Reddit reviews Halt! Dog Repellent 1.5 oz

I can empathize. There are a few possibilities:

1. Dog spray
   
   
2. Ultrasonic gun
   
   
3. Wait for it to touch its nose to your spokes and go yelping home.
   
   Once my friend was coasting down a hill when a small dog appeared a ways in front of him, barking. He just stuck out his foot and caught it at the jaw. But the sound gun is much more humane.

Look at Halt! Dog repellent:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000E4Q7BS

There are citronella sprays and ultrasonic , ultrasonic buzzers none of them is as effective as Halt!.

But as other persons said, avoiding the confrontation should be first line of defense.

I don't know where you live, but I am in the US and the last time I bought it I purchased it off of Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/Halt-Dog-Repellent-1-5-118464/dp/B000E4Q7BS

It happens a lot. I never sprayed a dog. But every mailman. Every meter reader gets some free Halt! to carry in their truck. See below.
http://www.amazon.com/Halt-Dog-Repellent-1-5-oz/dp/B000E4Q7BS

Dogs have been attacking service people forever and at the end of the day it saves lives. I know it is also unpleasant, but you should see the pics of the guys who didn't spray the dog they should have. Entire chunks of flesh and muscle missing. Deformed faces.

Also, those are not tazer marks. Tazers don't produce enough power to char like that. It is probably not even char. If I had to guess I would say soot from the dog running up against the guy's tail pipe while he had the truck parked or something of that nature.

End of the day I am not making a judgment call. Guy could very well have overreacted. But as someone who has had that job I am just telling the other side.

>You can purchase dog repellent and noisemakers for exactly this purpose

Exactly what I came for. Dog Repellant - $6.95

But they carry around pepper spray or anti-dog spray, and are supposed to and DO use it if they feel a dog will attack them. You even say so yourself. If the officer had his pepper spray or TASER out, I'm sure he would have used it.

http://www.nalc.org/depart/safety/dogbites.html

>But don't wait until May to be on the lookout for dangerous animals. Be sure to carry dog spray and use dog letters and dog warning cards as the weather turns warmer.

http://www.amazon.com/Halt-Dog-Repellent-1-5-oz/dp/B000E4Q7BS

You can buy dog repellent at most pet stores, if not then farm supply stores. Or Amazon.

Has like .3 - .5% capsasin in it, as opposed to stronger concentrations like mace and pepper spray.

When I worked at Verizon doing pole work, we used to carry it. I used it twice on dogs, and it WORKS. They go running. I've also had it sprayed inside my truck (as a joke, into the vents) and it works. I felt like I'd been maced.

Yes, I've been maced for real.

I know many states have laws against concealed weapons like knives with a blade longer than x" or a firearm. I'm not sure about how the law treats non-lethal weapons like mace or pepper spray. As I'm writing this though, I reminded myself of things like this which are marketed directly at cyclists and I imagine would work against a human attacker too. You may not need more than something like a spray to disorient an attacker before hopefully being able to speed away.

That said, I just accepted a new job that will allow me to commute by bike (YAY!) and I've been thinking about this very topic more lately. I'm interested to see what others have to say.

Not sure on its effectiveness (never tried it), but there is a product called Halt! that seems like it would be a better thing to try than pepper spray

What part of CA? I bike through Los Angeles at all hours of day and night, and have been harassed countless times, forced off the road, stopped and threatened..etc etc etc.

Camera seems like a great idea.

2 suggestions:

1. Go on a group ride. Really helps to get to know some fellow cyclists. Makes you feel better about riding.
   
   
2. Get some pepper spray also. I keep this on me:
   http://www.amazon.com/Halt-Dog-Repellent-1-5-oz/dp/B000E4Q7BS
   
   It's tiny, and a hit of that to the face will stop most idiot harassers. If you really need to follow up, a u-lock or chain will most likely subdue them.