Valid fear. I walk 20+ miles per day, just this week I've been charged by 4 large dogs without leashes.

Carry a good knife. Fuck all of these goddamned retards that get 80lb dogs and then teach them bad shit and try to take them to parks.

You said it: Bear spray and knife.

Shitbulls are not to be trifled with. They're more of a threat than black bears unless you're doing something stupid around black bears.

>>2793462
.38 snub with 125gr JHPs.

>>2793462
There is literally a thread top of the board right now with an anon and his huge folding knife.

Men that hate dogs are weak and of no value to humanity

>>2793462
Graded exposure therapy or systematic desensitization.

You say you're aware that this is pussy behaviour and that it's increasingly impacting your life as you get older - well, the solution isn't to give up and accept being a pussy, it's to fix your issues.

You crack a dog with a stick, and I mean hard. Not an, oh Sparky, I don't really wan to hurt you crack. I'm talking an I want to split your fucking head open crack. Anything less than a pit bull is going to fuck right off and leave you alone..

>>2793462
what are you, some kind of chud? dont you know that my princess only tears bad people? even the mailman deserved it

>>2793525
Let's be real though. We're almost exclusively talking about shitbulls in this thread. Bear spray and knife. Ideally, a gun, but if you're on a long-distance hike, a gun is just untenable mostly.

>>2793522
You can't be desensitized against the unrelenting grip of a shitbull. Stop gaslighting him. He has a rational fear of demon dogs.

>>2793547
You are a weak man

dogs don't attack me. that's all i have to say. not even shitbulls

>>2793462
Bear spray should definitely work. even for the most aggressive of dogs it will hurt them bad enough were they want to get away. If your in an area where people graze sheep you might run into livestock guardian dogs, you probably shouldn't mace them cause they got a job to do. If they think you are gonna hurt their sheep they might get aggressive but they really don't what to hurt you. if they start barking just back away from them and their sheep. I wouldn't be to worried about them though most of them a pretty used to hikers. I've gotten pretty close to them and their sheep (like 10 feet) with no issue. you have to be pretty obviously a threat.

>>2793609
I know bear spray works but I just want it to be known that my german shepherd has eaten ghost pepper chicken wings and was completely unphased by it

A gun can be too dangerous in close quarters

Jam a fixed blade knife into that cocksuckers neck.

>>2793462
Bear spray and knife only makes sense if you’re either underage or not American. Get a gun and learn how to shoot. Pic related

>>2793630
Plenty of mutt states that don't have CC laws so your post only makes sense if you're underage. Plus a knife has plenty of other uses than just eviscerating vicious landsharks.

>>2793642
Your map just shows states that don’t require a permit to carry. Almost all of the others still have concealed carry laws, but just require a license

>>2793643
Oh noes, a LOICENCE? How cucked's that? Imagine having to jump through firey hoops despite gun ownership being an "amenity rite" in your "constipation".

Is this board mainly hispanic now? I have never known white men to be afraid of dogs

>>2793652
Definitely shitskins of some kind.

>>2793652
>>2793670
It's pretty obvious people are talking about dungskin breeds like shitbulls, otherwise known as landsharks or pitniggers. No one is afraid of some labrador or border collie, Tyrawn.

>>2793671
I am not afraid of any dog
Are there dangerous dogs in bad neighborhoods?
How the fuck would I know? I will never be in a place like that

>>2793462
I carry a Mora-knife and a jet flame torch lighter with me for this exact scenario. I haven't needed them yet, and I hope to God i never will, but... IF one of those furry niggers ever bites into my flesh, I'll make sure it leaves the fight with dozens of holes in its neck and pelt and, at the very minimum, is going to need veterinary intervention just to walk again. They don't have human rights, and I have no obligation to be a chew toy for a deranged animal, so no mercy.

As for the gear... the Mora. Cheap, sharp, good steel for the purpose, ubiquitous where I live, has multiple purposes. If the cops find it and confiscate it, 5 bucks buys me a new one. Perfection.

The torch lighter... If it comes to where the mutt has its jaws locked into me, and I lose the knife somehow, I'll deploy the lighter as a last line of defense with the plan to blast the fucker's eyeball with the jet flame. I have the flame on mine tuned to be about 2 inches long, and it's about 2300F degrees hot, so good luck seeing anything with that eyeball afterwards, mutt. The lighter is also not considered a weapon, so unlikely to be taken from me even if it's found.

But like I said, I hope I don't ever have to test this in real world conditions.

Which arm do you guys plan to sacrifice so that it cant bite anything else while you get rid of that little demon bastard?

>>2793462
Dude.... Don't fall for the muh "bear spray and knife meme". Literally just have a decently sized stone in your pocket and throw it at the approaching dog. Other than that use your walking stick to keep distance if the furry niggers circle you. Swing that fucking stick and yell. Dogs are cowards and honestly pretty stupid. 50% of the time you can literally mimic throwing an object at a dog and he'll run away. You don't really need to hit them with stones, just throw said pocket stone near the dog so that he heard and feels the impact. Those cowardly pooches will see that you are not to be messed with.

I can handle dogs on foot, but these furry nigs are so fucking shitty to deal with when you cycle. Especially shepherd dogs, those fuckers will run at 20 km/h easily and they know to go for the legs. Honestly the only thing you can do is cycle faster than the dog can run but the terrain isn't always benefic.

I live in Romania so your fears are really not grounded in reality, if you do not live in some sort of shithole Balkan country then just grow a pair.

>>2793760
How many roving packs of stray pitbulls does romania have

In USA we have a lot

>>2793764
You must live in a shithole. I have never once seen anything like this in a US city

yay the dog autist is back! i missed his shit thread and retarded opinions! more of this please!

>>2793764
We do not have pitbulls but we have shepherd dogs that are literally bread to fight wolves and bears. And yes if you are going to do any hiking in the Carpathians you'll meet those fuzzy wiggers that will charge you as soon as they can discern your figure.

May I remind you that this is the /out/ board and while uberex is technically out, there are no roaming packs of pitbulls even in the most niggerfied ghettos of Chicago. While shitbulls are obviously aggressive they are still relatively small, these shepherd dogs can tip over a manlet or a woman easily.

>>2793766
PUT EM ON CLUTCH

>>2793766
its basically one guy single handedly ruining this board

>>2793765
USA is a very big place and the majority of it is a shithole, consider yourself a coddled baby

>>2793768
Nah those dogs are chill

You have no fucking clue what pitbull behavior is

I literally got chased by a shitbull on my bike THIS MORNING.

>>2793883
You are clearly from one part of a bad city and have never traveled

Many such cases

>>2793889
Nah i am in the middle of nowhere in a wealthy state

I have lived in 8 states and traveled almost all of the U.S. extensively

If you cant find packs of stray dogs you dont actually go anywhere

Stay on the trail, pussy

>>2793893
>>2793889
By the way it is a nice town this is indeed out of the ordinary I'll give you that, a very nice town but literally nobody in the city has trained their dogs. It's bizarre as fuck.

Now other parts of America, Arizona and West Virginia for example I have run into multiple packs of aggressive stray dogs that thought they ran shit

And of course many many many solo aggressive large strays

Ive never killed a dog, but I am very lucky to be able to say that because I literally get tested often

>>2793894
>>2793893
You live in a nice town with roving packs of pit bulls?

You are never going to sell this lie here. You are a bad person and you are ruining this board with your mental illness

Having a tough and/or large dog, and being a man you pretty quickly learn you can fuck up a dog. My Bull Terrier here is a friendly goofball but when we play she is a little ball of damage. That said, in a real 100% fight she would maybe get one bite before death. And thats to a leg or arm. Bull Terriers are cousin to the shitbull so I dont worry much.

>>2793760
Yup riding is where it's the worst. Some dogs seem to think you're some kind of weird animal and flip out. If I can't outrun I generally just force myself to jump off and confront the fucker. 95% of the time they see you're a guy and immediately lose interest. And I figure, if they keep coming, I'm now standing there holding a large metal object.

But there have been a couple times when something told me it was wise to just go like hell and lose 'em. It's the ones that don't bark and just come at you full throttle. They don't want to scare you, they want to get you. Yes, one of these was a pit, but the other few looked like german shepard mutts. Like mini grey wolves. A few times I've been flying down a woods road and almost run into a kamikaze... had to fake them out and dodge at the last second. I get that people will have guard dogs in the country, but you shouldn't have your animal with a taste for fucking flesh just wandering public roads. We spend centuries intensively breeding working dogs just to have everybody plug their ears and pretend that breed LITERALLY DOES NOT MATTER

>>2793994
It is a nice town, it's in the middle of nowhere and so everybody has this point of view that they can just let their dogs be free fucking animals dude, but see, they're all republicans and so they just have a big dog and laugh when it barks and don't think it needs to be trained at all. Of course this is a nice town, it's almost all boomers, know what that also means? THEY ALL DRIVE. NONE OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN A PEDESTRIAN IN 20 YEARS. So these fucking jackass retards with their nice town have no idea what kind of hell they've created for anybody on foot. No dogs on my morning bike ride today, thank god.

Your mom is a whore, btw

>>2794033
>>2793994
My heart drops when these retarded fucking jackasses take their FULLY UNTRAINED 120LB PITBULL TO THE PARK and then they act surprised as fuck when it chases every single person on a bike

Like it literally wasn't an expectation for them they are genuinely surprised, the strays are very common and much worse but this specific situation is so goddamned stupid and happens at least 50% of the time I ride through any park here

>>2794035
>>2794033
3 days ago I saw a pitbull mauling 2 other dogs in the dog park area there was about 10 people freaking the fuck out

Of course that's not my business I kept riding but it's truly fucking nonsense not a single person in this ENTIRE TOWN has trained their dogs I even wonder if the cops train their dogs because its really deeply into absurdity here

>>2794037
Sounds like a couple of dogs and a little snit and you freaked out like a little bitch.

You seem so traumatized by dogs that you are irrational about everything

>>2794050
Nah I like dogs I have zero fear of them I'm not OP dogs are cool I get along with them great you want to believe something because it's important to you, you're pretty pathetic for that.

There are a lot of very shitty dogs here, and all over America. Enjoy your suburbs in the fake America.

Be realistic, you fucking idiot.

>>2793768
Shitbulls can be over 100lb, and homicidally aggressive. A while back, I was attacked by one that was about 60lb that ruined an expensive pair of pants and gave me a nice scar about 4" from my groin. Fortunately, it was not as game as other pits and I was able to dissuade her with a few hard blows. I punched it hard enough to drop an adult man and it reacted like it was a love tap. Now I always carry a good folder with a handguard, at a minimum, in case I run into a really crazy one. Fuck those demon animals.

>>2794188
lol dude just walked past one behind a fence, it's a super shitty fence and this fucker is huuuuuge haha every day I walk past and this fucker tackles the fence as hard as he can

the fence is leaning like 30 degrees, he's almost got it, he is almost able to kill a pedestrian and I know he fuckin will

>>2794053
>>2794188
samefag

>>2793462
A knife is good in this situation?

https://youtu.be/wapqIVvc-dQ?si=SNxLhrdhicS276qn

Or a spray in this one?

https://youtu.be/-8PD6f6DfCs?si=Hx_jYik_Jbcq65rf

More
https://youtu.be/xGJmtqpCelo?si=Np5rMbPvib3HWC_a

In Murica there are no shepherding traditions that use rustic dogs.
Some, in my place, started to use dogs from anatolya and Russa, the ones from videos anove are cubs in comparation. And i was at fishing. I had to crose a mountain river and run up in the mountain braking and losing stuff in forest because the beasts tracked me.

If you meed 5 80kg rustic eurasian doga... only a gun can help you.

>>2794206
your mom is a whore

>>2794211
This is not even remotely close to the same situation as stray pitbulls

The dogs you've posted are good boys

>>2794219
false

>>2794220
Are there any pitbulls left? Because i see only some fat bull type left.

https://youtu.be/uuN40Ak7_D0?si=9Sk9BbXlN-e_Jo5u

Still les dangerously then a pack of rustic central Asia Dagestan dogs that are now imported en masses from Russia.

>>2794340
Livestock guardian dogs are cool they just watch you, that's a good dog. Don't know about the dagestani dogs, but something tells me that muslims have a propensity to teach dogs to do evil.

"pitbull" is a generic term for a certain phenotype and behavior style at this point, sure, but they are not rottweilers they are not german shepherds they are not mastiffs they have their primary genetics and it is rather obvious if you have eyes

one mauled my mother march 2024 she almost lost her arm, it was my cousin's pitbull and it was completely random

>>2793497
I don't hate dogs. I hate pet owners because 99% of them are insufferable retards.

You hate dogs anon
You are weak and you lie

>>2794378
>t. schizo
Learn how the website works--Boomer.

>>2793594
I would say that his fear is justified, because dog owners are retarded now. They treat them like babies instead of animals that should be obedient, a long time ago people would put down dogs that were aggressive towards things they weren't supposed to be aggressive towards. People believed in selective breeding and didn't put up with needlessly aggressive dogs unless it was for a specific purpose, now they believe if you love the dog enough and give it a comfy life it won't ever hurt anyone.

>>2794386
There are like 10 different posters ITT btw, roughly 2 of them are trolling, the other 8 agree that you should reasonably protect yourself in public due to the circumstances they live in

>>2794387
I see

>>2794387
I think you are 8 of them

>>2794390
You were proven wrong already >>2794219

>>2794390
I'm the one shitting on pet owners.
Everyone else is just trying to steal my thunder.
>>2794392
I'm not going to agree, disagree or even argue but I wanted to point out posting screen caps on a website notorious for image editing is pretty cringe.

>>2794395
What's even more cringe is assuming there are 2 people on the fucking internet

Reminder that there is one dog hating autist on this board and he pretends he is not alone.

He has been at this for YEARS

>>2793470
Good for parks and for the countryside, I'd get a pistol at one point if you are in America.

>>2794430
>Hates the owners
>dogtards constantly try to pretend he hates dogs
It's almost like you deranged retards are incapable of telling the truth so you're easy to antagonize simply by describing objective reality.

>>2793462
a knife for divers, its for sharks... once plunged into the body cavity it instantly releases gases from the co2 canister built in. haven't had a chance to use mine yet, i hang flyers on door knobs and cant wait for the day lol

>>2794494
1. It was for boar hunting
2. The manufacturer doesn't even make it anymore so you can't buy one

>>2794344
Sorry about that. Maybe is a Murican problem.
I was once bitten by a hunting mixed hound and terrier. Not much, just a scratch. Is awfull the sensasion, from then i have a fear of them.
Still. Those little dogs can be just catched woth hands by the back of the neck and thrown away under a fence.

This society was made by stupid evil people.

https://youtu.be/VtNPgPZu19s

>>2796344
You bumped this thread on xmas day because you hate this board and you want people to be unhappy just like you are

>>2796352
This is fine!

https://youtu.be/ZpxnuKuTtFk

>>2796344
Based, but what about anons who can't have a gun?

>>2796465
crossbow

>>2793764
Stray dogs aren't worth worrying about.Usually just yelling at them is enough to scare them off.Picking up a stone and throwing it at them,or even pretending to pick up one is usually enough to scare them off.But most of the time that's not even needed since they are scared of humans and even staring at them is enough to unnerve them.It's usually dogs who have owners that are more aggresive,not the stray ones,but i usually just ignore them and their barking,they rarely actually attack.I enjoy maintaining eye contact with them,it makes me feel brave and epic.In case they do actually attack then defeating them shouldn't be a problem.But they can be very annoying when you are on a bike.
As for shepherd dogs, >>2793768 is exaggerating, shepherd dogs shouldn't be compared to shitbulls.All shepherds have dogs to protect their flocks,but they aren't found on the streets.And shepherd dogs aren't anywhere near as bad as pitbulls,they may run after your car when you go buy some cheese from a shepherd and bark at you but they are still more docile than shitbulls.
I think OP should generally not worry about dogs,but if he lives in a nigger infested american city then he should carry a gun or a knife at least.But i doubt many pitbulls can be found in American forests or outside cities.

>>2796354
Its not fine. you are a bad person and you are ruining this board like you ruin everything around you

>>2796804
In time you will see that i'm right.

>>2794220
We have one ig biggedt density of bears in the world. More then half of european popylayiin live here.
https://youtu.be/JLOx2GI7X_c?si=Nv-xE6dXHTKW1sMa

>>2793462
I'm afraid of humans, bears and moose

>>2796962
what a bunch of fucking idiots

https://youtu.be/uIaZPTcRjmQ

>>2796873
If dogs are such a huge problem in this world then why doesn’t God create a severe canine flu to get rid of them? He could make it just bad enough for humans not be allowed to have dogs as pets anymore and even make the humans scared of owning them. Instead, He created a dumb coronavirus that didn’t fix anything. We are in hell.

>>2797584
I have prayed for this. I submitted my request to Him.

>>2793462
Just learn to speak dog. If you're curious about them instead of trying to vacate the area, they will regard you differently. It's a dog - it's in your world, not the other way around. Most of them are happy that way.

Dogs aren't shit if you have no fear of them. Hell, I could stand up from this chair and wrestle a big angry dog into the floor right now, and I'm not a big man myself. The key is just not giving a fuck about them like that.

>>2797587
You've never in your life met an actually aggressive dog

>>2797608
I’ve had to fend off a dog with an umbrella before.

>>2797648
I repeat myself

bump

>>2793462
I’d say one of those real sturdy wooden walking sticks. A knife doesn’t seem helpful unless it’s already chewing on your face

>>2794189
throw him some anti-freeze bacon

>>2793462
I used to be afraid of dogs. I had a traumatic experience as a kid, and was never around them growing up. So it was just always scary. When I saw a dog I would be scared.

I'll tell you that the cure is exposure. My parents got a dog, and I interacted with that dog a lot, and even looked after it for a few weeks occasionally when they were away. And I interacted with a lot of other dogs because when you walk a dog, you inevitably encounter other dog owners, and the dogs interact.

I learned that dogs are awesome. And their behaviour is largely predictable. They are pack animals, they respect authority, and most of them want to be your friend and are just curious. They like chasing.

Dogs have been perfectly selectively bred to be human companions (with some exceptions). They are highly attuned to human emotions, including fear, confidence, and sadness, and will respond appropriately.

Dogs which bark and aren't friendly are often very loyal to their owners, and won't harm anyone who isn't a threat, they're just wary of strangers until you prove yourself to be safe, which can be as simple as the owner vetting you. Dogs pick up on subtle non-verbal communication better than autistic humans.

If you are walking on someone else's territory and there are unleashed dogs walking around (this happens to me occasionally on footpaths in the UK that go near farmhouses), bear in mind that any dog that's unleashed is most of the time safe, or it would be on a leash. If you walk confidently to your destination, you'll probably have no problem. They may observe you, they may bark. Don't run.

Despite 99% of dog encounters you could have being positive, there are obviously bad dogs. Some people are cunts, and they buy the most aggressive breeds and train them to be dicks. It's unlikely to encounter such a dog, but if you do, you are basically at the behest of the the owner as to how well they trained it and how well the owner likes you. You can usually tell from the breed

>>2793497
I usually say that 99.9% of dogs are useless, but it looks like I might have to add a few more nines soon.

https://youtu.be/ceUow2B7lD8

>>2799976
You are a useless person
No one here likes you
I am going to guess no one in your personal life likes you either
If we had decent mods you would be banned but since we dont we have to live with your hateful posts
I cant imagine why you enjoy forcing people to see your unpleasant opinions but I do understand that you must be a deeply unhappy person

I had to stop walking the dog during the daytime because I didn’t want other people in my neighbourhood to see me with the dog, so that they wouldn’t think about getting a dog just because they saw me with one. The dogs in my neighbourhood make a symphony barking. People are so stupid. I don’t own this dog btw.

>>2799993
The dog got injured recently. I have a feeling that God injured the leg of the dog because I was feeling guilty walking him outside where other people can see him. I didn’t want to promote dog ownership. I was the only one walking him. I don’t want people to get another barking machine or to imprison them in their backyard or home regardless if they bark or not.

>>2799993
>barking symphony
The future is starting to look very, very retarded.

>>2793547
Rational or not your fears should not be ruling your life. Anon wants to go out but won't because he's afraid.

>>2793764
I have never in my life seen a roving pack of Pitbulls.

>>2800028
They totally exist bro. Two more weeks.

>>2799978
>Ban anyone who thinks differently than me
The delicate ego of retarded dog owners is only eclipsed by how much they despise objective reality.

>>2793462
Gun

>>2793546
>Gun is untenable
A glock 29 weighs like three pounds

>>2793642
Pa you can get a ccw easy.

>>2800066
You dont think differently , you have deficiencies , yes you need to be banned for being too antisocial even for 4chan.
Let that sink in, thats how horrible a person you are.
No one will ever love you , you will never know happiness
Things are never going to get better for you
You cannot be fixed
I am so sorry , i know this is not your fault

>>2800074
Every time I leave the house I hear your dog barking and I go straight back inside. Thanks for fucking up the world, dumbass.

>>2800074
>too antisocial even for 4chan
Unfortunately this has become a site norm rather than an exception.
>inb4 someone calles me a newfag
Old 4chan was anywhere between awkward and asocial, not antisocial. Importance difference.

>>2800074
>>2800083
>If you don't fuck dogs there is something wrong with you
>I am the normal one
priceless.

>>2800079
I hike on weekends because it's exhausting telling dog owners that they aren't allowed to off leash in a wildlife restoration area nor are pets allowed in national parks.
Every time they cry about it even though the signs are at every trail head and on the national park website.

Pet owners are almost always narcissists which is demonstrated by all their replies in this thread. Zero accountability. Zero actual connection with nature.

>>2800093
*week days
Not week ends. Dogtards are almost always 9-5ers with hollow lives which is why they need an emotion slave in the first place.

>>2800092
>if you're tired of my constant threads you fuck dogs!
Demonstrating my point for me, I see.

>>2800114
the dude is broken, you cant reason with him

>>2793462

Face your fears anon. Go find some stray dogs and kick their asses. Conquer the dogs, conquer your fear.

>>2800079

If I ever get a dog, it'll be well trained and on its leash. Some people who get pets take the time to properly care for them, and train them, and don't make it everyone's problem. I also take care of rest stops and parks for the state, and since I'm usually the one telling others to respect the leash laws, you bet your ass I'm going to respect those laws.

You're not a bad person for having a phobia, idk what that anons on about.

>>2793462
I never understood this fear
Just train a dog from a very young pup and I got mine at 5wks she's 2 now they are some of the most loyal intelligent funny animals ever

>>2800199
I don't understand having 115 posts about a topic that has nothing to do with /out/.

>>2800200
OP does not care about being on topic, he hates this board more than we hate him

>>2793760
cand dai de ditamai dihania in camp/zona montana esti over.

sunt unii care iti dau rush direct. e in 3 picioare si iti da rush cu marait la tine si alti 4 caini te inconjoara. eu intr o zi o sa iau airsoft si fac killing spree de caini in comuna.

>>2800000
I cant believe some mod deleted our two biggest gets in months

Found 3 angry pitbulls in the woods right now

Picked up a rock and that scared em off

>>2800214
what did you roll?

>>2800219
Fuck you bitch I'm lucky a rock scared em

>>2800079
The Chinese apparently don’t like dogs. I’m starting to like those guys.

Pitbull island on the Colorado River, Grand Junction

>>2800267
I'm not one to call the cops, but really considered it this morning.

>>2800214
>>2800225
>>2800267
>>2800268
Me

>>2800207
What the fuck does this have to do with /out/?