Wait till you are on the camino Rob !
As Albertagirl says , it are not the big ones but the loose little terrors They off course defend their territory but even then you have to take care of your calves.
We do not hurt them either but at times the poles can be handy for some threatening and different purposes
Let me give you another example. Once we were in a Portugese hostal on a hot sweaty day. In the room fitted-with emphasis on fitted- a bed We just could lay in it...two backpacks on the ground and it was completely full. 30€ per night !
the door of the wardrobe turned into the "room" and in one corner was a shower cabin. Where to leave the freshed washed and wet dripping cloths ? Yes.... The tip on the top of the door, the grip of the pole on top of the shower cabin and "voila ! Dry cloths next morning. On the internet the other day I saw a gadget, a device to put on the tip side of the pole. You can mount your Gopro- who nowadays is going on camino without a Gopro ? - on one of your poles and you have a selfie stick ! The world cannot exist without a selfie nowadays
Anyone else has an example of what you can do with pacer poles ? Looking forward. Maybe I can learn something too and... Next week they will be my mates for 3 weeks so I can try out your propositions inmediately.
Interesting post by the way
@Rob C !
Buen camino