The Officer never did see it, the Lord blessed me! I don't know how he he missed it but he did thankfully.
Lol, hopefully he would see you as he would another guy in his own vocation. You never know though. I always hoped for a day when open carry was considered normal by the average person in my state. There's no reason to look at you or officer friendly differently.
My good friend was with me, the 2nd dog attack. He said he never saw anyone draw a gun so fast, that it was like it grew in my hand!
I know how you felt. Big dogs have come after me many times.
When riding my Yamaha on a country road as a teenager my Belgian Malinois mix took care of the one chasing me. The time I was walking back from work, a big mix and huge Great Dane attacked me. I was regretting not being armed. As they lunged, the Lord had previously put a weapon in my path as I backed up. I felt it at first, glanced and picked up a big tree limb that was in the road. It had plenty of spiky branches pointing out to use it to fend them off. It was the perfect size, shape and place where and when I needed it. I was able to fend them off until they finally gave up and I was up the road. I was reminded of the need for carrying the right tool for the job that evening.
Sounds like you had just that and worked out well. 
None of my sons or BIL's ever bought their own equipment so I'm not sure what they're carrying on? Them not buying their own equipment is prolly code talk for when I croak, my stuff gets sold off for the $$?
When my Dad died, I regretted not spending more time in the field shooting with him. The same with hunting with my uncles.
I encourage you to set a day each month or however often you want. Set a time to take your sons out to a range. Set up some fun targets and make it a habit. They'll likely thank you for that. For some reason it's tough to get family and friends out to do stuff like that .
I worked with a local gunsmith and we were best friends. Unfortunately he died and his daughter in law basically gave away all of his equipment to a neighbor by the time I was told. I was just sad he died and did whatever I could to help the family. But when we go, family can be foolish. He had a mill, press, lathe, supplies and a lifetime of tools, equipment, hunting rifles, etc. I would have gone into full time gun smithing at that point and followed in his footsteps if I had that opportunity back then. After he was gone, he had no say in what was he wanted in the matters.
