Pepper spray prevents injury in dog attack on mail carrier

Pepper spray prevents injury in dog attack on mail carrier | DesMoinesRegister.com | The Des Moines Register: "Des Moines animal control officers are investigating a dog attack on a mail carrier Thursday on the east side of the city.

Jean Welford was in the 900 block of 24th Court about 1 p.m. when a dog approached her, growling and snapping. 'It crossed the street and kept coming at me,' she said.

She was not bitten. She delayed the attack by using pepper spray and then was rescued by a neighbor who took control of the animal.

'I Maced it and it shook its head and kept coming,' Welford said.

She gave a dog a couple of additional squirts of pepper spray but it did not retreat."