Not on the bike but off leash dog encounter this morning: while walking my mutt I saw a dog off to the side of the green space area of the condo, big black lab type dog, off leash. We started to just head the other way when he started to run towards us. Doggie body language not good, hackles up, up on his toes, this is aggressive doggie language. I just drew myself up to the height of my lanky 5'1" body pointed at him and with as deep and loud a voice as I could yelled "no! go home"
and he did
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10-04-2007, 12:22 PM #1
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10-04-2007, 03:46 PM #2
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Yeah this works well for me, about 4 times now and it's worked like a charm. They totally are first surprised and confused, and then shamed.
Originally Posted by Trek420
....We started to just head the other way when he started to run towards us. Doggie body language not good, hackles up, up on his toes, this is aggressive doggie language. I just drew myself up to the height of my lanky 5'1" body pointed at him and with as deep and loud a voice as I could yelled "no! go home "
and he didLisa
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