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Re: How do you defend yourself from stray dogs?
A good BOP on the head.
Re: How do you defend yourself from stray dogs?
A good BOP on the head.
How do you defend yourself from stray dogs?
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Dogs can kill. Dogs can Mame. Dogs will kill your pets. For that reason i do support shooting dogs or beating them with sticks or whatever is necessary. Unlike cats, dogs are supposed to be leashed and thus are fair game when unattended.
That's a big distinction from an old coot shooting a house cat for coming on his property.
That's a big distinction from an old coot shooting a house cat for coming on his property.
I've found that shouting, "SHUT UP!" at barking dogs, while maintaining my speed and heading, generally does the trick. If you make like they are no threat to you, they probably won't want to test you unless they are in pack-attack mode.
Originally Posted By: dlundblad
I actually have been attacked by a bad goat. The [censored] thing had me treed.
Me, too. He didn't tree me but he got me real good in the hip, then again in the shoulder when I tried to get up. I swear I could hear my bones and organs knocking around inside of me.
Fortunately, he decided I had enough and went about his business. If he wanted to keep hitting me, I'm sure he could have killed me. Didn't go to the hospital but I could barely move for a couple of days.
Note: He was a very big goat.
Originally Posted By: dlundblad
I actually have been attacked by a bad goat. The [censored] thing had me treed.
Me, too. He didn't tree me but he got me real good in the hip, then again in the shoulder when I tried to get up. I swear I could hear my bones and organs knocking around inside of me.
Fortunately, he decided I had enough and went about his business. If he wanted to keep hitting me, I'm sure he could have killed me. Didn't go to the hospital but I could barely move for a couple of days.
Note: He was a very big goat.
Originally Posted By: MinamiKotaro
Me, too. He didn't tree me but he got me real good in the hip, then again in the shoulder when I tried to get up. I swear I could hear my bones and organs knocking around inside of me.
Fortunately, he decided I had enough and went about his business. If he wanted to keep hitting me, I'm sure he could have killed me. Didn't go to the hospital but I could barely move for a couple of days.
Note: He was a very big goat.
Especially old goats can be very treacherous. You want to avoid crowding them and give them a wide berth instead, because they are very territorial. And they fight dirty. A few years ago, a hiker was attacked and killed by a wildly insane and extremely aggressive mountain goat in Olympic National Park. They actually tracked the goat down and killed it, so it wouldn't kill again and again. I learned about that on Wild Extreme Animal Attacks by National Geographic. I'd rather fight off a bloodlusting Rottweiler than a mental old goat.
Me, too. He didn't tree me but he got me real good in the hip, then again in the shoulder when I tried to get up. I swear I could hear my bones and organs knocking around inside of me.
Fortunately, he decided I had enough and went about his business. If he wanted to keep hitting me, I'm sure he could have killed me. Didn't go to the hospital but I could barely move for a couple of days.
Note: He was a very big goat.
Especially old goats can be very treacherous. You want to avoid crowding them and give them a wide berth instead, because they are very territorial. And they fight dirty. A few years ago, a hiker was attacked and killed by a wildly insane and extremely aggressive mountain goat in Olympic National Park. They actually tracked the goat down and killed it, so it wouldn't kill again and again. I learned about that on Wild Extreme Animal Attacks by National Geographic. I'd rather fight off a bloodlusting Rottweiler than a mental old goat.
Originally Posted By: zzyzzx
Originally Posted By: lubricatosaurus
I remember when I once saw a Vietnamese Restaurant right next door to a pet shop, no kidding.
I wish you had a camera with you then.
That was spotted back in ~1988. Thought it was directly next door. I went to Google Maps Streetview to try to find it again, and found this pet shop very near a Vietnamese Pho restaurant:
Originally Posted By: lubricatosaurus
I remember when I once saw a Vietnamese Restaurant right next door to a pet shop, no kidding.
I wish you had a camera with you then.
That was spotted back in ~1988. Thought it was directly next door. I went to Google Maps Streetview to try to find it again, and found this pet shop very near a Vietnamese Pho restaurant:
Originally Posted By: MinamiKotaro
I've found that shouting, "SHUT UP!" at barking dogs, while maintaining my speed and heading, generally does the trick. If you make like they are no threat to you, they probably won't want to test you unless they are in pack-attack mode.
Originally Posted By: dlundblad
I actually have been attacked by a bad goat. The [censored] thing had me treed.
Me, too. He didn't tree me but he got me real good in the hip, then again in the shoulder when I tried to get up. I swear I could hear my bones and organs knocking around inside of me.
Fortunately, he decided I had enough and went about his business. If he wanted to keep hitting me, I'm sure he could have killed me. Didn't go to the hospital but I could barely move for a couple of days.
Note: He was a very big goat.
Yeah, don't turn your back on most male farm animals! And carry a pitch fork... Our goat buck needed the occasional CLANG of the tines smacked off his horns to remind him to keep his distance.
I've found that shouting, "SHUT UP!" at barking dogs, while maintaining my speed and heading, generally does the trick. If you make like they are no threat to you, they probably won't want to test you unless they are in pack-attack mode.
Originally Posted By: dlundblad
I actually have been attacked by a bad goat. The [censored] thing had me treed.
Me, too. He didn't tree me but he got me real good in the hip, then again in the shoulder when I tried to get up. I swear I could hear my bones and organs knocking around inside of me.
Fortunately, he decided I had enough and went about his business. If he wanted to keep hitting me, I'm sure he could have killed me. Didn't go to the hospital but I could barely move for a couple of days.
Note: He was a very big goat.
Yeah, don't turn your back on most male farm animals! And carry a pitch fork... Our goat buck needed the occasional CLANG of the tines smacked off his horns to remind him to keep his distance.
Originally Posted By: GiveMeAVowel
Originally Posted By: motor_oil_madman
Haven't had this problem in a while, but I'm in the landscaping business and I think all the noise from the equipment causes some dogs to go into attack mode. I've had probably 5 or 6 occasions where a dog got out on the loose roaming the neighborhood from a nearby house and they stroll right up to me and bark like crazy 3 feet away from me. Do I have a right to kill a dog if he starts attacking me? Not that I would know how since I don't carry any weapons on me. I think dogs just hate me. Another time I was walking to a house carrying my equipment with me and these two little yippy type dogs kept nipping at my ankles when I was walking. I didn't know what to do other than to just keep walking since they weren't really actually biting me to the point of drawing blood. I know it's the equipment that makes them act the way they do.
[censored], dude. The last thing I would even think about doing is firing a gun in a residential area. Carry a stun gun and all you have to do is test it at the dog. He'll hear that crack and run away. Completely non-confrontational and harmless to anybody in the immediate area (including the stray dog).
In many states INCLUDING Texas you do have the right to use
deadly force, including a gun to eliminate the threat. Carry and be prepared to shoot to kill the animal. Many localities have laws that prevent a dog from running at large.
As long as that dog is running at large on public or another property other than the owners (and even my state prevents an owners dog from being out of control on their own property! which would result in the dog attacking a victim on their own property or public or other private property. )
It's unfortunate that you have to kill these animals but the owners simply do NOT usually care about controlling their animals and only its death will end the problem.
Originally Posted By: motor_oil_madman
Haven't had this problem in a while, but I'm in the landscaping business and I think all the noise from the equipment causes some dogs to go into attack mode. I've had probably 5 or 6 occasions where a dog got out on the loose roaming the neighborhood from a nearby house and they stroll right up to me and bark like crazy 3 feet away from me. Do I have a right to kill a dog if he starts attacking me? Not that I would know how since I don't carry any weapons on me. I think dogs just hate me. Another time I was walking to a house carrying my equipment with me and these two little yippy type dogs kept nipping at my ankles when I was walking. I didn't know what to do other than to just keep walking since they weren't really actually biting me to the point of drawing blood. I know it's the equipment that makes them act the way they do.
[censored], dude. The last thing I would even think about doing is firing a gun in a residential area. Carry a stun gun and all you have to do is test it at the dog. He'll hear that crack and run away. Completely non-confrontational and harmless to anybody in the immediate area (including the stray dog).
In many states INCLUDING Texas you do have the right to use
deadly force, including a gun to eliminate the threat. Carry and be prepared to shoot to kill the animal. Many localities have laws that prevent a dog from running at large.
As long as that dog is running at large on public or another property other than the owners (and even my state prevents an owners dog from being out of control on their own property! which would result in the dog attacking a victim on their own property or public or other private property. )
It's unfortunate that you have to kill these animals but the owners simply do NOT usually care about controlling their animals and only its death will end the problem.
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