Why do people get mad when you get upset that they're dangerous dog it is running freely off of a leash is charging at your

The casual pace drop lol

run faster next time

Your biased language is too obvious, ruins it. 2/10.

Excellent post. Ignore the nimrods on here. The minute anyone comes up with a great post which should inspire a great discussion the idiots come on and try to negate it.

As a runner for over a half century I have experienced similar things many times. People are Captain Insano when it comes to their doggies. Any dog is a threat to a pair of fast or even slow moving legs.

It is a fact that we have a right to the road and people by law have to police their dogs. We should not have to control them!

I have never been severely injured by a dog but have been in situations where I could have been.

One time a large dog went between my legs and scared the you-know-what out of me. I did not know he was there until too late. I was lucky to be young, strong, and flexible!

Keep making good posts like this and know that many will try to rip you or call you a troll. How could this be a troll? Wow, no wonder we had Hillary vs Trump.

I had a time last year where I was often encountering a couple with a unleashed dog on my runs. The dog is friendly but still a major distraction as it tries to jump on me while we are running and I get nervous that I’m going to step on it and I have to slow down and stop as the owners reel it in. After this happened for a couple of months I figured out a solution.

Next time I saw it, instead of slowing down and letting it say hello to me, I encouraged it to run with me and run with me it did. I sped up and we went together for at least a quarter mile and around a corner before it stopped. I was laughing like hell as I heard the owners frantic calls to the dog to come back become more and more feint. I don’t know if he ran right back to them right there and then or if he got lost, but I never saw that dog off a leash again.

If any of you encounter friendly unleashed dogs on your run I’d encourage you to do the same.

For 16 years I made deliveries in a rural area for Airborne express. I got bit three times. Each time it was one of those little yappers.

On one of those occasions I said, "Your dog just bit me."

The lady replied, "My dog doesn't bite."

I held out my hand which was bleeding and she just ignored me and walked back into her house.

It was a minor bite so I just went back to my van and cleaned it, but....

I always carried dog treats which proved to be the best defense. I made sure I had two in my pockets at all times. One treat to get to the door and one to get back to my van.

Its not that they can't here you, its that they can probably tell your the kind of person that doesn't know the difference between their and they're.

No I think they meant that they get upset that they are a dangerous dog

Rastagrammarian wrote:

Its not that they can't here you, its that they can probably tell your the kind of person that doesn't know the difference between their and they're.

Where was this? Please disclose. This information is useless without being able to put it on the global list of places where jerks ruin runs.

Where in the south do you live? (Judging on the fact that it's only 25 outside.) I live in the south too and occasionally have to deal with dogs.

Rastagrammarian wrote:

Its not that they can't here you, its that they can probably tell your the kind of person that doesn't know the difference between their and they're.

But unlike you, Rastagrammarian, and that insulting butthead claiming to be a Harvard grad a few weeks ago, most posters here manage the difference between its and it's properly.

December's foggy freeze wrote:

Rastagrammarian wrote:

Its not that they can't here you, its that they can probably tell your the kind of person that doesn't know the difference between their and they're.

But unlike you, Rastagrammarian, and that insulting butthead claiming to be a Harvard grad a few weeks ago, most posters here manage the difference between its and it's properly.

Yet your additional misuse of here makes me wonder if you purposely "erred."

OP while reading your post I'm guessing you are a blazing 17-18 minute 5k runner who thinks they are fast. This happens all of the time especially where I grew up which is in a rural area. Yes the owner needs to have more control of their dog, won't dispute that. But at the same time it isn't the dogs fault. I used to just stop, get on one knee and allow the dog to relax so they won't get hit by a car. They don't know the difference between you running for fun or just running away from danger or play. I used to not care because I knew I was not going to win gold at the Olympics.

Because people are generally irresponsible and only think of themselves.

old guy 72 wrote:

For 16 years I made deliveries in a rural area for Airborne express. I got bit three times. Each time it was one of those little yappers.

On one of those occasions I said, "Your dog just bit me."

The lady replied, "My dog doesn't bite."

I held out my hand which was bleeding and she just ignored me and walked back into her house.

It was a minor bite so I just went back to my van and cleaned it, but....

I always carried dog treats which proved to be the best defense. I made sure I had two in my pockets at all times. One treat to get to the door and one to get back to my van.

18 years delivering for UPS and got bit about the same.

1st time (little dog just walked up and bit me on the leg with no warning):

Me: Ahh, WTF!

Lady: Oh don't worry he doesn't bite

Me: He just bit me

Lady: Wow, he's never done that before.

Me: You won't be able to say that next time.

2nd time(big ass mutt attacked while I was on someone's porch out in the sticks, I'm bleeding from the leg and trying to fight him off and the homeowner opens the door):

Him: What did you do to my dog!

Me: I didn't do anything to your dog, but as soon as I call animal control they're gonna come out here and stick a needle in his ass!

At that point the dude's wife came out and begged me not to make that call, offered to show me his shot records, cleaned up the bite and put a bandage on it, so I let it go.

3rd time was basically the same situation as number 2 except none was home so I had to fight my way back to the truck then call my boss and make him take me to urgent care. Urgent care is required to report all dog bites to animal control and Virginia has a 2 strikes rule. No one ever saw that dog again so I'm guessing that was strike 2 and he got the needle.

I don't even play around with that shite anymore, your dog bites me he's getting a visit from animal control and if it's his second offense he's getting the needle.

The law of the street is that you can kick a dog, thrash it with a stick, pelt it with rocks - whatever you want - if it comes at you unleashed. Hey, you can kill a person in this country and get away with it by claiming you thought your life was in danger. Why shouldn't you be able to kick a dog in it's jewels a few times?

Conceded runner wrote:

OP while reading your post I'm guessing you are a blazing 17-18 minute 5k runner who thinks they are fast. This happens all of the time especially where I grew up which is in a rural area. Yes the owner needs to have more control of their dog, won't dispute that. But at the same time it isn't the dogs fault. I used to just stop, get on one knee and allow the dog to relax so they won't get hit by a car. They don't know the difference between you running for fun or just running away from danger or play. I used to not care because I knew I was not going to win gold at the Olympics.

It doesn’t matter what pace you run at or what your times are, it is 100% not okay in my opinion for a dog to be off leash if it will chase things (people, other dogs), whether it is friendly or not. Not all people like dogs. I live near a big park with a walking/running trail in SoCal where many bring their dogs-most keep on leash and those who are not on leash usually are very well trained (will not chase). However, there have been a couple times where I have been chased and you can bet I’m yelling at that owner. Actually today I was there and an owner had his dog off leash-it starting running toward another couple with their dogs and the lady immediately started yelling at the man to get control of his dog. You just don’t know if a dog is friendly or not.

People is Iowa treat their dogs like their kids and always feel that their dogs can do no wrong. I have given up on running in my favorite pioneer cemetery because of the loose dogs. This cemetery has a dirt road loop that is about 1/2 a mile that is perfect for tempos and repeats. The only people that use this place are the dog owners and me.

One guy drives up and lets his dogs loose right about a half a hour before sunset. He will call them in but they always start to stalk me and I have to stop running until he get them in.

There is also a house whose back yard sits on this road. They have a pit bull mix chained up that goes nuts every time I loop around. I always wondered what would happen if it got loose. Well this last summer I found out. It ran up on me from behind but made enough noise to allow me to jump out of its way. Then it was a face off with it lunging at me and backing me up while I was trying to get a kick in. I got backed up into the trees and a big dead branch was hanging right there for me. I tore a big six foot section of it off and got one swing in which caused the dog to run for its life. I certainly would have killed it if I could have. I walked up to the house still holding my stick and asked them if they knew their dog was running loose and that it just attacked me. Why would it attack you? I has never done that.

Dog owners are gennerally the most obnoxious people on the planet.

My daughter got bit last year by a loose dog that shockingly "would never do that", it's one thing if a dog is loose by accident, it's entirely another when it's complete disregard for any risks