ATTN: Dog owners

I live in the country where there are not a lot of animal control laws. I walk my dogs on leash and we also have horses. I have found the best thing to do is to stop and tell them No and go home and point. After a while the dogs get to know you and you can just tell them without having to stop.

Most owners leave me alone when I"train" their dogs for them?

This has worked for all breeds except Welsh Corgis. Lol. Lady just comes home with me and I give her a ride home later.

Jeannie in New Mexico.

I hate that too.
As a dog owner and dog trainer, I am HUGE on safety for people as well as dogs.


FYI: If a dog runs AT you, stop running and turn toward it and cross your arms. DO NOT keep running since IF the dog is likely to bite you, you have now become a fun moving target and worked up the dogs adrenal response.
If you can judge dog language well, tell the dog to get lose, back off.
If not, wait til the dog loses interest. If your boring and non threatening, most dogs will saunter off pretty quickly.

I agree, but always be ready to defend yourself. Dogs go for the throat so...always throw your arms up to protect that first!

Also, lovely pittie you have there! Beautiful:)

LOL! Dogs do Not go for the throat! They will go for an arm or a leg, an "easy" target. Most dogs bite to protect themselves or what they perceive is theirs (like "their sidewalk you run on") or put of prey drove- you run , they chase and nip at your heels/calf muscle/back of your leg.
Think of how exposed a dog would need to be of they went for our throat.....they would need to expose their vulnerable belly and THEIR throat. Just not typical dog behavior.

Also, thanks for compliment, my pitty is a super sweet girl, along with my other two dogs

I hate that too.
As a dog owner and dog trainer, I am HUGE on safety for people as well as dogs.


FYI: If a dog runs AT you, stop running and turn toward it and cross your arms. DO NOT keep running since IF the dog is likely to bite you, you have now become a fun moving target and worked up the dogs adrenal response.
If you can judge dog language well, tell the dog to get lose, back off.
If not, wait til the dog loses interest. If your boring and non threatening, most dogs will saunter off pretty quickly.

I agree, but always be ready to defend yourself. Dogs go for the throat so...always throw your arms up to protect that first!

Also, lovely pittie you have there! Beautiful:)

LOL! Dogs do Not go for the throat! They will go for an arm or a leg, an "easy" target. Most dogs bite to protect themselves or what they perceive is theirs (like "their sidewalk you run on") or put of prey drove- you run , they chase and nip at your heels/calf muscle/back of your leg.
Think of how exposed a dog would need to be of they went for our throat.....they would need to expose their vulnerable belly and THEIR throat. Just not typical dog behavior.

Also, thanks for compliment, my pitty is a super sweet girl, along with my other two dogs

No, big dogs WILL go for the throat. If it is a smaller dog and it cannot reach, it will go for arms or legs. Big dogs will almost certainly go for the throat.

You should be able to go for a walk/run without worry but is it legal for you to carry pepper spray where you live? I have canisters with elastic bands that strap to my hand when I go out to walk.

I hate that too.
As a dog owner and dog trainer, I am HUGE on safety for people as well as dogs.


FYI: If a dog runs AT you, stop running and turn toward it and cross your arms. DO NOT keep running since IF the dog is likely to bite you, you have now become a fun moving target and worked up the dogs adrenal response.
If you can judge dog language well, tell the dog to get lose, back off.
If not, wait til the dog loses interest. If your boring and non threatening, most dogs will saunter off pretty quickly.

I agree, but always be ready to defend yourself. Dogs go for the throat so...always throw your arms up to protect that first!

Also, lovely pittie you have there! Beautiful:)

LOL! Dogs do Not go for the throat! They will go for an arm or a leg, an "easy" target. Most dogs bite to protect themselves or what they perceive is theirs (like "their sidewalk you run on") or put of prey drove- you run , they chase and nip at your heels/calf muscle/back of your leg.
Think of how exposed a dog would need to be of they went for our throat.....they would need to expose their vulnerable belly and THEIR throat. Just not typical dog behavior.

Also, thanks for compliment, my pitty is a super sweet girl, along with my other two dogs

No, big dogs WILL go for the throat. If it is a smaller dog and it cannot reach, it will go for arms or legs. Big dogs will almost certainly go for the throat.

hahahah, ooh vicious old yeller going for the throat. I was a vet tech for 7 years, have been bit by dozens of hurt, wild, vicious dogs. Never on the throat. Never even seen such a thing while working animal control. funny.

I hate that too.
As a dog owner and dog trainer, I am HUGE on safety for people as well as dogs.


FYI: If a dog runs AT you, stop running and turn toward it and cross your arms. DO NOT keep running since IF the dog is likely to bite you, you have now become a fun moving target and worked up the dogs adrenal response.
If you can judge dog language well, tell the dog to get lose, back off.
If not, wait til the dog loses interest. If your boring and non threatening, most dogs will saunter off pretty quickly.

I agree, but always be ready to defend yourself. Dogs go for the throat so...always throw your arms up to protect that first!

Also, lovely pittie you have there! Beautiful:)

LOL! Dogs do Not go for the throat! They will go for an arm or a leg, an "easy" target. Most dogs bite to protect themselves or what they perceive is theirs (like "their sidewalk you run on") or put of prey drove- you run , they chase and nip at your heels/calf muscle/back of your leg.
Think of how exposed a dog would need to be of they went for our throat.....they would need to expose their vulnerable belly and THEIR throat. Just not typical dog behavior.

Also, thanks for compliment, my pitty is a super sweet girl, along with my other two dogs

No, big dogs WILL go for the throat. If it is a smaller dog and it cannot reach, it will go for arms or legs. Big dogs will almost certainly go for the throat.

hahahah, ooh vicious old yeller going for the throat. I was a vet tech for 7 years, have been bit by dozens of hurt, wild, vicious dogs. Never on the throat. Never even seen such a thing while working animal control. funny.

Good for you. Any other neat stories, dear?

I hate that too.
As a dog owner and dog trainer, I am HUGE on safety for people as well as dogs.


FYI: If a dog runs AT you, stop running and turn toward it and cross your arms. DO NOT keep running since IF the dog is likely to bite you, you have now become a fun moving target and worked up the dogs adrenal response.
If you can judge dog language well, tell the dog to get lose, back off.
If not, wait til the dog loses interest. If your boring and non threatening, most dogs will saunter off pretty quickly.

I agree, but always be ready to defend yourself. Dogs go for the throat so...always throw your arms up to protect that first!

Also, lovely pittie you have there! Beautiful:)

LOL! Dogs do Not go for the throat! They will go for an arm or a leg, an "easy" target. Most dogs bite to protect themselves or what they perceive is theirs (like "their sidewalk you run on") or put of prey drove- you run , they chase and nip at your heels/calf muscle/back of your leg.
Think of how exposed a dog would need to be of they went for our throat.....they would need to expose their vulnerable belly and THEIR throat. Just not typical dog behavior.

Also, thanks for compliment, my pitty is a super sweet girl, along with my other two dogs

No, big dogs WILL go for the throat. If it is a smaller dog and it cannot reach, it will go for arms or legs. Big dogs will almost certainly go for the throat.

hahahah, ooh vicious old yeller going for the throat. I was a vet tech for 7 years, have been bit by dozens of hurt, wild, vicious dogs. Never on the throat. Never even seen such a thing while working animal control. funny.

Good for you. Any other neat stories, dear?

aww I know, so hard when you're not right. sorry sweetie, better luck next time.

our dog has never been off the leed and we have been attacked so many times by other dogs with owners saying its ok he s friendly we ve had to give up walking him altogether... the last straw was the police calling on us after he bit two roaming staffordshire bulls hell bent on biting him and they had to seek the vets.

The ridiculous thing is in the uk you have to be in control of your dog at all times in public and no one under the age of 16 is deemed old enough to be in control of a dog even if its on a leed and our police simply applied the law on whose pet got biten as they obviously didnt even know the law themselves !!!

It infuriated me that i have had to kick , beat with a heavy stick and use all means possible to stop a dog of the leed attacking mine securely leashed simply because an owner is stupid enough to leave their dog out of control - and then have the cheek to moan and shout when their dog takes a beating to protect our family pet.

I like animals and disliked be forced into this position.

We let out dog out in the front yard with out a leash, but she is old (10+ years) and **very** (emphasis on the VERY) lazy and even if there is dogs or people around she wont leave our yard or step foot on to the street. But when she is in the yard we are always out there with her. Although we have neighbors who let their dogs out with no supervision and they run rampant thru our neighborhood. We've had to call the cops a few times on some of the people in our neighborhood because of their animals causing problems around here.

whenever a dog runs at me i never try to speed up or get away. it kicks in their fight-or-flight and there is little chance you can get away anyway. the best tactic is to stand your ground or even yell at the dog.

If I am running without my pooch, which is rarely, I carry pepperspray or a tazer. I love animals, but I have no problem hurting one if it comes into my personal space uninvited and I feel threatened (usually I can tell the difference between a happy curious dog and an aggressive one, but not always) I will be giving that dog the shock of his or her life.

can u b charged for using this type of self defense? i'd really like to b able to go for a nice relaxing walk without having to stress over dogs

My ex is a cop and he is the one who gave me the the taser and mace. He said for good measure make sure you cry about how terrified you were if the cops get involved. but otherwise you were just defending yourself against a rabid dog.