Literally almost stabbed my neighbor's dog to death.

They let him just roam the neighborhood unleashed an unwatched. While I was walking my dog, theirs ran towards us and tried to attack my dog.

I already had a pocket knife in my hand because I had cut down a yard sale sign another neighbor asked for help in removing.

The attacking dog fled after I lunged at it with knife in hand. By the time I lunged, the dog already had my dog's leg in its mouth. Thankfully, it didn't bite down and just left slobber.

Had it bitten my dog, there would have been a burial this weekend.

We're home now. My dog is happy as can be, but I'm still shaken with how close I came to ending a life.