Forums >General Running>A question for owners of aggressive dogs
2012: Just run.
Just please don't blame the dog
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Fortunately this occured on a back country road with no one in site. I was having a great run, flying down a hill lost in thought when this little mongrel of a dog scares the SHIT out of by bursting out of the woods with his teeth bared just as I was going by. I nearly fell on my face because he ran right in front of me. This was like the third time he's done this so I stopped and just started screaming and charging at him. A lot of f-bombs too. I think I ended up scaring him more than he did me. I actually sprinted after him till he went back home. I don't think I would have done this if it had been a big dog. This little turd was only mid size and didn't look scary. Just a shit head. Arg. I hate dogs.
started running @ age 48 [lost 70#+, quit a 30 year pack/day habit>> ran HM] Ran a few years then quit. Gained 70#+ back and smoking like before. Time to get healthy again @ 52 years over with the C25K program and beyond again. RE-start date 1-13-14
Tiefsa
Distinctively Juvenile
So, my question for dog owners who may be reading this: what would you have done if you were the owner of the dog in this story, and why?
Half Fanatic #846
As a vet student specialising in animal behaviour, this thread makes me sad. All these reports of aggressive dogs!
"I don't always roll a joint, but when I do, it's usually my ankle" - unk. "Frankly autocorrect, I'm getting a bit tired of your shirt". I ran half my last race on my left foot!
In all fairness, my non-scientific estimate is that for every hundred loose dogs only one or two are really aggressive and wanting to deliberatly attack a person.
12-week layoff
Why is it sideways?
Deliberately attacking a person? MUCH lower than one or two in a hundred! Aggressive behaviour presents due to many causes, but not 'deliberately' in that they think people look tasty or because of a bad case of canine PMS. I just meant that it was sad to see that in the small sample of the population which frequent the site, the incidence of dog attacks seems fairly high.
I just meant that it was sad to see that in the small sample of the population which frequent the site, the incidence of dog attacks seems fairly high.
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