Quite right Shaunaneto & Stumpy. PS I've just watched the video post by "sbrt" above entitled "people with a fear of dogs meet pit bull puppies". I was expecting it to be some kind of video nasty. So what a nice surprise it was to see the people transformed by having the puppies clamber and slather all over them. Unless - of course - the actors in the film are dog lovers in disguise. For people supposedly fearful of dogs their entirely natural dog-handling skills are remarkable!
"He's more scared of you than you are of him"
Had a couple of incidents in Fuerteventura.
After parking my bike in a pretty out-of-the-way village and climbing an extinct volcano, I came back down, and tried to make my way back to the main road, unfortunately a wrong turn led me up a path towards a farm of sorts, where a huge dog came bowling out after me. I had a good head start and was going downhill so I was ok, unfortunately I turned into a dead-end. This dog stopped about 20 yards from me, hackles up. growling like mad. I really didn't know what to do, luckily it had made it's point and I was very relieved when it turned round and walked off, leaving me to make a quick sharp exit...
A couple of days later I was out on a morning run, exploring out the back of the resort, where some new villas were being built, backing up against what looked like a derelict quarry or mine. Didn't even notice these two dogs as I ran past, but they soon spotted me. They were the local breed of guard dogs (Bardanos or something similar) and are apparently quite renowned for being ferocious guards. Unfortunately they weren't giving up and I had to kick one of them. Thankfully I only caught it on the leg, but it was enough to make them think twice, and I got out of there, it was certainly an incentive to pick my pace up...!
FFS grow up. They are dogs & you are human.
If you don't like wildlife then stay indoors.
You are in far more danger from "humans" than from any animal, apart from Highland Cattle with a calf at foot.
Last edited by Max; 26-01-2016 at 02:33 AM.
Yeah nice one mate, thanks cor the valuable advice...
I don't recall myself or anyone suggesting that I don't like wildlife. However next time a fair sized dog goes for me I'll remember to 'grow up' and just let it take a bite...
At least you weren't in the USA, accidentally end up on private property there and it could be a bullet rather than a dog
Ha ha - it's dead easy to get the dog lovers going. I've never being mugged, robbed or beaten up - but I have ended up in hospital after being dragged off by bike by some chav's mutt. Nowadays if a dog comes within twenty feet of me I'm looking around for the nearest heavy object or sharp instrument. And yeah, I do agree that the human is to blame more than the dog - it's juat the human's reward will be to have his dog's head smashed in or it's eyes gouged out if it so much as frowns at me.
Ha ha! its equally easy to wind up those, who are frightened of being frowned at by a dogOriginally Posted by MarkL
Travs. Can't blame you if you think you are going to get bitten, you have got to protect yourself. That sounds scarier, than being frowned at.
Two more (on a similar theme):-
Dog owner "He can sense your fear and then reacts to it"
And:-
"He's got fear aggression"
We had a rather strange encounter with a chap that owes a strip of land near us today. MrRTS was running along with our border collie Beau on a public footpath through a field that goes past his house as you exit the gate. He keeps horses but none of them were in the field. He also has a dog that is kept chained up in the yard. As we ran past he shouted "put that dog on a lead". MrRTS very politely said "he is under control". The chap then said "its the law. It has to be on a lead". Hubby replied "The law says dogs have to be under control". To this the chap said "If I see you and it again I will shoot it". We had no reply to this.
Now ... 1st of all there was no animals in that field. To shoot Beau he would of had to shoot MrRTS's legs from under him as Beau runs right next to his leg. There were no signs saying dogs must be on leads.
On this run and any others we do if we go into a field with livestock or land where signs say dogs must be on leads he goes on a lead even though he is no closer to hubby's leg.
Beau is a super dog. Very friendly to other dogs, people and animals ... except when he is running with us. He then ignores people, other dogs, all animals and any distractions. Just runs glued to MrRTS's leg.
Beau is a rescue dog that we are very lucky to have.
So discuss that one, it was a very unsettling experience that our dog and hubby's legs could be threatened with a gun! Any advice and actually "no, he does not bite". Here is a photo of Beau grinning - he doesn't even frown.
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