I just stand there and look at the dog front on, giving no signals. The dog doesn’t know what to do.
Or I run straight at the dog, taking the initiative.
So far it’s worked.
I have had black bears at night. One I yelled at and waved my arms at. One was on my back deck trying to get at the bird feeder under the eaves of the house. I went to the window to try to see what was making noise. My wife turned on the lights and it could see me, but I could not see it. It tried to swat me, but the window did not break and just bent and bonked me on the head. It did not leave and I got my 12 ga loaded with slugs and opened the sliding door next to him and let the dogs out. They chased him across the deck and my Belgian Tervuren looked to get a good bite on a back leg. The bear jumped over the railing into a pine tree and was gone. Never saw it again.
You never know if a dog owner would see you charging his dog who technically hasnt attacked you yet, and shoot you. People have been shot by weirdos for far less.
I mean i like the idea but some dog owners would do that.
That works sometimes but you’ve also been lucky. A dog really intent on biting you will keep charging.
That's what I have done, on two occasions when a dog seemed to be about to attack me.
Full acceleration, looking him right in the eye, yelling at him.
I'm glad it worked.