On my run I got attacked by two dogs, kicked one, got assaulted by their owner

Press charges for assault of you can.

A few thoughts:

1. Desserts are sweet post-dinner foods. Deserts are dry environments. Remember: "dessert" has one more "s", and you always want more dessert.

2. Going by your version of the story, you did nothing wrong. What you did is self defense. What the man did is assault. Too bad you didn't call the police right away.

3. About a 99% chance this didn't actually happen.

You did the right thing to defend yourself against unleashed dogs threatening you. Call the police now. Then call an attorney. You may be entitled to compensation.

OP, you're a pansy. If I was in your position, I would've beat up the owner and tied him down. Than proceed to eat his dogs in front of him.

It wasn't just assault. It was assault and battery. Also have unleashed dogs in public may be against the law. Press charges to the fullest extend. That guy sounds dangerous.

I’ll take “stories that never happened” for 500.

Dirt For Desert wrote:

On runs in the past dogs have bitten me in the ankles and in the wrists and in fear of tetanus I kicked one of the dogs away. The next moment the owner takes me from the back in a headlock throws me on the ground and started kicking me while I was laying on the ground.

I'm confused. The owner attacked you because "on past runs" you've been harassed by dogs and you kicked one of them? How did the owner know about these past events?

not making sense wrote:

Dirt For Desert wrote:

On runs in the past dogs have bitten me in the ankles and in the wrists and in fear of tetanus I kicked one of the dogs away. The next moment the owner takes me from the back in a headlock throws me on the ground and started kicking me while I was laying on the ground.

I'm confused. The owner attacked you because "on past runs" you've been harassed by dogs and you kicked one of them? How did the owner know about these past events?

Although the post is incredibly badly written, it's clear that he meant that on prior runs he'd encountered dogs that bit and therefore when these dogs came near him he kicked them as a preemptive measure. If not a fabrication, it sounds to me like the OP got what he deserved. Kicking a dog just for barking and maybe giving a bit of chase is a real a-hole move.

reading comp 101 wrote:

not making sense wrote:

I'm confused. The owner attacked you because "on past runs" you've been harassed by dogs and you kicked one of them? How did the owner know about these past events?

Although the post is incredibly badly written, it's clear that he meant that on prior runs he'd encountered dogs that bit and therefore when these dogs came near him he kicked them as a preemptive measure.

That isn't what he said.

theJeff wrote:

2. Going by your version of the story, you did nothing wrong. What you did is self defense. What the man did is assault. Too bad you didn't call the police right away.

The OP did not claim that the dogs were off leash.

"Kicking a dog just for barking and maybe giving a bit of chase is a real a-hole move."

In my jurisdiction the law is if a dog is threatening or chasing you you have the absolute right to use lethal force on the dog. That law flows from practical experience - dogs are dangerous.

fyukf wrote:

"Kicking a dog just for barking and maybe giving a bit of chase is a real a-hole move."

In my jurisdiction the law is if a dog is threatening or chasing you you have the absolute right to use lethal force on the dog. That law flows from practical experience - dogs are dangerous.

OP didn't claim that the dog was chasing or threatening. He said that they were barking at him and jumping. He didn't even say that they were jumping toward/near him. just that they were jumping.

My dog sometimes barks and jumps when I come home. It's about the least threatening thing I could imagine.

Dirt For Desert wrote:

Should I have called the police?

Yes, you should call the police now.

The man attacked you, beat you, kicked you and threatened to kill you.

Call the police and report the a--hole and his dogs immediately.

Make sure they fill out a police report and investigate.

The main problem I see is you let some guy catch you from behind and tackle you.

This is where the ability to run fast would really come in handy.

1) You did the right thing. Dogs don't bark for no reason. They were territorial and wanted you to get away. A dog is gonna do whatever he needs to do protect his territory/the territory of his owner, and that could even be a bite.

The worst thing you could do is running away, as that triggers their prey drive and would likely result in a bite.

Better would have been to carry pepper spray, and use it in this situation (practice it before). That would also allow you to subdue the owner until police comes. Otherwise he might just get away without giving you his contact info, or giving you a fake contact info.

2) Now you can't do anything anymore. You don't know his name, address or anything.

3) Next time you see dogs, either change route so you don't cross their way directly, or switch to walking. When coming from behind always yell at the owner, and walk until you are out of the dog's territory.

Xoman wrote:

Dogs don't bark for no reason.

Some dogs bark only when necessary, others bark all the time. Just like people. Some are quiet, some can't STFU. You never know. Oftentimes dogs bark when they're excited and want to play. If you pepper spray a dog because it barked at you I hope the dog comes back and bites off your d*ck.

That man's name?

Albert Einstein

total bs wrote:

Xoman wrote:

Dogs don't bark for no reason.

Some dogs bark only when necessary, others bark all the time. Just like people. Some are quiet, some can't STFU. You never know. Oftentimes dogs bark when they're excited and want to play. If you pepper spray a dog because it barked at you I hope the dog comes back and bites off your d*ck.

You can tell when a dog barks at you AND is aggressive. I'm not a dog expert, but I had my fair share of encounters.

1) Dogs protecting house in a fence. Ever ran past a house with a dog roaming inside? Yes some dogs just chill and couldn't care less about a runner passing, but there are many dogs who go on a rampage starting to bark like crazy. Why? They wanna protect their territory! People and kids got killed by dogs by jumping over the wrong fence. They usually don't bark to greet you nicely, they do it because they want you to GTFO and they would do whatever it takes.

2) Dogs suddenly chasing after you, barking, jumping on two legs - often small dogs like French Bulldogs. Sometimes they bite, sometimes they are close to it. Better not to risk anything and spray. I don't wanna hurt a dog so I don't kick, the spray is 100% safe, makes them suffer for a while but if their eyes get cleaned with water they have 0 permanent damage.

LOL at people discussing this like it actually happened. OP posts basically the same damn story every other day. Either he is doing his morning runs through a dog park with strip steaks strapped to his body, or he is overstating the frequency of his negative dog encounters by a factor of 10,000.