New Dog Attack On Runner - German Shepherd

I love this. I have actually tried the same thing a few times but without much success. I feel bad that the dogs only get walks and not runs. They clearly have terrible owners that don't care about them. The dogs probably never get the fine things in life like chocolate and bubble gum so I share that with the dogs too.

"Part of the problem is that some runners don't know how to approach and pass a strange dog. "

No one has to know how to approach and pass strange dogs. That's not the issue at all. A dog should not chase, threaten or bite another person. Period. There are dog laws in most jurisdictions; some good some not but ultimately a dog owners could have legal consequences for the behaviors of their dog, The public doesn't have to go out of their way to learn about dog phycology.

One "dog expert" tells walkers and runners that if there's a mean dog on their route to carry some treats and befriend the dog. That idea makes me think "That "dog expert" has dog crap for brains".

To think that I'm going to go out of my way to buy and carry dog treats on my run in the hopes I can get friendly with a mean dog is preposterous! How about simply training your dog not to run into the road you irresponsible piece of dog crap.

Agreed! Well reasoned!!! Keep up the good fight...

I sometimes just throw my hands up and smh when trying to explain this to runners who prefer to be oblivious to their surroundings, and/or lack a bit of common sense... and then they only complain how VICIOUSLY were they attacked by dogs...

How exactly does a dog smell fear?

Don’t think so wrote:

How exactly does a dog smell fear?

A cold nose, firmly in the crotch, with an upward motion.

Don’t think so wrote:

How exactly does a dog smell fear?

The same way that Steve smelled it from Seb in 80 800

short shorts and shorties wrote:

Samona wrote:

I'm starting to get scared of running alone in woods. Off-leash dogs could appear at any moment and might snap

I don’t know if this part was serious, but is it that hard to use a trail that requires leashes?

“Requires” doesn’t mean people will actually use them.

I frequently run at a very large off-leash dog area, probably passed 1000s of dogs in my life, I've been "attacked" by two. One was a little $h!t Yorkie that jumped up and got a good chunk of thigh, the other was a pit-bull from a reservation. Needless to say, I called animal control on both, they were banned from the dog park. This isn't some huge issue, fewer than 0.2% of dogs have approached me, and I have a large sample size.

Maybe the trick is to run faster than dogs...

Please educate about the laws in your country.

Your leaders talk about how it is good for people to have guns, and we see that people own and use multiple shot weapons in public.

If you are attacked by a dog in the USA, can you shoot it to defend yourself?

Where I live this is not possible, but you can use sticks or knives.

2nd class amendment wrote:

Please educate about the laws in your country.

Your leaders talk about how it is good for people to have guns, and we see that people own and use multiple shot weapons in public.

If you are attacked by a dog in the USA, can you shoot it to defend yourself?

Where I live this is not possible, but you can use sticks or knives.

Yes in America you are within your right to shoot and kill the dog if you are being attacked. That being said, if attack to you means the dog is licking you, you will likely be charged with a crime and face a lawsuit. America is a very litigious country.