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Originally Posted by myteddybear  Does anyone carry pepper spray when walking thier babies? Anyone ever had a need to use it?
Just curious as I am looking into buying some so we can walk and feel safe from other dogs and unsavery people as well.
You will think I am nut but I don't trust anyone I don't know when it comes to our safety. My hubby and 2 of my children were out of town one weekend leaving my 9 year old daughter and 3 year old son. We decided to go to a park about a block and a half from our house. It's behind a church and we live in a small, quiet town. We are new here though and disn't know much about the area. I took my purse and probably shouldn't have. The park is behind a house and big bushes and the church so it is very secluded from the road. Well we were the only ones there when this car pulled in with some not so friendly looking guys (3 of them) they pulled through very slowly watching us the whole time. By this time I decided it was time to gather my children and make for the openess of the roadway. Oh, we had Teddy with us too. Of course when I said lets go my 3 year old ran the other way. By now the men had thier doors open. I grabbed my purse, the kids and Teddy and walked so fast toward the road. I don't know what they were thinking...stealing my purse, my dog or hurting us but I didn't want to stick around to find out and we havn't walked or visited the park since.
Oh sorry, that was long and in circles! LOL |
Yes, I carry pepper spray when I walk my dogs or when I go out to walk for exercise. I've been told that it won't stop a big dog or man intent on doing harm, but I sure would give a dog or human a face full of it if I were threatened!