[Closed] Bitten by a dog round Rivi today☹

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That's crap. Heal quick.

I blame the owners.

There are too many barely in control hounds around these days. We had one jump up at us yesterday, covering two of us in mud. Apparently we were over-reacting to want a random Labrador not to jump all over us with no owner in sight. The dog while we were at discussing this very briefly with the owner then ran off after a jogger...out of sight and ignoring all calls.

Between the dog mess, dogs jumping up, this kind of thing I must admit I increasingly regard dogs as a public nuisance (working dogs, guide dogs excluded obv.)

Sink your teeth into her calf and then say you have never done anything like that before and see if she is happy about it.

Don't you carry a mobile phone with a camera?

^^^

If anyone wants tomupload a pic for me, I’ll email one over)

Apparently we were over-reacting to want a random Labrador not to jump all over us with no owner in sight.

And people look at me like Im crazy when Im walking one of my sisters dogs, he is super friendly and loves jumping on people so I tend to put him on lead when people are about! I do like to get their OK first!

There are too many barely in control hounds around these days. We had one jump up at us yesterday, covering two of us in mud. Apparently we were over-reacting to want a random Labrador not to jump all over us with no owner in sight. The dog while we were at discussing this very briefly with the owner then ran off after a jogger…out of sight and ignoring all calls.

Fenton!!!

If they follow me I tend to let them through gates etc and keep going. The dog will had a RFID tag won't it.....

If they follow me I tend to let them through gates etc and keep going.

With a bit of friendly encouragement a dog will chase you for ages with their stupid owner puffing along in pursuit.

Description sounds like an older, dumber version of Velma from Scooby Doo.

Heal fast, OP!

Stick it on What's on horwich

I live at the bottom of Wilderswood and walk my dog round here a lot. n dont recognise the description.

+1 on the number of out of control dog owners about.
Was riding on a shared (Sustrans route) path recently and a smallish hound was being very aggressive to me, leaping up snapping at my legs. I unclipped an took a defensive position with my foot, the owner went crazy...at me. Dog did the same to the two roadies ahead of me too. Just put a bloody lead on it and walk on footpaths FFS.

Not a new trend. IME most dog owners (not anyone on here of course 😉) couldn’t give a stuff about anyone else, they just do what’s most convenient for themselves (i.e. least effort)

If they can see more than 3 trees they assume they’re alone in the great wilderness, lead comes off & all common sense/courtesy goes out the window.

It’s so unusual to see a well-behaved/under control dog when out in the woods, on a bridleway etc that I’ll normally stop, have a chat & compliment the owner!!

A bulldog type thing called Eric tried to bite me the other day while its female owner stood taking pics and half-heartedly called it back. Its the first time its happened to me but its made me think I should ditch the SPDs for flats.

"If the dog attacks: one defense is aerosol pepper sprays made for this purpose. They have a range of about ten feet and are light enough to clip to your handlebars. A water pistol loaded with a water-amonia solution will also work but is a good deal less convenient. If you have neither of these and can't or won't climb a tree get a stick or a large rock. No? The bicycle pump. Try to ram it down his throat. In any event, don't cower or cover up, because the dog will only chew you to ribbons. Attack. Any small dog can simply be hoisted up by the legs and his brains dashed out. With a big dog you are fighting for your life. If you are weaponless try to tangle him up in your bike and then strangle him. Kicks to the genitals and which break ribs are effective. If you have got a pump or a stick hold it at both ends and offer it up to the dog horizontally. Often the dog will bit the stick/pump and hang on. Immediately lift the dog up and deliver a very solid kick to the genitals. Follow up with breaking the dogs ribs or crushing its head with a rock. If worst comes to worst ram your entire arm down its throat. He will choke and die. Better your arm than your throat."

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“If the dog attacks: one defense is aerosol pepper sprays made for this purpose. They have a range of about ten feet and are light enough to clip to your handlebars. A water pistol loaded with a water-amonia solution will also work but is a good deal less convenient. If you have neither of these and can’t or won’t climb a tree get a stick or a large rock. No? The bicycle pump. Try to ram it down his throat. In any event, don’t cower or cover up, because the dog will only chew you to ribbons. Attack. Any small dog can simply be hoisted up by the legs and his brains dashed out. With a big dog you are fighting for your life. If you are weaponless try to tangle him up in your bike and then strangle him. Kicks to the genitals and which break ribs are effective. If you have got a pump or a stick hold it at both ends and offer it up to the dog horizontally. Often the dog will bit the stick/pump and hang on. Immediately lift the dog up and deliver a very solid kick to the genitals. Follow up with breaking the dogs ribs or crushing its head with a rock. If worst comes to worst ram your entire arm down its throat. He will choke and die. Better your arm than your throat.”

Ah Richards Bicycle Book & that's not Brant Richards 😉

Advice I've followed since the 70'S Thankfully only been attacked by a dog once, but that was in France and I was crapping myself but a Zefal frame pump is quite handy at fending off a dog.

It was removed from later editions I think. Can’t imagine why.

Poor form identifying the source so quickly Overshoot old chap - I am sure this thread could have got to 10+ pages of outraged doggists

😂😂😂

Hope you heal fast OP. I was bitten last year while out running. Shakes you up a bit.

It defys belief how many useless dog owners there are. We have a boxer rotty cross, a rescue, and we find lots of dogs running up to him while he is clearly on the lead. It's generally the smaller ones that are aggressive towards him. We try and say he is on the lead as he is big, bolshy and has no manners but the owners don't care.
But like with everything, you get knob head dog owners, bike owners, car drivers etc.

I used to be a window cleaner, so I’ve been in a fair few gardens over the years.
Been bitten a few times, by dogs which got out while the owner is coming to pay me.
Every time I’ve been bitten, the owner has said to me ‘don’t worry, he doesn’t bite’
“He’s already bitten me, can you get a hold of him”
‘No, he never bites’
Every. Single. Time.
Dogs don’t like the taste of fairy liquid btw.

Yep pretty simple. If your dog will not do exactly as it is told immediately then put it on a lead. My dogs are not well trained and I therefore don't let them run about freely other than in the garden. They are very small and more hair would probably come to them but I accept they don't come immediately when called so don't let them off lead.

What I find really annoying is the sarcastic "Thank You" from some dog owners who hold their dog back so it won't chase after me as I ride past.

Hope you heal quick. Happened to me last year (Alsatian, off lead and out of sight in front of owners, heard bell which was its trigger to run past them and take a bite out of me). Owners admitted they had had problems controlling the dog. Durham police were great. They gave up the dog voluntarily - it's now a police dog. 🙂

According to some on here, you got bitten because you don't know how to behave around dogs 🙄 so, y'know, it's your fault

Heal soon OP

Hey there,

I was bitten a few years ago by one of a pack of angry collies. The owner turned around and blamed me. Meanwhile blood was pouring down my ankle. To be honest like most of us I suspect I was in shock, and didn't respond at the time.
I got home went to hospital, one tetanus jab about four stitches and an iodine scrub down, oh and four hours in a&e and I was as good as rain.
We have a dog and I make sure she knows the rules I make her stay each time a cyclist comes past. She's always popular with cyclists because she's so friendly and well behaved. She's been attacked a few times herself, but actually she can defend herself very well and the attacking dog tends to come off worst...
However back to dog attacks I really don't know what I'll do now days, if I was attacked again. A PCSO friend says always record it, or even phone the police if you can as soon as it happens, it helps build a case against the owner. A dog owner can be forced to use a muzzle with their dog and they can be made to undertake compulsory dog training.
I do like the idea of aerosols though. I suspect chilli sprays on the dogs nose will soon have the dog cowering away. Their noses as I'm sure everyone knows are super sensitive so I imagine they'd be rather less agressive in the future 😉

BR
JeZ

No way anyone should need to carry an aerosol, just get the mutts trained or on a short lead.

Praise where it's due, we were on the beach last weekend with our 18 month old grandson when a black lab came bounding along towards us focused on Ollie. The dog stopped about 10 feet away staring at him, wagging its tail a and smiling like labs do. It was only when I crouched down and spoke to it that the dog came closer and then just wanted to be close to Ollie. A very well trained dog for a change.