tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722492664490218082.post1348865981145729224..comments2023-11-05T01:01:17.821-07:00Comments on A Runner's Tale: Canine Fuelled RageUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722492664490218082.post-39048259388550597492011-05-05T07:23:28.166-07:002011-05-05T07:23:28.166-07:00... And I agree with ALF. "He won't bite&...... And I agree with ALF. "He won't bite" ... To which why retort is usually "Do I look like the f'ing dog whisperer" or "Sorry, my dog telepathy is off today". <br /><br />Then the leash argument ensues ... "I don't need a leash, it's an off leash area" ... "No, it's a shared use area in which you can have your dog off-leash if it's under control" ... "I know my dog, it's under control" ... "Then why did it run into me?" ... This is where it falls apart ... Most will go straight to ~F you~, ~AH~, some will attempt the ~Faggoty shorts~ approach ... Then simply grin and smugly suggest scrapping the leash and going for a muzzle ... End this with the words "Fat bitch" (any gender, any age) and you've crushed their will to live.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722492664490218082.post-4899925156756533812011-05-05T07:13:49.272-07:002011-05-05T07:13:49.272-07:00Read this one and chuckled ... It's sad, but I...Read this one and chuckled ... It's sad, but I think twice about running E/B at certain times (evenings and weekends) now because I fear the aggro that lurks behind every potential confrontation with a dog walker. <br /><br />Touch wood, I've never had an aggressive animal, but I've had tons of animals cutting me off as they tear in and out of the side trails, or because as their owners stand and chat in the middle of the trail or generally walk 4 abreast down the centre of their universe. <br /><br />After much reflection (and knowing the feeling of canine skull on human skin) I started a new approach ... The dog doesn't really know any better. Charming, cuddly, loyal, furry friends indeed, but they are still less intelligent, lower forms of life (that's why YOU feed THEM). It's up to the owner to keep them out of the way. So now, if I have to make a choice between a quick ankle-twisting diversion, a knee-knackering canine hurdle, or throwing a 15 kph cross-check at Doug from Glanford, you know where I'm aiming. <br /><br />Word up!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722492664490218082.post-14694451127589293642011-04-09T14:42:03.969-07:002011-04-09T14:42:03.969-07:00Good for you for giving that owner what for. I us...Good for you for giving that owner what for. I used to live next to Elk Lake but wouldn't train there because of the dogs.Sub40https://www.blogger.com/profile/06295156273495378397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722492664490218082.post-18000195902990483442011-04-08T22:48:04.192-07:002011-04-08T22:48:04.192-07:00Dude. Dawgs. Love 'em. Hate 'em. And hate ...Dude. Dawgs. Love 'em. Hate 'em. And hate loser owners more. When I was 14, a giant of a man about 6'7" and 300 pounds had a wolf (small town Alberta)....bloody thing tackled me and growled. He laughed. I rode by on my bike later and threw one of his empty beer bottles through his front window, while he sat there watching tv. I laughed. I am on alert when a dog comes at me while running...hey Kevin Searle chased a Rottweiller down a drive way screaming at it...ha ha ha...ask him about it. On a long run with me he did the same thing, but to a cockapoo. ha ha.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05437189836884715491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722492664490218082.post-91662586642030715352011-04-08T11:28:55.628-07:002011-04-08T11:28:55.628-07:00It's such a flawed perception that dog owners ...It's such a flawed perception that dog owners have. Just because they've never bitten anyone in the past doesn't mean they won't ever do it. We're all creatures of habit, but sometimes, just sometimes, we snap and things change.<br /><br />Glad to hear you were no worse for the wear. I had the same thing happen to me on an easy 10km last week. I haven't returned to that route since and I'm not sure I will.Andre LeForthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03033451917363948141noreply@blogger.com