Working for the phone company, I come across alot of growling and/or barking dogs. If I cannot get them to become friendly within the first minute, I do not hesitate to tell them 'No' in a stern voice. It works almost everytime. It may offend people, but I don't want to wait for them to discipline their dog and wound up attacked.

On the same line, I went out to the dog kennel the other day to get the dogs. They hadn't seen me all day, so they were happily barking at me. A teen that lives behind me yelled "Shut the F#$! up!" I was very offended.

BTW, I don't have a problem with hunting as long as it isn't just for trophy. Our food has to come from somewhere. There's a food chain.