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Some people on this thread must live their lives in constant fear if most family pets are seen as potential threats, what other everyday occurrences are people terrified of? I get that some people like the op’s wife have genuine phobias, but the internet hardmen who are posting on here are really curious.
You do realise there is no correlation between being scared of / disliking dogs to be afraid of everything including your own shadow.
have to try and share the road and take sensible precautions to protect myself
indeed. Cars are - however - slightly more predictable than an exuberant dog.
jump up and down in an over exuberant manner
but that is an "attack" to some people...You may disagree, but some people do not like it, and indeed are quite scared of it. It's not dissimilar to showing a tarantula to an arachnophobe. Irrational fear to most people (even hard to comprehend), but terrifying to them.
It's just about respecting others. And as you don't know the other person, you have to be more cautious until you do.
indeed. Cars are – however – slightly more predictable than an exuberant dog.
Not in my experience, never been attacked by a dog, have been attacked by a car on lots of occasions.
Fortunately I've never been attacked by a car. But I can understand how people do not like it, even if the car is only being friendly, exuberant and excitable.
See - almost as if the situation can be reversed.
However, I fear this will just descend into the usual camps; those who can't understand how anyone can dislike dogs, and those who are indifferent or actively dislike them.
Just had a dog snap at me whilst riding down at the woods. When I came back the other way the elderly couple constrained the dog and gave a very old-fashioned look as though I was to blame for something. I suppose if you live in an alienated, divided society generating anxiety and vulnerability you will find people full of bile and false entitlement.
I'm wary of dogs having done the xmas post and the complete mismatch between what the owners say and what the dogs do. Oh, and I had to move the car to get everything back in without getting covered in the dogshit in the carpark. It's taken me decades to come to terms with how kin awful some people are, I don't blame the dogs but I'd still happily give a sharp flick of the foot than receive a bite.
I'm 61. I've been bitten by dogs three times in my life. I've lost count of the number of times I've had to clean shit off my shoes, had my face licked, my crotch sniffed, my clothes muddied or slobbered on, or been put in genuine fear of another bite. Dog apologists, please explain to me just why I should have to put up with this? Why is it ok that someone else's right to own a dog allows them to impinge on my life like this?
I completely understand unwanted attention by dogs being unwanted, even my dog does, she gets out of control and sometime aggressive dogs running up to her regularly, she doesn't like it. It's just moaning and acting tough saying you will kick a dog if it comes near you is not going to help anyone. For the most part taking sensible precautions like slowing if on a bike or, grabbing a collar if it jumps up or just pushing it away will allow you to get on with life quicker, more calmly and happier and are much less likely to cause the idiot owners to react aggressively.
Although tbh I did a few years ago get into a physical confrontation with a bloke after his staffie ran across a road growling at my on lead dog after I bent down and held its collar to keep it away from my obviously scared dog. "Don't ****ing grip up my dog"...FFS....it wasn't my finest moment.
Anyone tried a dog tazer?
Are these effective /legal?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dog-Dazer-II-Ultrasonic-Deterrent/dp/B000IBRI2Y
Why is it ok that someone else’s right to own a dog allows them to impinge on my life like this?
Because the dog is owned by a moron, if they werent pissing you off with a dog they'd be driving at you in their car or some other equally annoying/downright dangerous thing. Just don't tar every dog and every dog owner with the same brush. I mean even I will admit not all white van drivers are homicidal sociopathic bike haters
but that is an “attack” to some people…You may disagree, but some people do not like it, and indeed are quite scared of it. It’s not dissimilar to showing a tarantula to an arachnophobe. Irrational fear to most people (even hard to comprehend), but terrifying to them.
Absolutely this. What one person finds quaint and happy; the dog jumping up being friendly, saying hi, whatever another person could easily find absolutely terrifying or mistake it for an attack.
I know a forum member like that - she hates dogs so while I'd be happy to have a big waggy-tailed lummox bounding over to say hi, she'd be terrified.
Yet every post we ever have about dogs brings out folks calling out the constant menace of attacking dogs.
because it's a thread about dogs attacking people? most dogs, most owners are perfectly sound, but I do think that 1.dogs are more popular than ever and 2, standards of training have gone down.
Because the dog is owned by a moron
There has been an awful lot of 'it's not the dog, it's the owner' on this thread. Makes me think that there should be some kind of licensing scheme with compulsory training and testing.
I got recently bitten by a dog on a ride, even though I always pass people with dogs at walking pace and announce myself on a shared path. The owners were apologetic, although the female, who seemed startled that a bike was on a shared path despite there being several other bikes around, said 'oo - he might bark...', the dog was elderly I think, off the lead and seemed startled by a bike (still at walking pace..) and proceeded to run up and bark at my shoes - and caught me, breaking the skin. 'oh has he grazed you ?' - she says. Her partner was a bit more switched on and said 'no, he bit'.
Being a dog lover I had a few words, they seemed genuinely upset, so I left it. Had to go and get a jab, and the hospital reported to the police, even though I had made it clear I wasn't going to. Police incompetence meant they never successfully got my head cam footage. There ends my story.
Dogs are great, people who don't look after or train their dogs to be around others, including children, are part of the general human condition of uselessness.
I'm just going to leave this here for any remaining dog lovers who got this far..
https://www.wedontdeservedogs.com/
I know a forum member like that – she hates dogs so while I’d be happy to have a big waggy-tailed lummox bounding over to say hi, she’d be terrified.
A responsible owner should know if a dog will act like this. Thankfully mine has never been a jumpy uppy dog, but then she was trained that this was unacceptable from the start. Even then a responsible owner will read a situation, see a nervous person and put the dog on the lead or call it away. We regularly see people with learning difficulties taken out where I often walk my dog offlead. She won't approach them but I still call her back and hold her collar as we pass. Some are very scared some very interested and want to stroke her, I try to think off boths needs.
Disclaimer: I do not own a dog, nor do I have a problem with them.
I cant help but find it difficult to stomach some of the responses to the "dog murderer", you know the one who made it very clear that dogs terrify them. Almost like, I dont know, a fear so bad they believe they really are in serious danger. I mean its not like there's ever any posts on here of members bashing/kicking out etc towards those over exuberant big metal boxes (that are also owner controlled) that get a bit close when they are on the road on the bike that they believe put them in danger of injury.
this:
Why doesn’t everyone calm the * down and just try and be nice.
No need to try and kill dogs through booting it or exhaustion. Most of the time a dog has bounded up to me it’s usually been pretty young, followed by loads of apologies and an explanation that they are still training it but not quite there yet.
Some dog owners are *. Lots in fact. But the people here who get glea from the possibility of hurting their dog is just as much of a ****.
The majority of people are nice we all have to co-exist. Be nice, spread happiness
and this:
The amount of people who are so quick to turn to violence and in one cases killing someone’s dog here is bonkers and why is everyone’s answer to this escalating the situation??
really? I just cant fathom this thought process from people who are usually fairly empathetic and logical.
Anecdote: At the park with my kids, a mate and his kids on the bikes. My mates daughter is terrifed of dogs. And I mean terrifed. So much so, that while we had stopped on our loop around the park (just me and the 4 kids for a bit) she burst into tears and was inconsolable as there was a dog, on a lead, controlled by its owner over by the bin nearly 15foot away. The fact that there seems to be people that simply cannot grasp the fact that some other people are simply that scared of dogs is, quite frankly, pathetic.
There has been an awful lot of ‘it’s not the dog, it’s the owner’ on this thread. Makes me think that there should be some kind of licensing scheme with compulsory training and testing.
It sounds like a good idea but morons gonna moron whatever you do. Look at cars and how they are driven.
Anecdote: At the park with my kids, a mate and his kids on the bikes. My mates daughter is terrifed of dogs. And I mean terrifed. So much so, that while we had stopped on our loop around the park (just me and the 4 kids for a bit) she burst into tears and was inconsolable as there was a dog, on a lead, controlled by its owner over by the bin nearly 15foot away. The fact that there seems to be people that simply cannot grasp the fact that some other people are simply that scared of dogs is, quite frankly, pathetic.
Cant see the point you are making, what was done wrong in this case?
I used to be pretty nervous around dogs but I'm a fair bit better these days. I'm not usually particularly interested in them but they don't make me as jumpy as they once did.
On Saturday I was walking along the path by the local river when I bumped into a friend. We stopped and had a chat for a while. Every single dog that came past while we were talking decided they really wanted to come up and say hello to us, me in particular. Neither of us made any move to engage with any of the dogs yet they all still came up to us and ignored the calls of their owners to leave us alone. One or two jumped up a little at me but as I was wearing scruffy clothes I wasn't bothered about getting muddy.
It didn't bother me, but after reading this thread and thinking back to my younger self, who could be very nervous around dogs, the fact that none of the dogs' owners had enough control over them to stop it happening was rather unimpressive. (Childhood me was bitten by a neighbour's dog mere seconds after the classic "he won't bite" line had been delivered, which definitely contributed to my longstanding nerves about dogs.)
Cant see the point you are making, what was done wrong in this case?
This exact case? Nothing. But what if instead of a 6yr old girl with me, this is a "20 stone lorry driver" on his own with this exact reaction (terrified) and the dog in question came over fussing/jumping up whatever. Do you really think this sort of person wouldn't lash out??? I'm sure in a scenario like this a dead dog isn't the aim, but big guy kicking out in fear+little dog+wrong spot this could feasibly be an outcome.
I would hope a 20 stone lorry driver would have acted like a grown up and got help with his issues tbh, but seeing as my dog doesn't approach strangers I wouldn't need to worry myself
Thats great, for you. Sounds like a responsible dog owner. As has been pointed out several times though, not all dog owners are. As has been asked further up too, why should a person have to get help with their issues, instead of the owners being in control of their animals? Maybe we should get the sheep to get help for their issues around this time of year too? Facetious I know, but if an owner cant control their dog off a lead, it should be on one or not taken to places where they cause the issue in the first place
As has been asked further up too, why should a person have to get help with their issues, instead of the owners being in control of their animals?
Because on is being controlled by him, the other a moron....
but if an owner cant control their dog off a lead, it should be on one or not taken to places where they cause the issue in the first place
Everyone here knows this but keeping repeating it to me won't make it any more likely to happen.
I shouldn't have to ride defensively on the road because everyone should be capable of overtaking me safely, I can moan about poor driving standards, and I do, I can hope/wish/campaign for improved enforcement, and I do, but I still have to ride in the real world amongst morons and not try to kill them, and I do that too, although on occasion I have done a few things which I'm not proud of. So I understand what you are saying, I just don't see it improving markedly any time soon.
I've been knocked over by a big dog that then growled and barked on top of me. I've had a big dog come barreling over to a family picnic and steal/wreck half the food. I've had my young daughter cowering in fear because a dog was aggressive towards her for no reason. And that's leaving aside the constant jumping up/muddied clothes/crotch-sniffing etc as mentioned above.
I'm not really sure why I'm supposed to think any of that is ok. It's nothing to do with living in constant fear.
I’m not really sure why I’m supposed to think any of that is ok.
Has anyone here suggested you should be?
Has anyone here suggested you should be?
I think tpbiker was wasn't he?
I'm with the non-doggists on this. I'm not particularly bothered about dogs so I haven't got one. As such I'm even less bothered about your dog - I don't want to talk to it, I don't want it to sniff me and I don't want to tread or ride in its shit. And I'm pretty sure (but they can't speak or type on here so I'll need to take a guess on this), the livestock in the countryside is also not keen on your dog.
I think tpbiker was wasn’t he?
Dunno, but as long as you haven't miss understood the points I've tried to make through a lack of clarity on my part, I will wish you good day, and move on! 😃
As has been asked further up too, why should a person have to get help with their issues
As described it's a phobia not an issue and at some point big as he is someone bigger, armed or more skilled will damage him. Us non-neurotypical types do need to make some adjustments to fit in with the 'normals' as it's not all about me nor is it all about you. It's about us.
There are a lot of arseholes in the World, some have dogs, some have cats, some have cars, some have bikes, some have guns, some have cancer and some have awesome internet banter.
Not in my experience, never been attacked by a dog, have been attacked by a car on lots of occasions.
Cars don't attack, drivers do
the car is usually in the drivers control, the dog usually isn't in the owners control. You have to have a test to drive one but not own the other etc etc
but I still have to ride in the real world.....
Absolutely agree with this.
It’s about us.
Again, agree. But if somebody should seek help for their phobia, then others should control their pets. If both don't do their bit, then where is the 'us'?
But if somebody should seek help for their phobia, then others should control their pets.
100% agree
If both don’t do their bit, then where is the ‘us’?
Trying to be the bigger person?
If I was left petrified by something I was likely to encounter regularly, which in 99% of cases are more annoying than dangerous I would hope I would be seeking help
If I was left petrified by something I was likely to encounter regularly, which in 99% of cases are more annoying than dangerous I would hope I would be seeking help
Good point, I'd imagine though it may not be so easy? Access to services/cost etc
Cars don’t attack, drivers do
the car is usually in the drivers control, the dog usually isn’t in the owners control. You have to have a test to drive one but not own the other etc etc
Don't see how that matters tbh, both are often annoying, sometimes scary and sometimes downright dangerous, neither are in my control (except my dog and I'd be lying if I said she'd never scared anyone or annoyed anyone, but then despite best efforts and good intentions, I've ****ed up driving my car too).
I’d imagine though it may not be so easy? Access to services/cost etc
True
One of my joys is riding with a dumb dog chasing after me with an equally dumb dog owner shouting for me and their dumb dog to stop.
No. No I won't. You can spend the next few hours searching for your dumb dog in the woods if you are too dumb to keep it on a lead or train it.
I'm sorry for Mrs_outandabout and sorry that the situation escalated like that. It often does where dogs and morons are involved.
I also had my fair share of run-ins with dog owners when I used to ride. Never actually got bitten but I was pretty sure I was going to on a number of occasions. All my fault apparently.
Until recently I had a little reactive terrier and other dog owners would let their dogs run up to her and I'd ask them to call them back and got much the same response as Matt did.
I've now got a super friendly dog with people and dogs but she is going to appear very much not like that in future as she is going to have to wear a muzzle. She has been starving in the past so scavenges for food and yesterday she found a load of chips and naan bread whilst we were out on a walk. I knew what was coming... retching in the night, having to go out twice in the early hours to eat grass (won't eat the grass in the garden so we have to take a walk), diarrhea, generally not feeling very good today. We managed not to have to go to the emergency vet this time and she'll hopefully recover with supplements and time.
The point I'm making is that human beings - dog owners, non-dog owners, the whole damn lot of us, if not in the main, at least in vast numbers, are just ****** dicks.
However, I fear this will just descend into the usual camps; those who can’t understand
how anyone can dislike dogs, and those who are indifferent or actively dislike them.
Not sure which camp I am in then. I love dogs and own two of them yet I don't want other people's dogs jumping up at me when I am riding my bike.
One of my joys is riding with a dumb dog chasing after me with an equally dumb dog owner shouting for me and their dumb dog to stop.
Well we all have to get our fun where we can but I prefer to try to avoid contravening rule 1.
If your dog chases cars, bikes, sheep... whatever it is entirely your responsibility to sort it... not the driver, rider, sheep... whatever.
Not sure which camp I am in then. I love dogs and own two of them yet I don’t want other people’s dogs jumping up at me when I am riding my bike.
I am similar - I have a dog but I don't expect her to jump up at other people (she does sometimes if someone comes to her to pet her but I apologise if it happens). I also do not expect other dogs to be allowed to come up to her when she is on her lead and I particularly hate it when people let their dogs come up to us if we are sat eating (ie, during a walk when we break for lunch). On several occasions I have had people just nonchalantly say 'don't worry, he's just after your food'. Well yes, that is obvious, but keep your dog under control and do not let it stick its head in our bag of food.
There's a lot of comment on here about people training their dogs perfectly. It is a process and doesn't always work perfectly, a bit like riding a bike, sometimes you fall off, although I'm assuming that's not that case with all the keyboard warriors who must be awesomez!
For Matt, his wife shouldn't have to put up with that, dogs should not be allowed to bother people and they certainly shouldn't be shouted at if they object to the dog approaching them.
There is a massive rise in dog ownership at the moment, I'd count as one of them too. Training is really important to me but it's not to everyone.
I really sympathise with Matt's wife.
I too have a fear of dogs, due to being bitten a number of times.
Our neighbour's mutt runs out barking and jumps up at people. The owner shouted 'what's it done to you'. when I told the dog to get away.
There has been a huge increase in dog ownership over the last year. Most of these dogs are not trained and are obese. Only yesterday I had to ask a townie* couple to put their 2 dogs on leads, as they were entering open fields and moorland with pregnant ewes and ground nesting birds on. They can't seem to read the signs.
*Townie - as they had waddled from the car without any suitable clothes on. There was snow on the ground and 2 dgrees temperature wise. The dogs were wearing bows and stuff, so looked like lap dogs.
Am I understanding this right - someone on this thread has actually, seriously and honestly, admitted to deliberately killing someone's dog?
I just presumed it was a troll tbh
I was bitten as a young child by a dog that was just "playing'. My youngest son at age 4 had 2 dogs, off their leads in a public space but immediately next to a play park, jump up and 2 paws' worth of claws scratch him. On this occasion the dog owner then threatened me when I suggested they should be on a lead next to a childrens' play park - this seemed a reasonable suggestion and was not made in any form of aggressive way by me. Dog owner walked right up to my face and shouting told me he'd get the dogs to "rip me to bits" if I didn't eff off. Off he walked with his pal twirling a very heavy looking metal chain style dog lead.
Now, I am wary of dogs having been bitten etc. I like dogs generally. I'd even go so far as to say I'd always liked the idea of having a dog as a pal, but I am allergic to (it would seem) all animal fur, hair etc. My kids have always held this against me. My best mate had dogs and they were great although they were much older and definitley not so bouncy!
Yesterday, on my morning pedal, I was chased by 4 dogs and one lady had to fight to restrain her Jack Russell which was tearing at it's lead to get at me - full Jack Russelll scary teeth baring. I swear there was evil in its eyes. Not sure she would have managed to restrain it if her pal hadn't been there too, as both of them had to hold it back. I was at least 6-7 meters away from them as the path split in 2. I endeavour to slow down, always ask to pass or wait if its a narrow route etc. I try to say 'morning' to folks I pass generally. I'm not perfect, I don't claim to be. I have no issue with responsible dog owners, just like I have no issue with responsible anyones! Yes, even car drivers and the rare white van man - especially the one who picked me up off the ground after another car had clipped me.
Total ramble of thoughts, but I actually did have a question...whilst I know it would not stop bouncy dogs and muddy paws on clothes etc. would all dogs having to wear muzzles in public be an option, or even be any help? It's a genuine question from a position of ignorance, but as there are clearly lots of dog owners on the forum I thought I'd ask. Thanks
Let's Go Fishing with Uncle Binners
😀
The unholy stench off them is just one of the things I don't get about dog ownership. Another is wandering around after an animal and picking up its shit. You do have to ask about who owns who in this relationship.
Baffles me.
Should I go on? I've got more... 😉
Dog owners – you may have got used to it, but your house stinks. Really. You can try and tell yourselves otherwise, but you’re wrong. Dogs are absolutely minging animals.
Yeah, we know, and we don't actually care.. 😉 😁
We have two dogs, they’re gorgeous happy friendly things, no danger to anyone. HOWEVER!!! They’re my dogs not yours, not anyone out on a ride, run, walk so I keep them with me on a leash by if I see people coming on the trail running biking etc. drives me mad when dog owners do this it’s just not bloody on. I’m not holier than thou, mine have said “hi” to people, I wasn’t watching, picking up poo, they came from an adjoining trail, my fault my dog’s. I couldn’t get them back to me and apologise quickly enough to the (admittedly un bothered) people but it’s still beside the point, my dogs should be with me not you.
Gutted that your wife’s lovely walk was ruined mate. 😢 these people sound like utter gobshites
Do you still smoke or is it just vaping now, binners?
....just one of the things I don’t get about dog ownership. Another is wandering around after an animal and picking up its shit.
It would appear that you have more in common with loads of dog owners than you first thought. 😉
Am I understanding this right – someone on this thread has actually, seriously and honestly, admitted to deliberately killing someone’s dog?
IIRC, said dog was attacking him, the owner was doing nothing [effective] to prevent it.
Sounds perfectly reasonable under the circs. ( Heavy emphasis on the
If in IIRC)
Let’s Go Fishing with Uncle Binners
😀
all dogs having to wear muzzles in public be an option, or even be any help?
I'm not sure it would to be honest..speaking as a lapdog owner and a rider of a bike who has actually been chased and bitten (not badly).
I do occoasionaly see some dogs being walked with leads andmuzzels on, which I presume is the owners being responsible people, as they know thier dogs may nip or bite, so I encorage that.
Something muzzels won't help with is jumping and unintentional clawing... an aquaintence once had a boxer, dumb as a rock, friendly, but they are very strong dogs and this one didn't know it's own strength and wasn't well trained. I thought it was about to slice my legs open with its claws on a few occasions when it was being 'friendly' with me.
Also like licencing, muzzels would be ignored by the owners who really should be using them.
Do you still smoke or is it just vaping now, binners?
Not smoked for about 7 years now. When I smoked I always went outside to do so. Smoking indoors is gopping too
You realise your house will smell too. It will smell of you, so give me my lovely smelling dogs anyday 🙂
We have two dogs, they’re gorgeous happy friendly things, no danger to anyone. HOWEVER!!! They’re my dogs not yours, not anyone out on a ride, run, walk so I keep them with me on a leash by if I see people coming on the trail running biking etc. drives me mad when dog owners do this it’s just not bloody on.
Also this, 100%.
I think the biggest misshap I had with mine whan he was a pup, we were in a beer garden, sat near a chap who had clearly been fishing and was enjoying a post fishing pint.
My pup was on his lead, but I turned my back for 2 secconds, and guess what, he cocked his leg and pissed on the poor guys tackle box.
That was an 'I wish the ground would swallow me up' moment... I of course emphatically appologised, but it was one of those 'the damage is done' situations.
The guy was obviously very unhappy about this, but to his credit seemed to take it as 'one of those things'. So fair play to him. I felt utterly terrible about that for a long time! though! 🙁
I’ve never understood how anyone can have a creature living in their house that smells so bad because it’s, by its nature, filthy.
You don't have teenage boys in the house then?
Stepson 2's room was referred to as the Bog of Eternal Stench for a good reason, although I'm happy to report that matters improved considerably once he started to notice girls.
I agree with Binners, our house does smell due to our minging mutt but we are used to it, however all our friends have dogs so it’s the norm. If you don’t have a dog then there is obviously some character flaw with you! 😉 On a serious note I would have just gone straight over put the dog on the lead and apologised for any distress. It’s about common courtesy and respecting other people’s personal space etc. Idiots will be idiots.
You realise your house will smell too. It will smell of you, so give me my lovely smelling dogs anyday
Thats a very valid point. Since I've been working from home all the time, all constraints on my prodigious guffing have gone by the wayside
I suppose that its handy to have something around to blame 😉
My mate had a staffie that he fed a vegetarian diet as he was veggie. Sweet jesus! It was like a four-legged chemical weapons programme. Its guffs were literally like mustard gas
Went to the park for a rather slow couch to 5k run
Two dogs both whippets
Dog walker one, kept it on lead, no issue
Dog owner two, dog of the lead, it's tearing around the park, I'm a handy target and so get repeated clearly unwanted attention, nips at me 2-3 times, owner sits on bench ignoring everything/ avoiding me. Confront, 'he just wanted to chase something" respond with with your dog nipped at me three times, response "he doesn't know how to nip", respond with next time it's the police and the council, response "they won't do anything"
He's one of those drive to the park brigade, retired, and clearly ignorant. He's a regular so it's bound to happen again
Suggestions on a postcard.....
Tricky, isn't it. I'd be smacking that dog on the nose, if I'd already given the owner the opportunity to control it yet it still nipped at me.
I'd rather not be taking it out on the dog, but if it keeps this up it's going for a 5k run at week 9
He’s one of those drive to the park brigade, retired, and clearly ignorant. He’s a regular so it’s bound to happen again
Suggestions on a postcard…..
Pfff... tough one, see also inconsiderate self intitled cyclists, drivers, walkers etc. etc. Some people just don't care.
No need to hurt the dog at all, just give it a clear non-verbal signal to back off. Only after giving the owner the opportunity to recall it of course.
Suggestions on a postcard…..
Treat it with chocolate. Police won't do anything...
The unholy stench off them is just one of the things I don’t get about dog ownership.
In the morning our Collie smells like its been sleeping in the McVities Biscuit factory on Stockport Road... 🙂
Treat it with chocolate. Police won’t do anything…
My Google search history is now incriminating
Plus it's not nice to the dog and it's the owner that's the issue
This seems to be a regular theme.
I must admit that since my kids have become more relaxed around dogs there has been less incidents with dogs when out walking. The dogs must sense and be attracted to people who are nervous.
I must admit that since my kids have become more relaxed around dogs there has been less incidents with dogs when out walking.
Or perhaps you don't register it as much as it has stopped being an issue?
Suggestions on a postcard…..
Police and/or dog warden. The police might not do anything first time, but if you've been nipped a few times already there are probably others who have too. At the very least the police or warden would hopefully have a quiet word.
Most dogs have a natural prey instinct where they want to chase something, whippets and greyhounds more than most I think. In my limited experience once they get chasing they'll nip. We had a bit of a run in with a big greyhound a couple of months ago, was left to stretch its legs across the local park. It knocked my two dogs over a few times and kept nipping at them.
Dog owner two, dog of the lead, it’s tearing around the park, I’m a handy target and so get repeated clearly unwanted attention, nips at me 2-3 times, owner sits on bench ignoring everything/ avoiding me. Confront, ‘he just wanted to chase something” respond with with your dog nipped at me three times, response “he doesn’t know how to nip”, respond with next time it’s the police and the council, response “they won’t do anything”
Whippets are usually quite delicate nervous little things. Undoubtedly you running made it think, game on. At this point the owner should have called it back so what follows is simply some advice from an owner of a very similar type of dog, I don't want and am not interested in any debate on rights or wrongs. Mostly whippet are many things but they ain't brave. I reckon had you stopped, annoying I know, bent down and bellowed **** off, or something more polite if you are more polite than me, it would likely have been scared half to death and left you alone. You could kick it but likely you'd miss as they are super agile little things and if you did connect it might well break!
And if it does nip, take pictures of any injuries and go to police.
Guessing the majority of folks moaning about dogs haven’t got any/ever owned one ?
Sometimes dogs are unpredictable just like humans !
Sometimes dogs are unpredictable just like humans !
And their owners are responsible for dealing with that, not berating people for asking them to. Dogs do stupid things, owners need to gain control of them and apologise when they do so with other people who don't want to deal with them.
When I get chased I carry on, baring my teeth, swerving the bike if possible and absolutely roaring obscenities at the mutt and the owner.
The only time i've actually been bitten is when I stopped.
Too many dogs around at the moment....Shitting, pissing ,barking and generally being a nuisance such as chasing, biting.
respond with next time it’s the police and the council, response “they won’t do anything”
I’d go to the police / dog warden now if that’s his attitude. Then when it happens again you don’t need to threaten him, just inform him. I suspect he’s bluffing you and as a creature of habit won’t be hard to find. Get photos of dog, nips and owner and soon he’ll be squealing apologetically.
Guessing the majority of folks moaning about dogs haven’t got any/ever owned one ?
Sometimes dogs are unpredictable just like humans !
Massive ****ing facepalm!
You know, the way a lot of people on this thread feel about dogs, I feel about children.. Would I be justified in giving one of them a smack or feeding them something poisonous if they wouldn't leave me alone and the parents refused to call them back? 🤔
That depends. Has a child ever bitten you or curled out a massive steaming turd on your garden?
Would I be justified in giving one of them a smack or feeding them something poisonous if they wouldn’t leave me alone and the parents refused to call them back?
If a child was hitting you, or stealing your food, and you asked their parent to intervene... would you expect them to refuse and just say "he's just after your food", or "he doesn't usually hit people".. no, you'd expect them to retrieve their child. If they didn't your options for your next step would be quite different to dealing with a dog, because, and this hopefully won't come as a shock to you... children are not dogs, and visa-versa.