PPS-Safety

There have been an increasing number of recent sightings in my neighborhood and community, of coyotes of all things. With the longer days and extended sunlight hours, wild animals of all types will become more and more visible to the community as they search for food and water.  Just walking your dog, or walking for exercise, has become an event that you should maintain a higher situational awareness for.  And specifically for coyotes. Coyotes have been known to attack and kill small dogs and cats as well as stalking the occasional child.  It would be a good idea to keep your garbage can lids on tight as well, in an attempt to deter them from entering your property.  

Carrying a good defense spray is never a bad idea.  You can carry a specific K9 repellent or a common pepper spray will work just as well.  If an animal approaches you, try to maneuver so the you are upwind of the breeze (most animals will approach from downwind anyway).  Then simply spray your product into the air in front them, letting it drift toward them or allowing them to walk into it.  You don’t even have to hit them in the face.  With their sensitive nose, they will detect the spray far enough away and most likely move away.  If for some reason this tactic does not deter them and they continue to approach, then spraying them directly in the face, as you would a human, will definitely put a stop to their aggression.  

Most people do not realize that pepper spray and K9 spray are primarily the same product.  The K9 spray must be EPA approved to be environmentally safe in order to carry the label of K9 spray.  Either will do the trick when it comes to deterring man or beast.

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