[srean]

I know. That's human fear kicking in and it makes it worse. Try it once, success brings confidence. Your own anxiety around dogs might be making things worse for you.

If you search you will find that holding ground is the way to deal with any territorial dog pack, stray or not. It helps to have grown up with dogs around, then it becomes second nature.

Works with pack of hissing, charging monkeys too. Been there done that, well I charged back, rather than just holding ground. Walked away with my food in my possession.