ashleighelizabeth
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I'm just curious what other people do..... I love taking Sonny on walks and his walks are obviously very important for him to get enough exercise. However I have had several times where dogs off leash have run up towards me without an owner in sight. Each of the situations have been different, one the owner came chasing after him a couple of minutes later, one we found the owner and he didn't realize his dog had gotten out, but a couple have been completely off leash (some with collars and some not). Coincidentally all of these dogs have been big dogs and each time I have gotten frightened and lifted Sonny up quickly. This past time I saw a dog running around in the distance and when it saw me it started running towards me, I could tell that it was a pitbull and I admit I got nervous (even though I have been around several very friendly pitbulls). I was close to my house, so I ran in and threw Sonny inside and then tried to see if the dog had tags but it had run away. I guess my point of rambling is, I get nervous that one of these dogs might attack Sonny some day. Does anyone take any precautions, like carrying mace??? or does anyone have any suggestions??? I sometimes imagine what I would do if a dog tried to attack us, so I have found myself trying to find high places to put Sonny out of danger. I know that I am being paranoid and all of the dogs that I have met up with have been friendly this far, but I just want to be prepared if we ever did run into an aggressive dog on a walk....