more dog stories....

[Mrs H.]

the smaller/older/female .

I feel kinda depressed to fall into all three catagories - perhaps i'll change my name to Deadmeat

My good friend Jeff Butt from Sarum who's a burly rutfy tufty type, had a dog go for him so he lifted his foot up at it defensively and the woman owner said:"Oi! You just kicked my dog" Jeff replies with total straight faced incredulity:"Woman, are you mad? If I'd kicked your dog it would be in bloody orbit by now!" - It was so obviously true that I often wish Jeff was there when i'm out on the malvern hills

[Kitch]

On the subject of yappy terrier getting a hoofing...

the said Murdoch - or was it Mr Musgrave ? .. also tells a tale of booting a terrier, which was terrierising him, so hard up the arse that he got sh-hit on his shoe !

Kaaaaaaa

And a world for those of you expressing timidity,
at 5' 3" you are still much bigger and stronger than a dog, it can work that out too.
It all about attitude, terriers prove that !

[the duncan]

muzza also tellsa story of him running with the Chef freom Balmoral. he was tooteling along the banks of the dee, and some wee corgis started yapping at him.

this time he kept his boots to his sen, bloody good job, cos 5 metres up the path was a wee old lady.

turns out it was the queen!!!

you can just imagine muzza being loacked away in the tower of london for that!!

[Mrs H.]

It all about attitude,

That alright then - I can do attitude

[kitty]

i do agree with all of u and yes dogs can b very intimidating especially if u r by yourself/they are big/barking a lot but please remember before you insert your size tens up their bottom that some dogs may just be barking because they are unsure who your are and are more scared of you than you are of them rather than wanting to tear you to pieces

this is sometimes the case with my little patterdale terrier especially with men with beards but she soon gets close to see they are harmless and shuts up

[the duncan]

bloody stupid animals,

men with beards, they are surely the ones dogs should bark at, even i'm sacred of men with beards!!!

size 13's all the way!! preferably with dobs!!

[FatBoy]

Little yappy dogs always seem to go for mountain bike tyres too. No contest there really. "he just wants to play" : "so does my bike "

[FatBoy]

some dogs may just be barking because they are unsure who your are and are more scared of you than you are of them rather than wanting to tear you to pieces

No problem with barking (except the neighbour's dog at 7 am), general running about or whatever. I even like dogs. It's just when they want to bite my ankles or try and knock me off my bike or anything like that, which comes down to the owners a) not training them properly or b) having failed to train them properly not keeping them on a lead when runners/bikers are about.

[*Rachel*]

I used to be dead scared of dogs when i was younger, so when you're little, on your own in the middle of nowhere and 3 dogs come bounding up to you its pretty frightening.

Now it's not so bad because i'm not scared anymore, i'm just a bit wary of them. But it's still really unnerving when dogs come racing up to you and start jumping up and barking. And it doesn't help when the owner's about 500m away shouting, "it's OK, little sammy wohn't hurt he just wants to play...." yes, he probably does want to play, but i don't and neither does anyone else in the forest,

Glad i'm not the only one that gets scared...

[PorkyFatBoy]

men with beards, they are surely the ones dogs should bark at, even i'm sacred of men with beards!!!

Be afraid, very afraid! - just as well you can run a lot quicker than me

[Kitch]

I consider it my duty to other runners
particularly to those runners who find dogs intimidating
to give any barking dog that gets close enough a good kick
cos - as I said dogs learn
one thing they can learn is that runners are kicky, hurty things and should not be messed with.
believe me, they get the message.

I once caught a large hound a cracker in the ribs
it bounced back to its owner with a yelp, looking for sympathy and caught a boxed ear from her too - now thats a dog owner that knows their responsibilities.

[Lil' God'rs]

Quote from someone many years ago, might have been Cranny: 'just think how far you could drop kick a Chiuhuha'

[kitty]

yep dogs do learn (ocasionally!) and a good owner should know how to disipline their dog and keep them controlled

[SJ]

When running in Surrey/Hants/Berkshire if anyone comes across a large but cute white/golden greyhound that runs up to you

please

please

don't kick him

[rob f]

Ask Dan halliday about dogs - they cost him a place at the world schools first time around