| For millions of Americans who walk, run, jog, or cycle in | | | | protection against dog attacks. The first is Mace |
| public parks, city streets, or rural neighborhoods the | | | | Canine Dog Repellent. This EPA approved product is a |
| threat from a dog or a pack of dogs attacking is a | | | | Mace spray in a hand held flip top container with a |
| daily reality. I see more and more anecdotal evidence | | | | Velcro like attachment making it easy to attach to |
| as I make the rounds in the heartland-walking sticks, | | | | bikes, clothes etc. It has ten one second bursts that go |
| canes, anything long that can be used as a weapon | | | | 8-10 feet. The second is the Dog Chaser Dog Repeller. |
| against a dog attack. I even know of a couple in | | | | It uses high tech ultrasonic technology that sends out |
| Colorado who are using a stun baton to protect | | | | high frequency sounds audible to dogs but not humans. |
| themselves and their dog when out walking. Each year | | | | These ultrasonic sounds stop approaching dogs up to |
| man's best friend bites that friend 4.7 million times | | | | 15 feet away. This device is useful for training dogs as |
| according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). | | | | well. These are both perfect solutions to an ever |
| Of those, 800,000 Americans seek medical attention | | | | present problem of dog attacks for anyone who |
| annually for dog bites-half of these are children. Of | | | | walks, runs, jogs or cycles outdoors or makes their |
| those injured approximately 386,000 require | | | | living making deliveries-mail carriers, milkmen, UPS and |
| emergency room treatment and about 12 die annually | | | | Fed Ex drivers, etc. Find out more about this at the |
| again according to the CDC. Now there are two tools | | | | links below. |
| that can be used as self defense weapons for | | | | |