Hi Terry,
Your quote --->
BTW, I have done worst things to humans. Picture a chain from a chainsaw across the chest as an example.
Should we forget the beer or the coffee then?
Sounds to me like you don't dare to forget !
On the subject, the ammonia water is the best solution. BTDT
Just put it in an ordinary pump bottle with an adjustable spray. The kind you use to clean the windows with.
Wasp and hornet killer is what I carry for bears. (And I have had a BIG one stalking me a few times over the past few weeks. I live right on the edge of national forest. And they have come way down, this year, because foraging was almost non-existant where they normally forage. And they HAVE to put some weight on SOON.)
W&H spray has a couple of advantages over regular bear spray.
For one, they will generally spray pretty accurately for up to 35 feet. Whereas the bear spray is all over the place, and only good for about 10 to 15 feet.
And for another, there is just something about W&H spray that makes any and every animal, change it's mind about the direction it wants to go... Whenever the spray comes anywhere within it's general area. Can't say that for pepper spray. You gotta hit the critters full in the face with the pepper spray. And even that, is not always a deterrent.
If you have wasp and hornet spray, you do not have to actually spray a dog with it. Just spray in the general direction. It WILL catch that killer smell, if it is anywhere within 10 feet of the spray.
I have NEVER seen dog, cat, or any other animal, continue coming my direction, when I spray W&H killer in their general direction. They generally beat feet trying to be anywhere BUT where that cloud of spray just happened...
For bike riding... I have never seen ammonia water -fail- to make a dog or cat change it's dastardly ways, in a hurry.