Using Pepper Spray on Dogs, Lions, Tigers, and Bears

Stream, fogger, gel… you can get pepper spray in many varieties. You can get 1/2 ounce keychains, 2, 4, 9, and 16 oz. canisters, pepper spray jogging models, police models, and even a Mace pepper gun.

All of our pepper spray and Mace products are specially formulated for self-defense use as an inflammatory agent against humans. Pepper spray will cause coughing, choking, and nausea in the target. It dilates their eye capillaries, which in turn will cause temporary blindness. The target’s mucous membranes will swell to cause all but life-support breathing from functioning properly. This will render an assailant temporarily incapacitated and hating their current life choices. A mere one-second burst of pepper spray can be enough to dissuade an attacker for up to 45 minutes, without any permanent damage.

If you need to protect yourself from aggressive dogs, we have Mace Muzzle pepper spray specially formulated for canines. If encountering wild bears while hiking or camping in the woods is your concern, we have specially formulated Guard Alaska Bear Mace for that.

But what about any number of other possible attackers?

So far we covered humans, dogs, and bears. What about other dangerous wild animals, such as cougars, coyotes, mountain lions, puma, panthers, wolves, … I don’t know… how about dingos?

You would be hard-pressed to find a canister of “Coyote Pepper Spray”, or “Mountain Lion Mace”. That being said, let’s call a spade a spade, and call pepper spray, pepper spray.

Just about any of these Mace or pepper spray products will work against any variety of animals, as long as you spray them in the face. These animals all have very sensitive noses and a very acute sense of smell. Inflammatory agents such as Mace or pepper spray will wreak havoc on any of their eyes and noses.

Of course, bear pepper spray has a unique and powerful deployment to quickly cover a wide area of OC fog up to 25-30 feet away. You will want to be kept at as much distance as possible between you and a Bear. Typically, they lumber loudly enough through the woods to give you a small warning. Bear sprays are also typically slightly hotter than human pepper spray with a 20% concentration, as opposed to the 10-18% concentrations of Mace, Pepper Shot, and Wildfire pepper spray.

However, if you happen to spray a human with bear pepper spray, you can be assured they will quickly be hating life.

If you are walking through your neighborhood carrying Mace Muzzle Canine Spray and are surprised by a mugger, whatever. Dog spray, human pepper spray, let him have it.

If you are jogging down the street carrying a Wildfire pepper spray keychain formulated for humans and you are approached by a vicious dog, again let him have it. Same with a mountain lion, coyote, or dingo. Pepper spray is equal opportunity, and species-independent for the most part.