knives , swords wtf .are you trying to kill the dog or just make it f@ck off ? with a knife you had better know what you are doing b/c you could get charged with causing unnecessary suffering ! and you couldd get bit by a pissed off rabid dog ! also bear in mind that accidents will and do happen ,lets say your out with your dog he goes after a rabbit or whatever and ends up mixing it with someones leashed dog, seconds before you get there they stab or chop your dog with a sword ,seconds is all it would take.would you be happy about that ? i know what i would do to someone stabbing my dog ,but that is not for a public forum !!