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My wife had a similar issue several years ago, before we had our LTCs. We were at my folk's house, who live "out in the country" and she was walking down the road with my two girls - I think they were around 6 and 10 at the time. Three dogs ran at them and got extremely close, barking and snarling. My wife grabbed a nearby stick, pushed the girls behind her and fended them off. No one got bit, but my girls were definitely freaked out, including my wife. We knew the dogs belonged to my folk's neighbor; they had frequent issues with those dogs running near my folk's house and barn. When my wife got home and told us what happened, I was about to go directly to the neighbor and tell her if she didn't do something about those dogs, the next time they were on our property or came at my family would be the last time she saw them. Cooler heads prevailed and we called the sheriff instead. A deputy came out, asked us what happened, then went straight to the neighbor's house; my dad and I followed him. He told the neighbor that if they received another compliant, they would call animal control and she would probably lose the dogs. I then piped up and said if it happened to my family again, she would definitely lose the dogs, and it wouldn't be to animal control. The deputy looked at me, then looked at the neighbor and just shrugged.