I got bitten by a dog today...which is a good thing in a way

[Saluki]

It had chased / followed me a good 400m by the time it snapped so if she did apologise I wouldn't have heard it!

So, it was not exactly under control then. Were you tempted to introduce it to that canal?

 

[oldfatfool]

The Westie.

Quel Surprise. Get to A&E for a jab.

 

[User16625]

See post no. 19.

Oh, I see lol. You was pissed

 

[slowmotion]

Bit OTT for a westie it would have to leap pretty high to go for the throat

I was once bitten on the face by a Chihuahua. It didn't have to jump. It was in the arms of its loving owner.

 

[froze]

I have a 1984 edition and I was sure that his recommended method was printed in that. However on reading it again, it states that his publisher won't let his method be published. My memory is playing tricks, so I guess I must have read it somewhere else. My memory tells me that his method was to "unclip the pump from the bike, then ram it down the dog's throat". It always struck me as an impossible feat.

Please can you tell me if my memory is correct?

I never read that but I did do something similar back in the day when full size frame pumps were all that there was. A dog chased me while was climbing a steep grade with the owner in the yard gardening! the owner never tried to call the dog back. So here comes fido growling and trying to bite the back of my leg, I unsprung the pump and smacked his face as hard as I could, the dog went screaming back to it's daddy who then yelled at me that I hit his dog, to which I replied back that the next time his dog comes after me I'll kill it. Never saw the dog again, and there was quite a bit of blood and particles of skin debris on the pump, so I think I hurt it pretty good.

Jamming a pump down a dog's throat would be all but impossible to do, but the point is to smack it hard enough that it knows it's time to go home. I had a solid aluminum frame pump, today's mini pumps really aren't suited for that.

 

[TrishE]

I was once bitten on the face by a Chihuahua. It didn't have to jump. It was in the arms of its loving owner.

Loving but not in control of their dog, although best not to put your face too close to a liitle dog's teeth

I have a yorkie he's snappy but blind so it's fear and I don't let anyone near enough to him to make him frightened so not a problem

 

[TrishE]

[QUOTE 4542686, member: 259"]We have a samoyed - not as strong as a husky, but incredibly good at pulling when they want to, and used as sled dogs - and we always use an extending lead in lock on pavements. It's never been a problem - perhaps their lead was just a bit rubbish?[/QUOTE]
No the man didn't have any control and was trying to pick up a smaller dog so I was crossing the road to avoid them with my yorkie walking the other side of me, but the husky crossed the road on its extending lead and knocked me over. I fractured my fibular and Pip lost a tooth as we hit the tarmac. It was the owner of the out of control dog that was rubbish as usual.

 

[Moderators]

I never read that but I did do something similar back in the day when full size frame pumps were all that there was. A dog chased me while was climbing a steep grade with the owner in the yard gardening! the owner never tried to call the dog back. So here comes fido growling and trying to bite the back of my leg, I unsprung the pump and smacked his face as hard as I could, the dog went screaming back to it's daddy who then yelled at me that I hit his dog, to which I replied back that the next time his dog comes after me I'll kill it. Never saw the dog again, and there was quite a bit of blood and particles of skin debris on the pump, so I think I hurt it pretty good.

Jamming a pump down a dog's throat would be all but impossible to do, but the point is to smack it hard enough that it knows it's time to go home. I had a solid aluminum frame pump, today's mini pumps really aren't suited for that.

I think the let's cause harm to dogs angle can stop here.

Cyclechat would rather endorse the earlier sentiment of stopping and safely facing down the animal as a first resort rather that going straight to inflicting physical harm upon it.

 

[Tenacious Sloth]

Westies are little shoots. Snappy little buggers as the best of times. Out of the 3 times I have been hospitalised for dog bites, 2 of the were Westie bites.
I hope it's owner apologised.

Three times!

You must have been a Postie to be that unlucky?

Graham

 

[shouldbeinbed]

As ever poor owners are the root cause of the problem.

And as ever you get good and bad examples in whatever you do or encounter.

I love my dogs and would not be without them but am well aware that this is my view not everyone's. I keep them under control when out and about and if people wish to approach or engage then they make the first move, not me or my pooches.

 

[Saluki]

Three times!

You must have been a Postie to be that unlucky?

Graham

Dog groomer for 40 years.
8 - 12 dogs a day for 5 days a week, 42 weeks a year and the odds of 3 bad bites are pretty short