Rat Man
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Well that'll get your blood pumping. I was walking Pandora, my female Husky, on the back streets of Clementona (my development) earlier today. We were walking along with a neighbor I had just met, Donna. We were talking about pets and stuff when out charged an extremely large, loose Pitbull. He was in the eighty to one hundred pound range. The Pit charged right at Pandora. Experience has taught me to always carry a stout "walking stick" just for such occasions. For the past few years my Peacemaker has been a long, heavy wooden shovel handle. As I said, the Pit charged straight at Pandora. I think I shocked poor Donna. The Pit assessed the situation and decided he wanted no part of the large, angry man swinging the big stick and hollering obscenities and death threats. He went on his way which I was grateful for. It's not easy to get a Pit to back down plus I've seen Pits whacked with baseball bats and basically ignore it. I was very pleased that just showing him some teeth worked. There was about ten seconds where I thought we were really going to get into it. The moral of this story? As Teddy Roosevelt said, "Walk softly and carry a big stick." 99% of the time just showing the stick and that you intend to use it will be enough to keep the peace. In all of my many tens of thousands of miles of dog walking I only ever had to actually whack an attacking dog three times. I HIGHLY recommend that everyone who walks their dog(s) regularly carry something like that.
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