STAND TALL ... AND CARRY A BIG STICK! Published July 14, 2009 By Senior Airman A.C. Kendrick Air Force Reserve Via e-mail -- Reference the "Hunted!" story in your March/April 2009 issue: If I encounter an aggressive dog when jogging, I stand my ground and try to make myself look as big as possible ... and I carry a sawed off handle from an old rake. It's enough to make a dog (or human) think twice about attacking you. And, if a dog did attack, you could jam it in his mouth to help keep him from biting. I've had to scare a few aggressive dogs away at times during my runs ... maybe it was my stick or maybe it was the confidence the stick gave me that made the dogs turn tail and run (they could tell I meant business and wasn't going to back down).