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Ha! My son has a whole arsenal of large water guns, I might borrow one....
I'll try the route of impressing on him that I am nothing to be defending against, by avoiding confrontation and not reacting to blustering behavior first. If that doesn't work I might try putting him in his place, I just worry that the price I'll have to pay for that is constant vigilance.
That said, when the roo jumped at my dog over and over again the other day for trying to smell his behind, my dog, seeing that backing up and being non threatening wasn't doing the trick, pinned him to the ground and held him there for a few seconds. When I asked the dog to let the roo go, the roo got up, shook himself and walked off (nothing hurt but his pride). He hasn't come close to the dog since and the dog is completely relaxed around him...
Good for your dog!
From my experience, once a rooster understands that you are dominant, there's little need to worry. He challenges you, you win, so he respects you - that's chicken society (but reminding him of who is boss is a good thing - I do it on an almost daily basis with my roo, only by simply walking purposefully towards him - he gets outta the way - job done). I should say that I made a horrible mistake, through ignorance, with my first roo and he attacked me and paid the price. In retrospect, my lack of knowledge of appropriate behaviour was the cause of his demise - not him.