I had one of those beast charge me while I was walking for exercise. I stopped and faced him rather than run. Which is the proper response. He stopped about 3 feet away and waited on me to run. I hit him in the mouth with my cane hard enough to break his lower jaw. That was the day I started carrying the GP-100 on my walks
I live in the country so there is no such thing as “animal control” unless I do it. Someone dumped a Pit years ago and I tried to just chase it off (armed with a .45) one morning. It was back the next and charged me when I tried again. First Hydroshock to the chest at about 15’ slowed it down. Second one finally took it down. I gave it a chance, it chose poorly.
Correct on that response. If the responders had pickaxes, they needed to act like they had the advantage and be “bigger”, more aggressive, and meaner than the dogs. Even a pit bull isn’t going to function well with a pickaxe stuck well into its ribs.