at it and after a minute it backed off. Few years later (just earlier this year)the neighbors dog jumped the fence and attacked my dog. I emptied an entire can of bear strength pepper spray on him and he wouldn’t let go. I then proceeded to beat him with the empty canister until he let go for a minute. My dog ran in the house and the neighbor dog ran in my house and latched onto my dog again in our kitchen. This time it took a baseball bat to get it off. I still carry pepper spray but know that it may not be enough. My dog healed physically but he doesn’t like other male dogs anymore and won’t let them close to him. The aggressor was an intact male. My boy can’t be a therapy dog now. But he’s a great pet and still very much loved.
I took numerous self defense classes and will share what I learned. I take my pepper spray on every walk, have one on my keychain and take it to work. My daughters each have one. I bought an extra so we could each practice how to use it. The first time you need it shouldn’t be the first time you use it. Be familiar with the mechanism to activate it and know exactly how it comes out and how far it goes. Know which way the wind is blowing so you don’t spray yourself and your dog! Maximum effectiveness is within 10 feet. That distance can be covered by a running dog, or attacking human in less than a second. So start spraying early and let the dog run in to the stream of spray. Recovery time for animals and humans is about the same 15-30 mins. I have used it several times, once against a 155 pound mastiff that knocked his owner down to get to my small dog. The spray worked and the dog stopped and rolled around in the grass. The owner understood why I sprayed her dog and no hard feelings. Pepper spray is oil based and will stick to skin, membranes (eyes, nose, mouth). I hope this was helpful. Thanks to Joel for covering this topic!
the way you word things .....is right down my street ......i have never wished to live in america more than i do now ..... u are so advanced and intelligent .... top family man .. in uk they ban everything ......your commitment to protecting your dog to this level ....is the way we ALL should care for our dog i would like to have a stun gun also i am also not joking ... these are also banned in our great country ....the right to bear arms what a great law ..... so love prince he makes me want a doberman .....but i care for 4 dogs already ....
Definitly a good idea to carry pepper spray, especially when you have a small dog. My grandma loves walking our shihtzu and she has done it for years. Until few weeks ago when a pitbull got loose while she was walking our dog and she tried to block the dog from getting to our little dog. The pitbull jumped on her, knocked her down, and bit into her arm. The owners came running and got the dog off. She had a pretty deep bite and was bleeding. Thankfully she was ok and it healed. I was thinking of what precautions to take since we do have a lot of pitbulls in our area ( two different ones got off leash and killed our cat a few yrs ago) so thanks for the idea!
I will never understand why aggressive pitbulls are allowed to attack and kill people and their pets. I know some people love them and know they were bred for fighting and keep them under control- but the bite statistics say most don’t. Sorry that happened to your dear Grammy.
Grandma needs to report the attack and sue against their home owners insurance. I know someone forced to put a dog down after three seperate bites in similar to grandma's situation. This dog bit a person, what if next time it's a toddler. I see moms pushing strollers with dogs and older children along.
@@PatA95 Yeah we were in shock. We probably should have held them more responsible, it could definitly happen again. They ended up moving from our block, so at least we don’t have to worry about it happening here but like you said, who knows the next time he accidently gets loose…
Joel is 100% correct. Pepper spray is for defense not offense. This is basic self defense for you and your dogs life, which is your job to protect. There is nothing wrong with what Joel is saying. People that walk dogs should have pepper spray on them and people that run outdoors after hours should have it on their person ad well.
100% AGREE.. I helped break up a pit bull fight. I told the owner, my friend "This is the worst fight I've ever been in, I won't do it again." Everybody ended up with injuries..Buy a Taser, cattle prong or bear spray next time. These dog's are father and son. Wonderful dogs when they are separated but let them accidently get unseparated and they just want to kill each other?? This wasn't the first time either. Never seen this before, what's the deal??? We took the sibling on a road trip to Moab. Never met the dog before this and he was the most gentle an lovable dog. He slept with me in the tent everynight. You know what, he decided to buy a hand held taser
Great video. Replace the pepper spray yearly, use the old one for practice, (not in your yard). I've had the propellant leak out, especially when left in a hot vehicle.
@@renefeindt1174 I would stick with gel, personally, one that works well with both two and four legged critters. I sure the spray type would work well. I also like the sprays that have dyes, inks, for ID-ing the two legged critters.
I have a french bulldog and while he was with his previous owner ( I'm his third owner and last ! ) he was attacked by an american staff, when I first met him I still could see marks on him. I'm a petsitter/dog walker and she (the owner) surrender him to me. She didn't have the time and could not stand his snoring anymore. He's a frenchie of course is snore! There's been a few times we met agressive dog, one time a skinny girl was walking her two american akitas and one of the leash slip out of her hand, thank god he was muzzled and he start to attack my dog, I never saw Dobby (my frenchie, he's 19 kg or 41 lbs) behave like that, he wasn't going down without a fight. I was trying to separate them while the owner took her sweet time to get her dog back, Dobby didn't have any injuries. Another time I was walking with Heidi a 10 years old female german Shepard and out of the nowhere a Staffie ( Staff bull terrier) came at us barking and growling and trying to bite her but I didn't know what to do so I screamed at the owner to get it back ( 2 people whith another staffie, they look like they had took something speaking sooo slowly) I was in shock, Heidi was trying to defend herself. After I threaten to call the cops if they didn't give me their number and when they did I rang just to see if it was not a fake one. She was not my dog so I had the responsabilities if anything happened to her, I loved her very much, I was angry and couldn't calm my nerves, at home while I was checking for injuries she just licked my face which was very unusual for her, she was okay and passed away last year. Now while walking any dogs I carry a mega pocket knife and pepper spray and a brass knuckles just in case. I live in France where is it okay to buy what I listed but not allowed to carry with you which is dumb, for pocket knife it's okay to carry one if the blade is max 8 cm or 3,5 inches and I also have a taser lol and the law is the same but I don't care. My priorities is my dog health and mine.
I carry pepper gel spray when I walk my two dogs, especially at night. Where I live, we not only have many off-leash dogs (illegal), but we also have many coyotes that have lost their fear of humans. Some of our neighborhood coyotes now run in packs. They have snagged and killed leashed dogs on walks. Needless to say, we have no outdoor cats or feral cats in our area.
absolutely agree on using pepperspray when an agressive dog comes launching at your dog. However, There are a lot, a lot of scared people who will use pepperspray on not agressive dogs because of there own fear. I think there are a lot of people imcompetent of making that split second decision. What is another good solution to people who cannot 200 % of the time read the body language of a dog correctly (I know I can't so I won't feel sure about using pepperspray). I think it is also important to make sure a nice, sweet dog is protected against someone who cannot make that decision correctly and is now scared for life for other humans on their walks because some guy or woman used pepperspray wrongly.
I conceal carry when I walk my dogs, I also purchased pepper spray yesterday. I had a Large German sheperd run up on my dogs without it's owner just yesterday. It was fine and the dog was nice but all it takes is one time for the dog to not be ok.
I would guess the people commenting about not using it have never been in a position where they needed a last line of defense; similar to people without children who give parenting advice. Thanks for the info and tips, this is good to know.
I have a neighbor who goes on walks with pepper spray against attackers, she's shorter than I am and I am 5'2" and she also has bear spray she keeps in her home. I told her smart lady!
You are so freaking awesome!!! Best reply ever, "I'm going to pepper spray you, if you don't go back in your house" 🤣😂 On a serious note, great idea. I carry a taser with me to use of another dog attacks us. I'm going to get a pepper spray today.
I don't comment on videos much but if I can help someone I will try. I have been an Animal Control Officer for going on 17 years. Pepper spray is not my first choice, not even sure it is on my list. Reason being, apart from the noise of the spraying it is not very effective with dogs like humans. My favorite tool, and I doubt it is banned in Europe, is an air horn (like you see at soccer or football games for the Europeans). I use it often and to this day (17 years in the making) I have NEVER had a dog stand up to it. I have broken up dog fights, charging dogs at me, dogs going after humans and so on. Actually had a pit turn and defecate as it was running away. Now for wildlife it is no where near effective. I had a coyote look at me like, yeah whatever. Best thing for wildlife is make yourself big and yell like a madman. A can with a rock or marbles in it is also not a bad tool. All that being said, frickin love Joel and his training. It is absolutely so comforting to see someone who understands dogs and trains the way I learned 40 years ago. Keep up the great work Joel.
Thanks for your input. I never wouldn't thought of an air horn. I prefer the loud pop of a primer igniting powder, sending lead down range, if it's an attack situation
Fantastic!!!!!! Joel you are a voice of balance and reason! I carry pepper spray....as you said....a last resort. I will be a responsible pet owner and I will protect my dog....Common sense is definitely in short supply. Think people!
I live near a river where people walk their dogs all the time. One morning there was this terrible screaming and I could hear it from the house. I ran to the river, with a few of my neighbours, and we could see a dog being set upon by two other dogs on the other side. The woman was hysterical. It was awful, we couldn’t swim across to help. She eventually got herself and the dog on top of a retaining wall and someone came. I live in Australia and pepper spray is banned in all states except the one I live in, but it is restricted. It is considered a ‘weapon’. It would have helped this lady for sure.
@@FlawlessImperfectionBeauty In Australia, we are not allowed to defend ourself even if someone broke into our homes with bad intentions. If we defend ourselves, we can get Sued or charged.
@@margyb7469 oh my goodness, I’m so sorry. That’s so wrong! If that’s the case, are you allowed to have a trained protection dog? They are such good deterrents too.
No. If your dog bites an intruder, be it on your property or in your house the dog will get classed as a dangerous dog and get put down. Welcome to Australia! A land of a totalitarian regime.
I have 6 green fields (squares) around where I live and these places I take my dog to. The dog count is around 2 per green area (not that big, like 2 apartments wide each) and due to high traffic and overpopulation of animals they are too aggressive. They try to attack my dog, try to attack me, remember their run ins with me and show aggression to me later when I am alone as well. At first I let every street dog meet mine, after a while they increased greatly in number and became protective of their territories. I realized they do this because there are certain people feeding them in those exact territories. Whenever another dog gets close to (not enter) their territory (and some people too) they attack them until they leave. I bought pepper spray to defend myself but I ended up avoiding all contact with dogs, shortening the walk route of my own dog as well. Because if I'm confronted and I use the spray I know that the other dog will be hurt. This has become such an issue for me that every night I see dreams or nightmares about these dogs, and find myself dreaming of literally bashing their heads in during the day. How do I free myself and my dog from this? I know that these feeders will not stop their behavior because I know how they are, I led an animal rights group in college. I know how they are very well. These dogs are increasing in number and they are stressful, resources are limited and they keep increasing in numbers because some redhead girl likes to do it. I want to have free walks without having to move somewhere else. What do I do? There are no guides about this because in many countries you do not have tens of dogs living in every street. It is madness where I am, literally living with constantly irritated and angry animals who are way taller than me when they try to jump on me.
thats the law in Germany: Allowed for protection against animals. For animal defense, the use of pepper spray is only permitted for self-defense or emergency aid. If you or someone else are attacked by a dog, for example, you can use the spray for defense. Thats the law in Netherland, where I live (as A German): Pepperspray, also known as pepernevel of OC-gas, is a spray that de works with capsaïcine Capsaïcine is a tingling extract uit chilipeper. The tool is made of capsaïcine by means of van drijfgas in a compact spuitbus which can be used (in landen waarin dit is toegestaan) to aanvaller. Capsaïcine is the substance that is considered illegal in pepperspray in the Netherlands. Bodyguard Knock Out spray is a legal alternative op pepperspray in Nederland because there is no capsaïcine in it, what is verboden in nederland. You can use self defense spray from Bodyguard for selfdefense. It lasts 4 meter and "blinds" the attacker for a short period of time. I certainly would use it also, if I had a small dog which would be attacked by a big dog. I always think, that the defense has to be appropriate. We are not talking about carrying weapons and shooting dogs. And I certainly would use it, if a kid or someone else in my care seems to be attacked. And I certainly would use it against people in the same cases. I´m always a fan of thinking myself and acting like I deep feel, is the right way. I respect the law of cause and in certain circumstances one had to make own decisions and of cause take responsibility for that decisions.
I own my own business walking dogs and I don’t leave my house on any walk without my pepper spray. Luckily I have never had to use it. I have had dogs try to attack dogs I’m walking but have been able to stop them with body language and my stern voice. But, that doesn’t mean I am so confident I won’t bring my spray. I wear a belt with pockets with multiple tools for anything that could possibly happen on the walk, along with a bowl and water bottle. Also, they do have citronella spray that works better now. It comes out in a strait line of foam. Great video!
I once walked my dog near a river when 4 huskys ran upon us - I was so shocked and I shouted at them as loud as I could and let the leash go. my dog stayed behind me and luckily they turned around and ran away - but this was a very scary situation. next day I talked about it in the neighbourhood and learned that they just had attacked several dogs.
Sounds like we're walking in the same place, near a river with 4 huskies. The owner told me it "was okay," his dogs were friendly. But mine are not. I told him if his dogs come near my dogs, there will be blood. He laughed at me and let his dogs approach mine. There was blood, the police came and thankfully the officer that came was my neighbor. The husky owner got a ticket and I made an enemy. People actually ask me if my dogs are the "aggressive dogs that everyone is warned to stay clear of."
@@m2uthomasyeo I was shocked and it was a reflex, I never would have been able to take out something like a pepper-spry and act reasonably, just reacting in panic - thought my dog could perhaps manage to run away, she is no fighter. it was in the evening and almost dark, very scary.
@@jonv570 I was in nature near a river and did not expect other dogs especially at that time + my dog is not aggressive, she was on leash because she is chasing and not to recall when she is after a rabbit.
I heard about 2 dog attacks in the US where the owners of small dogs saved theirs by knifing the attacking dog, both times huge dog breeds, and at least one owner was cleared when the attack dog owner sued him.... that is really extrem, but in the light of those stories, pepper spray is only temporary in its effect
Yes, i think I need to get some of this. I have encountered loose dogs in my neighborhood too many times recently, including the first time I took my new rescue dog for a walk right after adopting her, when a large boxer charged us in the street. Fortunately the dog was friendly and sniffed with my German shepherd while my smaller rescue dog cowered behind me. I need something to be able to protect my dogs if the next one isn't friendly.
I’m so shaken. A large dog charged straight for my small dog on our walk today. It growled and lunged for my dog. This dog would have for sure killed my dog. I grabbed the attacking dog and let go of my dog. I don’t think pepper spray woulda worked, it was all so fast. It ran out of a yard from the side so I didn’t have much time to react. I’m grateful that my dog ran for safety when I dropped his leash and didn’t get hit by a car. It coulda been so much worse and now I’m afraid to walk my little dog around our neighborhood.
Just thought I should tell you, the proper way to use pepper spray is to press the trigger with your thumb, it gives you better accuracy than your index finger. But I loved your video overall
People getting mad about using pepper spray advice as last line of defense never have been in a real bad situation with another dog. If a 40kg german shepherd dog runs up to your dog with nothing than aggresion in his mind, you want something to defend urself. I had this incident once, luckily I could break up the fight but it could have been really bad for my dog and for me as well. To this day I still feel tension in me just thinking about it. Pepper spray gives me confidence that if I will ever be again in a EXTREME situation like that, I can do something.
I mean, just because it's banned doesn't mean you can't get your hands on it to use in an emergency. Save your own first, worry about consequences after.
