is there a light that will stop a atacking dog?

Light Up Bubble Gun - 5 1/2 Inch

No dog can resist bubbles….only fill it with dill pickle juice.

You’re probably not too far from me.
Can you tell me what path you’re taking that has this problem? (PM is good)

Seriously though, the steak is a great idea. If he wanted to do you harm, he would have already. So just feed him (raw) steak and he will like you.

Or you can carry a walking stick and put a couple of rocks in your pocket. That has worked since the cave man, (if they had pockets), LOL.

Ankle-weights and sap gloves, for the total workout.

I still gotta put more blame on the owner, though. The dog’s just doing what comes naturally, and is being the target/object of “retaliation” when it’s the asstard’s fault to begin with.

In GA, if you have a carry permit and can articulate a legitimate fear of death or serious bodily injury, it’s legal to use potentially lethal means of self defense - ie: shoot the aggressive dog. If possible, have documented calls into the police and animal control to show you were exploring non-violent ways to resolving the problem.

Someone looking for away to stop a potential / perceived attack with a light, well, this might not be an answer they’re comfortable with. Less Lethal or Less Than Lethal answers exist too, but each has details that need to be looked into. Walking around with a ball bat could be considered to be looking for trouble, but a solid walking stick or cane works nicely. I’m not aware of any GA laws about carrying some serious pepper / CS spray. You’ve got to be careful though, as air currents can bring it right back to your face.

If you want to stick to lighting, you can take an Anduril light, like an FW3, SP36, EC01, etc, and set the mode to Police Strobe. (click, click, click&hold — double click to cycle modes till you get to the Police Strobe), then click to turn the light off. From there, a Click, Click, Click&Hold should take you right to Police Strobe. This may be a little different in older versions of Anduril, so please test it before using.

NOTE - this method will not work from lockout, but if you’re expecting an attack, I doubt the light will be in your pocket in lockout mode.

Flashlight that has a taser. Think I saw some on eBay.

this is a good article that covers most of your options
https://pethelpful.com/pet-ownership/angry-owners-of-loose-and-aggressive-dogs

in my personal experience, dogs back away when I raise my walking cane
then the owners become aggressive
thereby encouraging their aggressive dog

I suggest

  1. pepper spray

2. variations on a stick

carry a walking cane (must have a curved head, to be considered a medical device and be exempt from laws against clubs). In my area utility meter readers carry a baton with a tennis ball on the end… if the ball ends up in the dogs mouth, there is no question the dog was agressing. Now utility worker is justified in using the pepper spray, on the dog.

3. take photos

4. report to authorities

5. be prepared to defend against an angry owner, until such time as the authorities solve his dog problem

6. do not shoot the dog

7. Have you tried giving the dog treats? It would be really cool if you become friends, and skip all the self defense drama.

8. Become friends with the owner… Is the owner pretty? Bring her flowers… or maybe He likes Beer… catch flies with honey…

Pepper spray works well on dogs and has some range. Then he’ll go home and rub it off in the carpet. Stun gun require contact and does not mess the owners carpet. Dogs are faster and more agile, you’ll be zapping him while he’s chewing on you. Flashlights, rubber chickens and kazoos are not defensive tools.

I worked as a meter reader for a time. Once a dachshund approached from my rear and went for my leg. I tapped him on the head with steel bar used to lift water meter covers. He went over like a leaf. I didn’t think I hit him that hard. The elderly owner shuffled over and picked up his equally aged dog and mumbled. “He ain’t got no teeth.” I felt awful! (the old weinee recovered just fine)

One thing I found effective for gaining access to a dog protected backyard was an umbrella. It causes the dog to pause and rethink an attack when you pop it open quickly in his face. ’course it helps iffn it is sturdy enough to be used to ward off a truly aggressive animal.

Are you encountering this dog in the dark/dusk, or in the morning/daylight?

At night, a strobe and some pepper spray with a longer range stream are viable options.

During the day, a cane and some longer range pepper spray are more appropriate.

I don’t think I’d recommend shooting your neighbor’s dog while out for a walk.

Even if doing so is legal where you live, it could cause all kinds of trouble. Police might be called and then you’d have to explain yourself. What a big hassle. And risky too…. suppose you shot his dog while trespassing on his property. That probably isn’t legal. Or suppose there are laws against firing a gun within city limits. Or what if you miss and hit something else.

Even if your actions are determined to be legal, you might have just wasted several hours talking to police… as well as earning the eternal enmity of your neighbor.

A better option might be to carry a can of bear spray.

I have walked 8,000 miles in nice neighborhood in Prescott, Arizona, in three and third years, seven miles per day, every day. Twice, I stopped ambush charge attack by my neighbors Shepherd breeds that ambush charged me from their unfenced property when I walked by, when the dogs' owner was not present. I was successful in avoiding immediate injury with a tenth of a second to spare. Both times, I was carrying an S2 Baton and a 10mm Glock 29 with top drawer Underwood load. The one that I carry to provide light is not the one I used to stop the immediate threat to my entire body.

Dog owners think that the law requires a person to be in the actual act of being bitten, before discharging a firearm at the dog. They think very wrong.

This is what dog owners can not understand: It is lawful for a person to take lethal action before it is too late to successfully repel an imminent attack threat of great bodily harm from charging dog.

In yet another one of my self defense cases, a case that solely involved verbal actions, the Prescott city prosecutor used to think that smaller size of dog and below the knee were exempted from informing at large dog owners of self defense rights. A judge concretely corrected the city prosecutor, when my ankles were adjudicated to be not exempt from verbal informing at large dog owners of the right to be defended against a dog of any size, when I was acquitted of disorderly conduct for my informing the notorious at large dog offender of why he should stop letting his ankle snappers out.

I used to visit farms to work on heavy equipment control systems. I’m not afraid of dogs and just ignore them.
But there was this one time out on a secluded ranch the dog was more like a wolf. He wouldn’t respect my personal space and lunged at me a few times within inches of biting me. The aggression escalated fast when I ignored him. Then he let out a beastly growl and lunged for my face. I could see down his throat as his head rotated sideways to fit my face inside. He didn’t do any damage, as it was just a warning shot, but it triggered my fight or flight response. I chose fight. I let out a beastly roar myself and lunged at him, ready to fight him, un-armed. He backed off and never came within 100 feet of my the rest of the time I worked. He kept barking, but kept his distance.

Hmm… Should I wave and smile at my neighbor or shoot his dog. That’s not how this works.

There are a spectrum of legitimate responses that are predicated on the individual situation. In police talk, it’s the Continuum of Force.

In general, the most appropriate answer is the one lowest on the scale that terminates the situation. Sometimes that answer is at a low level on the scale - a stern look or cross words. Sometimes another answer is required.

Thank you for the interesting read. :)

I worked four years at a secure facility for extreme at risk youth. Physical intervention for emergency safety response happened multiple times daily. Therapeutic crisis intervention was not verbal. We were trained to use a hierarchy of intervention, starting with lowest level first.

Sometimes, such as when ambush charged attacked, there is zero time to use a hierarchy of interventions. Twice, with a tenth of a second to spare during ambush attack, I only had less than 1.6 seconds to yank and crank when I was otherwise doomed to immediate severe body harm. Not at the secure facility for dangerous youth. On the street of the nice neighborhood. Yes.

It’s a common misunderstanding - many people think that every interaction starts at level-0 and progresses step by step. It starts where the other person/animal wants it to start, not where you expect it to.

BUT - we’re diverting this from OP’s question.

OP - is this happening during the day or night? Do you have the strength & dexterity to use strong pepper spray or a cane as a defensive weapon? A strong light that runs Anduril?

original question:
is there a light that will stop a atacking dog?

NO

to stop a dog attack you need either

pepper spray or
a gun

or walk a different route until the authorities resolve the dog at large issue on your route

off thompson bridge road i live right near the bridge near holly park