I honestly did feel very safe, up until last friday
There are a lot of dogs in our neighborhood, big and little. When I walk Rocky and Bella the big dogs (ones that could hurt them) don't even look twice at them, but on friday when I walked them a little girl was walking her lab, and her lab was trying to get away from her to get at Rocky and Bella, and he didn't sound happy! She couldn't control her dog (can't really blame her) but why her parents let her walk a dog that she can't control is beyond me.
So now knowing that this girls parents allow her to walk this dog that she can't control, who knows if we'll run into them again on a walk...so I'm getting mace. I think this happening for me was a wakeup call though like IT CAN HAPPEN, and better to be safe than sorry.