sorry but I couldn't resist my take on all this. First - caps off to all of you - what a positive, Nice way to offer all comments regarding Spazzs dog. But I did try the pepper spray and all I can say is - when I needed it the most - re: 2 big dogs running faster than I could climb up that nasty hill - I reached in my back pocket, pulled the spray out and watched the nozzle go flying thru space leaving me with a canister!! I was so mad then at the dogs, my (soon-to-be-ex) hubby whos idea it was, the pepper spray, and the nasty, long, ugly hill I turned and chewed those dogs out long, loud and very angrily. They both stopped, looked @ each other, looked @ me and went home. They looked so surprised that their "rabbit" had a voice I had to start laughing. Even now when I'm running my dogs, a "no, no, Go Home" usually works. If it doesn't - I just start yelling really loud for someone to come get these dogs!