Quote Originally Posted by benshep View Post
John, buy a dog and learn to love them. Just not one of those horrible bull terrier things that are always in the news for attacking children.
I Have had dogs all my life and have in fact been bitten by a boxer when I was a kid (my fault not the dog`s).
My dog of choice has always been Border collies and they have always been from rescue homes I have had my current collie now for 15 mths and he came to us as a physical and mental wreck thanks to the ill treatment he had received from the supposedly mentally superior human race, many of his issues we have managed to overcome but he is still work in progress, and his biggest problem now is people throwing stones and balls this stems from him having been chained up by a past owner and being used for target practice.
But one thing is for sure he is a lovely faithful and loyal pet.
I read these types of threads with interest as it is obvious that majority of the post`s made are put there both folk that have no understanding of the cannine mentality
Enjoy your running and be cautious around Cows, Dogs, Geese,Horses People, Cars, Buses, Cycles etc etc as they have all been known to attack runners.