Has anyone used bear spray on dogs? I was confronted for the first time ever on a river by 3 dogs (a pit bull, German Shepard, and a mix of some sort). All 3 ran up so fast along the bank I hardly had time to react. To make matters worse I was out with my 6 year old trying to find a chum for him to catch. I managed to keep myself between him and the dogs but it was a tense few minutes. I was even reluctant to bend over and grab a stick or rock as I would have then been at face level. On a positive note my son and I had a great day on the river but not before my adrenaline was pretty high and not from fishing.