Doberman attacks!

"hippy" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Damn you must have some fast dogs!

You may think so, but htere was nothing special about this dog. He was just
a stoopid lab, barely out of puppyhood, about 12-18 motnhs old I reckon.

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I never stop and certainly never get off my bike. If I'm rolling along
nicely, I've always outrun the dog. If I'm caught by surprise, going
pretty slow, I give a crazed yell and ready the bike pump, bidon, feet,

etc.

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If a dog goes for your ankles and you are pedaling like a nutter to get
out of there, that dog is gonna get a rude shock when your spd-sl smacks
it in the jaw.
Perhaps it's the crazy yelling that makes them think twice about getting
too friendly with my ankles?

Around the suburbs most dogs give up the chase once you've gone away from
their home turf. In the country that home turf's a good deal bigger so the
doggies run you down a lot further.

Yelling loudly is good, will often put a dog off. Rock throwing is better. I
put it down to primitive responses in the relationship between man and dog.

Just reading the story of Aaron Ralston (the guy who got pinned in a canyon
and had to self-amputate his forearm - yuk!) His experiences in an earlier
incident with a pesky black bear were scary. Bear came for his food bag - he
grabbed the bag and ran!!! Then when the bear had the bag, he yelled at it,
stomped on a log, threw things at it. The bear's stalking continued next
day. Later rangers told him that if he was to yell at a bear, stomp towards
it, and throw things at it, then he'd have a very high chance of being
mauled by the bear. This guy is sooo lucky to be alive.

Cheers
Peter

Cheers
Pete

HughMann said:

Better than my effort to escape a persuing greyhound. Tried to kick it
in head and ended up with dog firmly attached to foot. Stupid idea to
try and beat a greyhound.

Timing is absolute. You have to know your kick range and make sure that
the dogs head in within it. Basically make sure the dogs head is close
to back wheel, then touch brake, and in the instance of you slowing and
before the dog starts to react, if dogs head comes within range, kick
the nose hard.

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According to Dr. Hugh Worth RSPCA (3LO Sat Mornings ??) thats correct.
Stop, dont yell, dont wave arms or kick and the whole thing gets
boring. Also says that the water bottle is the best weapon. Dogs hate
getting squirted on the face and will stop instantly. Never had the
presence of mind to try it.

I'm a real [censored]. I'll turn and ride up to them, stop, and call them
over. "wanna pat {:-)" and gently offer the back of my hand for them to
smell (well it is better than putting my balls out {:-x). Most loose
interest until you start off again.

The worst is you made a friend and have to pay a toll(give a pat) each
time you pass.

Warning, private behaviour (friendly) can be different to that whenever
"owner, i.e feeder" is around.".

TimC said:

My cats are indoor cats, but occasionally I will let the boy out, and
might let him stay out while I go down to the shops. Inevitably, when
I ride back, he will be out the front of the next door neighbours, and
when I ride into the driveway, he'll come bounding in. Have to be
careful not to let the idiot run between my wheels.

Has it had to OP?. 2/3 of ours went stupid after the OP.

GPLama said:

.... next thing I know
there is a mother f**c%ing Doberman growling at my left calf.. it

I've been badly bitten by a deranged German Shepherd once. The injuries didn't look too bad, but the one to my thigh got infected .. recovery took a long time. Right after the incident I was easily spooked by dogs for quite some time, but eventually I decided to strike back. Last time a dog showed more than fitting interest in me I was out rollerskating. The stupid mutt actually snapped after my skates and I was more than happy to oblige and stuffed his mouth full with plastics and alloy. Wouldn't surprise me a bit if I broke a couple of his teeth. The joy of fighting a righteous battle and coming out on top!

Our little grey tabby cat likes attacking dogs. She sits on the top of our limestone fence around 6:00pm when people take their dogs walking in the early evening. Then Blam! she launches an attack from the sky. And she prefers big dogs too. Biggest so far is an Akita (Japanese hunting/fighting dog) that lives in the next street.

If I can just get her to sit on a rack on the bike while I ride, I will be safe from any dog attack. 😄

SteveA

On Fri, 08 Apr 2005 at 10:34 GMT, SteveA (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

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Our little grey tabby cat likes attacking dogs. She sits on the top of
our limestone fence around 6:00pm when people take their dogs walking
in the early evening. Then Blam! she launches an attack from the sky.
And she prefers big dogs too. Biggest so far is an Akita (Japanese
hunting/fighting dog) that lives in the next street.

We had a old grey tamed stray, called "Mumma" (we tamed some of her
children, and she was a mean mother ficker). She sent a white
labrador home red and white. Beautiful.

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GPLama said:

Just home from my commute... HR is up a little.. here goes..

Riding up Kilby Rd about 200m from the Earl St roundabout I see something
out of the corner of my eye take off in my direction behind the parked
cars.. it was about 1m tall, dark, and moving fast.. next thing I know
there is a mother f**c%ing Doberman growling at my left calf.. it was
watching it go up and down on the crank waiting for a chance to strike...
WHOLLY JESUS..

You're lucky it's not Cujo. Then you'd be F***ED! 😄

--
Buck