I'll hit you with my spinning top

OMG...didn't know where to post this, embarrassing and funny, experience or pets.
In the days before youtube, I remember as a kid being down the park and an older bully, like 11, saw two younger kids. A brother and a sister out walking with their dog. He thought he would show them who is boss, got out his spinning top and threatened to hit them both with it.
They family pet could sense how threatening that kid was and chased him out of the park! Wow, he got a shock.