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Originally Posted by FlyingNimbus  Mmmm... I mean with a person I'd respond aggression(to the point I feel actually threatened for my health) with defensive aggression.... and I am glad to say nothing has ever gotten to that point as I have a habit of general avoidance of certain situations. With things like these it feels a bit more unpredictable. I mean if it got really bad I could defend myself with the umbrella but then again I also don't want to hurt anyone(animal or human) even if it's in self-defense.
I generally do not like or condone violence; but if I was in a situation I had an umbrella I'd use it in the same manner that was explained. Just kind of questioning it's efficiency with persistent animals. I kind of think it might work the way a vacuum cleaner works on dogs.
Our dog used to be scared of the vacuum cleaner and would try to chase it or bark constantly at it. On one side it's a tad funny because it's the same as being afraid of a mop- but on the other side I get it because they don't know what it is, what it does.
They just hear the loud noise and see the movement and get scared. Our dog is oblivious to it now though. I don't know how it happened but she just doesn't care about it anymore.
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To further clarify, I mean I only find it a tad funny because to us it's something harmless, insignificant like a fly or something. But then I know it's bad so I got mixed feelings because I know it causes stress so in the end it also makes me sad. |
Just cannot fathom anyone not trying to defend a crying, defenseless animal or themselves during a violent attack, especially when the victim could easily die if one doesn't fight back. Why should the malicious attacker live and not my dog or me? So I fought. Seeing my tiny 3 lb. Yorkie being suddenly and ferociously attacked by a 65 lb. dog 8 so many times her size, I fought to defend and then tried to kill during the sustained, vicious attack. I'm a doglover and worked my whole life to find, save, love, treat, heal, nurture, rehab and help troubled dogs but I fought to kill that dog until it let go of Jilly.
I don't doubt for a second that I saved little Jilly's life thanks to my tool and determination and after her surgery and rehab, I began to look for a deterrent so we could walk with a sense of security, which a whooshing-open umbrella has been for me and others who've confidently tried it. Approaching dogs fixating on Jilly during our subsequent walks quickly lost interest when the big umbrella opened suddenly before us!
Nothing is 100% when a vicious dog is bent on attack but a whooshing-open umbrella as a deterrent for OP's scary neighbor's rambunctious, unruly dog and other readers' unwanted dog approaches might generally help them avoid bad situations, as it has me when I've needed it.