Halt! Dog Repellent, 1.5 oz, Aerosol

Recently I’ve gotten into biking the backroads around my neighborhood, but there is a large abundance of loose dogs that try to bark and chase you as you ride by their territory. I bought this as a self defense counter-measure and it has worked perfectly. The first dog I had to spray immediately stopped their pursuit and ran back home. This 1.5 oz version fits well in my hands and is super easy to aim and shoot, and it has a range of about 8 feet. I also like how it doesn’t leave lasting effects on the dogs as I’m not looking to permanently hurt any pets, simply ward off. With its plastic clip, it’s fits perfectly on the front pocket of my biking jersey. Overall, I highly recommend this dog spray.

If there's a large dog coming after you and you use this item it'll keep the dog from attacking you or your little baby dog that's with you I wish I had it when I got attacked by a pitbull now I never leave the house without it

I'm an avid cyclist. I've often been chased by dogs but never had any real problems until last year. I was attacked by two dogs. One leapt into the air and caught the back of my thigh. I called 911 for help and a sheriff's deputy came but couldn't really do anything since I was riding in a rural area. He also couldn't find the dogs. After that I've started carrying Halt in my jersey on rural rides. I hadn't had a chance to really test it until yesterday. I was doing a weekly group ride. Our route takes us past a place where the owner is known to leave his large pack of dogs loose on his property and they love to chase cyclist. I was on the front of our pace line when we approached and heard the dogs coming. I told the guy behind me that I was pulling out my spray. I didn't want him to get caught by any fallout. I accelerated and three dogs came up on me pretty fast. I steered with one hand. I turned and took careful aim on the first dog being sure to get him in the snout. He dropped off and I hit the sencond and then the third dog. After that the rest of the pack, it was at least 10 dogs, stopped chasing and left the rest of the riders alone. The guys behind me informed me that each dog that I hit immediately dove to the side of the road pushing their face into the ground. I've wondered if this spray would work well because when testing it in my yard I noted that it seems to have a pretty weak spray and its more of a stream than a fog. I had tried to use the spray one time before but held the can upside down, it quit spraying, and didn't aim, just kind of sprayed in the general area of the dogs. So it didn't work very well. I've found the key to having Halt work is to be sure and hold the can upright and aim for the dogs snout. One thing that was helpful is that the spray is an orange stream. It acts kind of like a tracer bullit, in that it let me know exactly where it was going. I do wish the spray had a stronger and larger stream. It make it easier to hit the dog while moving. Otherwise, I would have given this 5 stars. The stream was good though in that nobody behind me got hit with any overspray.

I'm coming back to repurchase after this saved me for another time today while walking my dog. Two large breed dogs saw my dog and drug down their owner they were charging my dog so hard. I sprayed them and it dazed them both and passersby and the owner were able to grab the attacking dogs. I am not sure the situation would have been escaped without injury for humans or dogs without this. I'm going to buy a few more. I was about 6 feet away with a slight breeze and it was very easy to hit my targets. I am so grateful to carry this with me. A lady and another dog walker stopped me a bit down the street to ask what I was carrying and I felt like I was holding a infomercial for the stuff, and I meant every word. Grab it if you walk anywhere where there could be uncontrolled dogs. It's better to have it and never use it then be out of luck.

I was a meter reader so I dealt with dogs alot. Very effective and doesn't harm the animal.

Been using it for years! First started in the mid 60’s with the Post Office! Now use it for walking the dog! GOOD STUFF

I have a mean (thankfully bantam, and beautiful) rooster who lives his life trying to kill me. (I think it's because I didn't feed him fast enough, and tried to get some food to the hens when he wanted it all). I've tried, over the last year, simply grabbing him when he attacks, spraying him with water, shooing him with a broom, hitting him with a stick, and using an air horn ... these slow him down, but he comes right back at me, and has sent me twice to urgent care. So tried this today... It may work on dogs, but I can tell you it doesn't work on roosters. Hit him twice today with a full stream from two feet. Each time, he shook it off and came right back for more. Like I said, may discourage dogs, but I wouldn't trust it on a mad pit bull. I'll give it a 3 ... benefit-of-a-doubt 4 on small dogs and a resounding 0 on roosters, plus a little extra because it was easy to access, sprayed well, and didn't get on me.

It arrived promptly. I haven't had occasion to use it yet.