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Hee hee hee. Orson is my 98 pound German Shepherd service dog. Since he love learning new things, we have many things that are tied to subtle little twitches of a finger or movements of my hand.
He can growl on command at three different levels. The one with the twitch of the two smallest fingers of my hand will result in a very deep growl that will trigger the USGS earthquake monitors. Another cute trick is to bare his teeth when he growls.
I carry pepper spray primarily because I often set up camp in a National Forest, far from the paved roads, and pepper spray works for bears and mountain lions. When walking through the forest, as we often do, the canister is clipped to the strap on my pack.
I don't want a gun. I couldn't have one anyhow, since I wander back and forth between the US and Canada. Jeepers, at the border crossings into Quebec, they go on red alert for a Swiss army knife...
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If ignorance is bliss then why are the ignorant so angry? - Shannon Wheeler
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