HALT 91427 Dog Spray, Red

I have had to use this on neighborhood dogs twice over the last year or so. In both cases, the dog stopped coming after me and my dog, but they didn't cry and didn't act like it was terribly painful, so I think it's a mild enough deterrent to not feel terrible about using. I don't want to injure a dog just because they have an irresponsible owner.

I bought a couple cans of Halt back in 2020 AFTER a dog attack on my dog and I. I never had used either can all these years (it is now 2025). Someone new moved into the neighborhood that I walk my dog in and their dog keeps jumping the fence and getting out. This new dog has bitten two other dogs in my neighborhood and has approached my dog a few times but the dog was ok. This morning however, the dog came charging full speed at my dog and I. Luckily I had brought my HALT dog spray on the walk. When the dog was 2 feet from my dog, I sprayed the dog with my can of HALT. (Thank goodness the can still worked after all these years of never using it!) Thank you HALT for your product. You saved my dog and myself from injury! IT WORKED! The dog did a quick reversal and walked away!

Seems to be working. I have a 5lb yorkie and the neighbors have a pit bull that keeps digging under the fence to get to my dog. We tried filling the holes with concrete but it would just dig around it. We started spraying it with halt. It works great but you have to be close. Good product for the price.

This has been PERFECT. We have two rottweilers on our daily walk that sometimes are out unattended and one likes to charge down the street after my dogs. I don't know if they mean to hurt them or us, but it is not safe and I'm not taking a chance. After I got this, one charged within days. I yelled NO about 10x but it kept coming. When it was about 3 feet away, i sprayed right for the face. The dog turned immediately and went home. As I walked past, feeling guilty, it was rubbing its face all over the grass. I saw it a few days later and it was fine. then about a month later, it charged us again, when we were walking with a friend and 2 other dogs. It went after her dogs so I got close and sprayed in front of it vs. on it. Must have had a memory because it seems when it got a sniff it left quickly. We turned around. So it doesn't seem to harm them when sprayed directly and was a deterrent when sprayed close (maybe because of the previous experience). I like that I can spray from several feet away. I think it would be good at even longer distances but I wanted to give it a chance to respond to my NO AND GO HOME.

After wasting a LOT of money, I asked my mailman what he used and this was it! Most of the others I have purchased you can actually accidentally spray in your face. Also if the wind is blowing you need to take that into consideration 😬. I have to walk almost a mile to a bus stop through my neighborhood that has a lot of stray dogs and owners who don't care and let their dogs run at large. This is more of an aerosol and not a pump, your finger can only fit one way, it is not as bad as capsicum, read the instructions and how it works. In my opinion this is the most humane spray I have stumbled upon. If by chance I am able to get a video I will update my review.

I carried this for years when I was reading electric meters and always in people's yards. I probably had to spray 5-10 dogs over about 5 years. It's not overly strong but will slow the dog enough for you to get to safety. No long term harm to the dog and it can just be washed off. Sprays in a stream so you don't have to worry about the wind blowing it back in your face like the ones that mist more.

Should have a safety on it.

No, this product did not fully stop a determined dog. Yes, it and my Aussie did affect the dog enough for my leashed dog and I to walk away from the sulking dog. The silly dog hung around long enough (5 hours) for animal services to haul it away, armed with a mandatory court appearance for its owner. This is the second time I've used a pepper spray on an attacking dog. I purchased the first from a gun store and was made aware then that dogs are less affected than humans. The first product cost twice as much as HALT was far less spray. I will purchase a replacement HALT or two. From three dog attacks in an area with mandatory leash laws, I've learned this. Carry a camera or cell with camera. Set the camera to print the date on the print. Take photos first then spray when within 7 feet or so. Both products sprayed that far with a squirt gun like directed spray. Aim for the eyes. Do not spray your leashed dog. Do not intervene between the dogs unless you happen to like pepper spray. If your dog is unable to defend itself, carry a baton or stick too. Animal control folks, who do encounter this situation frequently, tell me that pepper spray will not be absolutely effective on a dog. It is a deterrent. A bullet is effective but not my preference, hopefully not yours either. Ignore reviewers who confirm the spray did not stop an attack. HALT states "use this product to repel". It does not say it Will Stop. I bought. I used sooner than hoped. HALT held more that another similar product for half the price. It sprayed. We walked away. Aggressor caught. Veni Vidi Vici. What's not to rate as 5 stars here? Side benefit: the red residue positively identifies the dog to animal control. Hard to see, perhaps, but the photo is of yesterday's loser. Red nose. Closed left eye. Now fed by taxpayers.