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The one experience I have had with dog attacks was quite a few years. My brother and I saw I pit bull attacking a smaller dog. The Pit had the smaller dog in his mouth and was biting down very hard. The owner of the Pit was kicking his dog full force in the gut with no success. My brother sprayed the dog with 15% OC in the face with no success. Finally, my brother sprayed the OC stream up the dogs nose and the Pit finally released. After that, the Pit walked several feet away and began coughing and wheezing like he had been sprayed with OC. Now keep in mind it was a Pit Bull and was probably trained in non-gentle ways but you never know what a dog is capable of or will do.

Also, I asked a police K-9 what was the best thing to do if a dog attacks you and you have no weapons. He told me to grab the underside of the dogs throat and squeeze to choke him out.

To me, if a dog attacks me or my dog while we are out walking, I would escalate my attack until the dog stopped. If that means I have to shot the dog in the head, so be it. If I can get away with a simple strike to the head, so be it.