I dont disagree at all. For those folks who say "well dont ride your 4 wheeler on the road". What if I was walking down the street and your dog attacked me then?Not me.
I carry some very severe pepper spray.
Doesn't injure the dog, but temporarily hurts likes hell and demotivates his attack.
On a few occasions I've had a dog owner get upset I protected myself.
I was ready to spray them too as they acted like I should simple tolerate being bitten....
If I go down from your dog attacking me, chances are he won't survive.
I also carry a gun and a fixed blade knife.
Keep your dog under control from attacking innocent road travelers as I don't want to kill your dog, but if necessary I will.
People need to control their pets. I have some trash living up and across the road from me and he has like 5-6 yard dogs that are nasty as hell. They roam around the nearby acreage and other peoples property. One day I was walking my dog up one of the county roads that is mostly abandoned and I heard some barking. 4 of those dogs were bounding from the tree line over to where I was at. I had my glock 43 and my GSD with me. My GSD was at my feet putting herself between me and the incoming pack. I drew my Glock and was ready to lay waste to them.
Out of the brush my neighbors GSD who is a 110 pounder came rushing. He trucked the nearest shit dog who skipped across the ground about 5-10 feet. Rest of them scattered with the big boy at their heels.
Moral of the story is some people are mongoloids who cant keep control of their animals. I have no problem shooting a dog that is coming to hurt my dog, my family or myself, whether I am on foot or on my quad.
That said, I will go out of my way to just avoid any situations like that but some times that just doesnt happen.