Has any of ya'll ever tried the Dazer 2 or any other dog deterring equipment? Do they actually work? I see it as a first line of defense to keep the dog away when you spot them at a distance. If they are close one really needs an axe or machete. I use to carry a bush axe all of the time but in the last 5 years or so have only been using machete's due to portability and lack of extra arms and hands. I was always a lot more comfortable having the axe when a mean dog was around versus the chete. I had a run in the other day and had my rover with pole and tripod, my back pack, a shovel, and my machete and was not in the best position for fending off the dog. Had I been able to use something like the Dazer I don't think he would have gotten near me. Advice appreciated.
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Spend the $30 and put it to use, then report back to us.
I'd like one that will cover an entire neighborhood at once, all of my neighbors except one have dogs that bark endlessly.
The scariest dog encounter I've had in a while, and perhaps ever, was working in a rural neighborhood a couple of weeks ago. I was digging around the fence corner of a neighbor's property. I raised up for a moment to think and out of nowhere a pit bull came in with a swoosh (no barking beforehand) and was right at my face, fortunately on the other side of the chainlink fence, snarling viciously. I can generally read dogs and have no fear of them, but this one startled the s#it out of me because of the no barking. He was just suddenly there.
Years ago I was on my hands and knees using a dip needle to search for an iron pin. I guess I was concentrating because I didn't hear the old mangy dog come up beside me. The first warning I had was a growl about 4 feet away. I grabbed the leather strap for the dip needle and hit that dog as hard as I could. I had to explain to the boss about the broken dip needle but I didn't get bit either.
Poor guy that bought the Dazer 1. Probably didn't work on cats.
Perhaps the folks at Javad could work this technology in.
I can "usually" make friends with most dogs. Excepting dachshunds. They hate me.
[SARCASM]You remember the time Adam ran afoul of that deaf rottweiler...God rest his soul. [/SARCASM]
Well, with the sharp end of the rover pole, I've recently twice had to fend glue sniffing prostitutes away from the instrument, worked very well in a scenario that a Dazer wouldn't, so something manual should always be the first weapon of choice. Having said that, this place is also plagued by feral dogs, so I'm keen to give the Dazer a try.
I guess the answer is that nobody has tried it yet.
imaudigger, post: 437517, member: 7286 wrote: I guess the answer is that nobody has tried it yet.
Well, I think I will give it a try and let y'all know how it goes.
Looks like it must be a very painful sound for them to turn and run so quickly.
Daniel Ralph, post: 437494, member: 8817 wrote: Poor guy that bought the Dazer 1. Probably didn't work on cats.
Perhaps the folks at Javad could work this technology in.
I can "usually" make friends with most dogs. Excepting dachshunds. They hate me.
They probably think you are a Badger.
Shawn Billings, post: 437438, member: 6521 wrote: The scariest dog encounter I've had in a while, and perhaps ever, was working in a rural neighborhood a couple of weeks ago. I was digging around the fence corner of a neighbor's property. I raised up for a moment to think and out of nowhere a pit bull came in with a swoosh (no barking beforehand) and was right at my face, fortunately on the other side of the chainlink fence, snarling viciously. I can generally read dogs and have no fear of them, but this one startled the s#it out of me because of the no barking. He was just suddenly there.
My experience has been that this is how dangerous dogs act. You don't hear them coming. Most dogs are all bark, and easily scared away, but a serious one comes straight for you with little or no sound.
Held off two pit bulls with a shoel in one hand and the schonstedt in the other, each pointed at the muzzle of a pit bull. When they started to get bold I would bring the schonstedt and shovel together making the schonstedt scream, they would each back up a step after that. It worked long enough for the landowner to come fetch the dogs.
Shawn Billings, post: 437438, member: 6521 wrote: I raised up for a moment to think and out of nowhere a pit bull came in with a swoosh (no barking beforehand) and was right at my face, fortunately on the other side of the chainlink fence, snarling viciously. I can generally read dogs and have no fear of them, but this one startled the s#it out of me because of the no barking. He was just suddenly there.
We had a 3 legged Pit Bull puppy show up at our house about 4 months ago. She had one front leg surgically removed. We checked with all the neighbors and the Vets in two counties, nobody knows where she came from. She wasn't strong enough to have walked very far so someone must have dumped her.
Even when she is playing, she goes straight for the neck of the other dogs. No barking, no growling, just head first at the throat. She is the smallest of our 5 dogs but will take on any of them. I think it is just the nature of Pit Bulls. I am glad there are no small kids here.
We named her Pogo because of the way she hops on that one front leg.:)
James
"I think it is just the nature of Pit Bulls."
I think a lot of responsible Pit Bull owners might disagree. There's much to be said about raising a pup in a good environment. My rottie has never once tried to make a move on the chain of command in my house, in almost 8 years. But, she's been my co-pilot since 12 weeks and she's met everyone in town at some point. Her personal favorite is the Pizza Hut drive-thru where they feed her pepperoni. Your little tripod pup, being a drop off, may have had a rough past...
The ship came in yesterday and I had a chance to test the Dazer out today. I was surveying along the back of a subdivision and came across 4 coon dogs chained up. Three of them were pretty laid back and I easily strolled past em. The last one was a red tick and he wanted a bite. No where near as agrressive as the Shepherd the other day but anyhow as I got within 20 ' or so of the hound he started to lunge on the end of the chain. I whipped out the Dazer and pointed it at him and he dropped his head and turned away. I thought man this works good and it did if you can use it to keep the dog at Bay before he is on you. I had to locate a few things within his chains length and did so with no problems from ol' red as long as I tapped the button every 5 seconds or so and held it for about two seconds. After about five minutes there he was pretty well calm. That was until I turned to step around a bunch of crap and he got me on the back of the leg before I even knew he was coming. That's my fault and if I had kept my eye on him he wouldn't have tried for me again. I feel pretty good about the Dazer.
