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