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But my parents got a dobermann after I left home, and ive never met such a wussy dog
He thought he was a human
What would happen if you were badly bitten. How would you trace the owner if you wanted to take legal action?
I always run with Daisy on a lead but I've had a couple of nasty incidents with other dogs coming up and harassing Daisy. She's on a lead so she's limited to what she can do when a dog's being agressive - once I had to beg the owner several times before he called his dog away from what was becoming a violent dog fight.
Yes, it's the owners.
Actually, to return to the original point I used to be very scared of dogs having been bitten by an Alsatian on my face when I was 6. Since I've had my own dog ( which I got for the family, I had no desire to own one, but she's my running mate now) I've begun to understand dog psychology and now I am quite confident with canines. It's extremely inconvenient if you're on a run, but if a dog is coming at you, if you turn your back on it, fold your arms and look up at the sky it WILL leave you alone. Any flapping of hands, arms a dog interprets as "lets play" (they have a different version of play from us!!), any eye contact they see as a challenge. It does work but you need to be confident. And it's much more effective than running away or staring at it.
But they should all be on leads or under their owners control anyway...
I did get the car number and reported it to the police. The police cautioned the owners verbally. according to the police there is no further action you can take unless the dog has attacked on two separate occasions. If it's the dogs first offence, the owner can claim they have no idea the dog is violent and that stands.
Not much good to me with 3 hour queue for a tetanus and a ripped running top!!
There are 'other' ways to disable a dog - you should look into it.
I bought a hand held ultrasonic dog chaser (DAZER).
I found the results with it inconsistent (some dogs seemed to ignore it and still approach me, while others did balk away).
I am lucky enough to be able to have running routes away from doggy areas and found it easier in the end to do that rather then carry the zapper with me.
Anyone interested in trying one out (about £20 I think), here is a link below:
http://www.kiienterprises.com/
HOPE THIS HELPS
I used to get really annoyed about dogs and almost came to blows with owners (as well as kicking a yorkshire terrier into touch), but I started to mellow a bit when I realised that a dog has a natural instinct to chase. Also dog owners who are not runners probably think runners are a nuisance (winding up their dogs on a quiet walk).
Agressive dogs need to be reported, but I think we just have to live with the none-biting chasers and realise that not all dog owners are going to train their dogs not to chase (they don't even train them to returned when called or to walk at heel -so no hope for the chase reflex?). That's life and why get yourself wound up and in trouble by over-reacting to it.
The DAZER (uses harmless ultrasound) may be a good tool to try if you just can't get away from dog walking areas. It did stop a lot of dog chases but its not 100% reliable. I think it depends on the type of dog/hearing sensitivity etc.
Would work on concrete I guess but not grass.