You may be surprised to find out that people get violently attacked by dogs over 1.4 million times per year. This is the population of idaho or Phoenix, Arizona. Thats a lot of people being visciously attacked by dogs alone!

This is where you come in. It is your responsibility to keep you and your family safe from violent confrontations especially with loose dogs. The best way to defend yourself against these attacks is with Muzzle Canine Dog Repellent or a Mace Baton. www.DragonDefenseSupply.com/macebatons.htm

The great thing about these protective devices is that they are refillable so you don’t waste the entire mace key-chain baton in one use. Also, they are a baton that is great for key chains so it will be readily available when you need it. You will just have to see the pictures for yourself.

Now for the legalities, visit:

 www.DragonDefenseSupply.com/pepperspraylaws.htm

You can learn all the details about carrying one of these awesome devices in your state. You may just discover that yes, you can indeed arm and protect yourself from dog attacks.

If you have a story (long or short) and want to share it with us, we would be glad to add it to our blog for others to read. I myself was once attacked by several dogs. It was the most frightening thing ever. So, share your story with us okay?

By Dragon Defense Supply

If you think you might ever find yourself or your loved ones in a situation where you could be vulnerable to an attacker, the following information is important for you. It will keep you safer and could save your life.

In this time of new and improved self-defense innovations, the Mace Pepper Gun is a unique protection against unwanted attacks. This Pepper Gun comes with a water test cartridge and has refills available. It is a small, lightweight and easy to use gun that will squirt its powerful contents up to 25 feet. It comes with a water test cartridge, a mace/pepper cartridge and batteries for the LED display. It is available in four colors including pink, sky blue, black/blue and silver.

The Mace Pepper Gun will spray up to seven 25-foot sprays that will disorient the person who is sprayed. If someone broke into your home and you did not want or have a pistol or other sort of gun or weapon, this innovative product would disable the intruder long enough for you and your family to escape and call the authorities.

Imagine being in a car at night and having

someone come up to you demanding money or demanding that you get out of the car and relinquish it to them. With the Mace Pepper Gun, you can disorient and disable the predator and get away.

Alternatively, what if you are at an ATM after dark and someone demanding your money approaches you. Again, this compact, yet powerful weapon will come to your rescue, stunning the attacker long enough for you to get away and get help.

If sprayed in the face or eyes, the eyes will burn for several minutes, disorienting the attacker and distorting and diminishing – or eliminating – their vision long enough for your escape. In fact, often the difficulty seeing will last long enough for the police to actually arrive.

These days, with crime on the rise, it is unwise to take chances with your safety or your life.

One of the most important questions to ask yourself if you are thinking about buying pepper spray is: Where – and who – should you purchase these products from? There are so many advertisements popping up regarding buying pepper spray, it is important to know what is out there, how to use it, what forms and sizes it comes in and where you will receive well-made, legal products with accurate information regarding contents, storage, use, warranties, side-effects and more.

When looking through newspaper or magazine ads or websites, you will find ads and information that will try to rope you in with quick deals, inferior and inexpensive products and very little information other than scare tactics.

When gathering information to determine where you should buy and which products are appropriate for you and your family’s situation, it is important that you find information with photos, descriptions and other information for you to consider while making your choice. In addition, the company you buy from should have product knowledge and should be willing to stand behind what they sell. You should feel that you are able to trust the company to provide the best products and information at a good price.

In addition, the company should give some information regarding the manufacturer of the products and the manner in which each product can and should be used to protect you. For instance, pepper spray can be purchased in various size and types of containers. It can spray for a distance of a couple of feet to well over 10 feet. It can be purchased along with various accessories, such as key chains, belt clips and more. It can also be purchased hidden in a realistic looking cell phone, ballpoint pen or lipstick case that is created to fool a would-be attacker.

Pepper spray also comes in the form of foam, which will stick to the skin sort of like a thick moisturizer so that an attacker is so busy dealing with the disabling affects of the spray/foam; you have the opportunity to get away and to get help.

Before you buy pepper spray, do some research and be sure you are dealing with a reputable company that sells the best, time-tested products.

There is a good way to get out of situations like this – by staying protected. There are many new products on the market that will protect you in dangerous situations. One product that is extremely effective is the Mace Pepper Guard Pocket Model.

It is small, easy to carry and easy to conceal in your pocket or purse. This is a tool to keep handy when walking any place where there could be a risk to your safety.

The Mace Pepper Guard Pocket Model features a flip top safety can and has a key chain conveniently attached to it. It has an 11-gram spray unit which will spray between 6 – 11 feet in one burst. It contains 5 one-second bursts. One burst alone will create enough of a problem for a would-be attacker that he or she will be disoriented long enough for you to escape and get to your car or get help.

Another excellent feature of the Mace Pepper Guard Pocket Model is that it is small enough to fit comfortably in a woman’s hand while being powerful enough to subdue an attacker.

Don’t become a statistic. Protect yourself.

Traditional pepper spray is extremely effective but one of the drawbacks is the potential for cross contamination. You see pepper spray by design is dispensed as tiny micro particles that are easily inhaled. Sometimes we run into situations where we’d love to use pepper spray but are unable to because the likelihood of unintentional contamination is high.
Pepper gel greatly reduces the chances of cross contamination and is perfect for self defense indoors and in close quarters.

Pepper gel was invented to accomplish two things:

Allow effective use at increased range.
Significantly decrease that chance for cross contamination.

Increased range is a huge benefit; most traditional pepper spray products have an effective range of about 10 to 12 feet which is great. Mace pepper gel boasts an effective range of up to 25 feet which is superb! The ability to neutralize a potential threat from 20 to 25 feet is a huge plus for civilians as well as law enforcement.

The active capsaicinoid concentration is suspended in gel which effectively prevents unwanted contamination. No splatter and no inhalation make this the ideal self defense product for use in close quarters. To give an example, imagine that you are out at a dance club. A fight breaks out between two people on the dance floor. You are not involved in the fight but are only a few feet away. Club bouncers move in and use pepper spray to stop the fight. Not only does the pepper spray stop the two fighters but also contaminates you and many others in the club unintentionally. Had the gel been used the likelihood of stopping the fighters without causing harm to others is greatly increased.

The capsaicinoid formula or concentration is stronger and hotter than many pepper spray products. At 1.4% capsaicinoid concentration you are getting a true law enforcement quality defense gel. Many aerosol sprays are flammable, which makes them dangerous to use near firearms, tasers or anything that cause a spark. It’s like carrying gasoline on your person. Mace gel is totally non-flammable and therefore safe to use in most any situation. Another benefit of pepper gel is that it sticks to the attacker. It is made to be extremely difficult to remove, the more you try to wipe it away, and the deeper it goes. More information on Mace Pepper Gel

The equipment used more frequently these days for self defense is stun guns and pepper sprays. This also proves to be a huge boon to women who lead single lives and have to travel at unusual times of the day. These women are the major target of groups that employ themselves in unscrupulous crimes like rapes and even gang rapes. Stun guns and pepper sprays are the most famous handy self defense gadgets which are readily available in the market. Moreover, we also can make our own stun guns at home.

A stun gun is an equipment that immobilizes the assailant. It transfers high voltage current onto the body of the attacker. Although the amperage in the stun gun is considerably low, it does not cause any permanent damage to the attacker. The stun gun is ideally aimed at the muscular parts of the body like the buttocks, thigh, and shoulders. The basics of a stun gun includes the passage of current via the muscles at a high pulse rate thus causing the muscles to work quite fast and lose out all the energy also reducing the blood sugar. As a result of energy loss, the muscle movements signaled by neurological impulses get interrupted thus causing disorientation in the attacker getting him confused and shocked for a few minutes. Interestingly enough, the stun gun user does not receive any shock even if they touch the attacker after giving the shock. The advantage of a stun gun is that you can be rest assured it does not cause any permanent effects and is not deadly. It does not even affect the vital organs of the body like the heart. They come in varying shapes and sizes. The most modern stun guns are compact and easy to carry. They are sometimes manufactured in the shape of a lipstick, cell phones, lipstick, flashlight, penlights, and so on. They also have power options. However, stun guns can prove to be dangerous to people with poor heart conditions. Stun guns have a disadvantage of being misused by the bad guys themselves or by kids on innocent people for cheap fun.

Pepper spray is yet another effective but safe self defense equipment that is frequently used against ill-doers. It is a canister that contains a derivative of cayenne pepper. It is stored in an oil based solution. It causes a sting in the eye and the skin and may cause temporary blindness. It also affects the nasal cavity and the mouth. The application of the pepper spray results in the occurrence of swelling and inflammation and gives rise to severe burning sensation. Pepper sprays are comparatively safer than gases or mace that can cause permanent irreparable damage. The only precaution to be taken is that the nozzle of the can is facing the right direction. Also one needs to be really alert and must have presence of mind in order to rightly take advantage of a pepper spray. Sometimes people under heavy drugs do not get affected by pepper sprays. This works at our disadvantage. It is imperative to know other self defense techniques and not depend on just the pepper spray. An attacker under the dose of drugs may show reactions but may not feel the pain and instead might grab the can from your hands and use it on you. Improper use of pepper spray may even land you in jail. It should be kept far away from the reach of children.

A lot of people think that if they have pepper spray on them then they’re not vulnerable to anything. This is a dangerous assumption to make. What’s wrong with pepper spray is that the vast majority of people don’t actually carry their pepper spray around with them. They have to have it in their hand. In fact, what most people do is they carry it around in their purse or their car. I’ve seen many people who leave their pepper spray in their car. What good is your pepper spray in your car, if 10 feet away you’re being mugged and beaten to death? Truth is, it’s not very effective. So, pepper spray alone isn’t enough to keep you safe, unless you walk around carrying the pepper spray in your hand the entire time that you’re out.

Even if you keep it in your hand, what if the attacker comes from behind and grabs that hand? So, while pepper spray is great, you need other skills to defend yourself. You need to learn some self defense techniques in case someone grabs you. Then, you can break their hold on you, reach in your bag or pocket, pull out the pepper spray, and then use it. Another problem with pepper spray is that it actually requires training. Most people don’t believe this, but if you check out one of the websites selling pepper spray, you’ll see that they sell training kits, which are basically a pepper spray canister loaded with water for you to practice with, and guidelines on you how to use it properly. If you’re relying on pepper spray to protect you, but you haven’t trained yourself how to use it, then you’re taking a big risk.

I’m not saying that pepper spray is a waste of time, just that it’s not the only single encompassing answer to self defense. It’s just another tool available for you. And you should have a wide range of tools in your arsenal. Therefore, I highly recommend you to also learn at least a few basic self defense techniques in order to stay safe. By combining self defense training and powerful self defense weapons, like pepper spray, you will be at least twice as safe as you would be by relying on just pepper spray. Its not difficult to learn some self techniques, and you dont have to commit to a weekly class if you havent got time to attend that often. Once a month is sufficient to teach you what you need to know.

Personal protection products such as pepper spray, will work a lot better and yield the most power when you have full belief in yourself.  When you have belief in yourself, you will trust your senses, pay attention to what is going on around you, believe in your naturally ability to defend yourself, and show people that you can defend yourself.  Although personal protection products are great to have, you need to believe in yourself in order to use them properly.

Protecting yourself is something you simply must do these days.  Over the years, personal protection products have become a way of life, with pepper spray being among the most popular and best forms of protection.  When used properly, pepper spray can stop humans from attacking quickly and safely.  It’s also useful with dogs as well.  It comes in an aerosol form, is easy to use, and can stop most attackers in a matter of seconds.

The active ingredient found in pepper spray is OC (Oleoresin Capsicum).  The spray comes in 10% or 15%, with a heat rating of 2 million.  OC is non toxic, non flammable, and comes from the well known cayenne peppers.  When used as a spray, OC acts as an inflammatory agent, causing immediate dilation of the nose, throat, lungs, and eyes – resulting in constricted breathing and temporary blindness.  Although it doesn’t lead to death, the effects will last up to 45 minutes, and make attackers feel as if they are dying.  The effects will take place immediately, giving victims plenty of time to escape and seek help.

The use of pepper spray is completely legal, although there are certain rules and restrictions that you must follow.  As you may already know, you can’t carry pepper spray or any other form of self defense on airplanes.  There are also some states that will prevent the use of pepper spray, while others require that you have a FID (Firearms Identification Card) to own or use the spray.  To be on the safe side, you should always check with local state regulations before you purchase any form of self defense product, such as pepper spray.

When you are out and about, pepper spray is easy to hide.  Women normally keep it in their purse, where it is easy to access.  If you plan to carry it in your purse, always make sure that it is easy to access, with nothing in the way.  You can also carry it in your pocket or in your coat as well, where you can easily reach it in a moment’s notice.  An attack can occur in a matter of seconds – which is why you want to be able to reach it fast.

All in all, pepper spray is a great self defense tool.  It can also be a deadly weapon if it isn’t used properly.  Whenever you carry pepper spray, you should always follow the safety precautions and rules of the spray.  If you use it for self defense purposes and know how to properly use it – you can enjoy the confidence and security that it provides.

Once the spray is used it will immediately result in dilating of the capillaries in the eyes, resulting in temporary blindness, chocking, coughing, and tearing of the eyes.  The spray will also cause an extremely intense burning on the skin and result in nausea.  The mucous membranes will also begin to swell, making breathing very difficult.  The spray is very painful, often resulting in the individual who was sprayed to double over and fall to the ground.  It causes temporary incapacitation, due to the fact that the individual won’t be able to breathe or see properly.

Although the spray is very effective with most, it may not have as much of an effect on individuals who are on drugs, drunk, or already hysterical.  With these types of people, you may need to give them a couple of quick sprays to the face to get the right effect.  The overall effect on the length of the spray will all depend on the strength of the pepper spray.  Most pepper spray effects will last anywhere from thirty minutes to an hour.

Often times the spray is used with controlling riots or in self defense situations.  Pepper spray is very handy to have in violent assault situations, as a violent assault occurs every few seconds in the United States alone.  Pepper spray is safer to use than guns or knives.  It is also non lethal, although there have been rare cases where pepper spray has lead to death.  In these cases however, there were medical conditions present that the spray aggravated – leading to death.

Pepper spray is great to have around your home, or to carry with you at all times.  If a burglar breaks into your home while you are there, you obviously want something to protect yourself with.  A can of pepper spray is very effective, and can easily stop someone from attacking you.  All it takes is a direct spray to the eyes.

Although it is very effective to have with you, pepper spray is illegal to have in some countries, such as the United Kingdom.  In the United States however, there are some areas that require you to have a license before you can legally carry pepper spray.  Before you buy some pepper spray, you should always make sure that you can legally carry it in the area you live in.

The inspiration for pepper spray dates back thousands of years. Though in its current form is certainly a modern invention, in ancient times, bags filled with pepper and spices were commonly thrown at enemies, especially in Asia. In fact, throwing ground peppers in the face of criminals was a common practice in ancient Japan, where the practice was actually used as a form of punishment.

Pepper spray can be used against animals, too. There are specially-formulated and larger-sized sprays that can be used specifically against bears, mountain lions, dogs, and nearly any other animal that may be attacking you. In fact, all U.S. Postal Service carriers have spray to use as protection against dog attacks. This versatile spray is useful against both human and animal attacks.

It is a lot hotter than peppers. The hotness of both rated in SHUs, or Scoville Heat Units. The typical bell pepper rates close to zero on this scale. A jalapeno pepper is about 5000 SHU, and a habanero about 300,000. Typical sprays rate at about 2 million SHU, and some even approach 3 million SHU. In other words, they pack quite a powerful punch, incomparable to peppers in their natural form, when it comes to their burning effect.

The effects last nearly half an hour. If you’ve never seen anyone get sprayed in the face with it, you’ll be surprised at how fast they go down and how long they stay down. The effects are nearly immediate, and a good blast will immobilize anyone for about 15 to 30 minutes.

Pepper spray can be disguised. If you don’t like the idea of carrying a spray canister everywhere with you, why not pick a spray pen instead? The canisters come disguised as almost anything, including a pen or cell phone, to make you more comfortable carrying them.

Pepper spray can help catch the perpetrator. Pepper spray isn’t just for scaring criminals away or making them stop their attack. Today, many sprays include invisible UV dye. Your attacker won’t know he’s marked until he’s caught and the police put him under a blacklight. Then, the effects of the dye will become readily apparent. This is a very useful tool in making a positive identification.

Pepper spray is not tear gas. They often get grouped together, but they’re not the same thing. Although early forms of pepper spray, particularly the Mace brand name, did contain the same chemicals as tear gas, today they are completely different products formulated for different uses. Tear gas is formulated for crowd-control type uses, while pepper spray is designed to be effective against one person or a small group.