Spooky near dog attack.

I carry every single time I leave the house except on my way to work because they have oppressive policies and I dont desire to leave a firearm in a vehicle and I obviously need to provide for my family and I fear termination. Sometimes I carry at home but often dont for comfort and safety reasons cause I'm often rough housing with my daughters. They like to jump on me and beat me to a pulp and I never can fully get into it if I'm worried about my pistol flopping out of my pants. Last night I took them for a walk to grab a couple happy meals and watch the sunset at a park close by. Strapped up. It all went off without a hitch. Me and my three daughters and our stroller. I always feel a little exposed without my wife because our action plans involve me meeting danger and her moving her self and children away from danger but when I have all three and no wife I have no good action plan. Awareness, avoidance is all I got. After we got home my wife comes home and spent some time working outside while me and the girls went inside. Door open, screen door shut. A short time later I hear the distinct skittering of a dogs nails on concrete and the screen door slam. I jump up thinking my own dog made a break for an open screen door. It's not common but it has happened. As I'm rushing the door I see my own dog on his bed and my wife turning back to the screen door and I hear and see at the same time a dog barking at our front door very aggressively. My firearm is in a locked closet 2 doors away from where I'm standing when it all happened. I asked my wife what the heck happened and that damn dog chased her into the house. No warning whatsoever. The first indication of danger she got was that dogs nails skittering down the street towards her. She looked up to see this bastard running at her full clip. She only made it inside by feet. I heard its nails on my own side walk and porch at the same time the screen door slammed. We have a grass yard and the amount of real estate that could make that sound is only about 6 feet and under from my front door. I'm so angry and spooked about it I wanna have a self defense tool stashed by the front door or carry it on my person at all times but I'm struggling finding a way to do it comfortably with 3 kids under ten in the house. If that bastard would have showed up 20 minutes earlier it would be dead. I was sitting right there on the front porch armed. I just wanted to get the whole thing off my chest and share for your edification. via /r/CCW https://ift.tt/3t2Y7oF