True, if you're going to raise a stick, it's to hit the dog to kill it, as any aggression shown will be matched by theirs. I was going to a house near here with my ex wife awhile ago, as the boy working for the landowner cut my daughter and I off in a scooter and we ran into him, which was totally his fault. We went looking for the boy, and found out later he just worked for this man and of course that meant we weren't going to get reimbursed for the scooter damage. No one was home this time, and there were 4 dogs on the property. They let us pass when we went looking for the landowner, but on the way back they came after us, so my ex picked up one of those hole diggers lying around, and was raising it towards the lead dog, and I told her to stop. I walked towards the dog talking to it, and it backed off a bit. We continued towards the car and they kept getting closer, so i repeated the move until we made it to the car. The same with a bear. You run you're chased, you stand your ground, they'll usually back off. Hopefully that is.
