Great idea carrying wasp & hornet spray, that stuff does shoot far.
On 9/29/2012 4:09 PM, Peggy & The Girls wrote:
How awful for you! I hope this guy learns to walk his dogs separately
and with better collars so that he has better control over them. Carry
a can of mace spray, or a can of hornet/wasp bug spray, since that can
shoot out as far 20 feet and they will never get near you, and a thick
long stick. You know you can sue him for damages and emotional
distraught and that will teach him to have better control over his dogs.
I had a similar incident years ago when I was walking my maltese's. My
stupid neighbor had a 2yr old hyper and very clumsy Dalmatian. He came
charging at me, and my male maltese slipped his collar and ran to our
backyard and straight up the sun deck stairs, meantime, I am holding
the much smaller female over my head with one hand while I am trying
to whack him off with my other hand. That dog towered over my head
when he was standing on his hind legs. He looked at my little Gidget
as a stuff toy to toss around and play with. He wasn't being mean,
just knew that he would thrash her playfully if he got her in his
mouth. Poor Gidget was so scared she peed on my head and down my arm.
The guy just stood there laughing and claiming that his dog wouldn't
hurt a fly. Then when I kicked his dog in the chest to get him off,
cause the owner wasn't telling the dog anything, he got mad at me and
started to curse me out. Some people are just jerks!
Hope the bites aren't too bad. Oh yea, my dogs refused to go for walks
for months after that.
Peggy & The Girls
/-------Original Message-------/
/*From:*/ ouidan <mailto:[email protected]>
/*Date:*/ 9/29/2012 9:28:06 AM
/*To:*/ [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
/*Subject:*/ [Chihuahuas] My white chi and I were attacked by a dog
I was walking my chi on my road in my neighborhood and was turning
around to go home and saw a man and 3 dogs approaching. He seemed to
be having trouble holding them back, so I walked up someones long
driveway to stand by their garage door. This would give him the entire
road and he could pass. Well, he had to overweight labs and one hound
mix, like a tri color coonhound. when they got to the end of the drive
it twirled and slipped its collar and came right for Maggie. I scooped
her up and then my nightmare began. I was bitten on the back/side( it
was hanging there. And when I shook him off it bit my arm that was
wrapped around Maggie. I was screaming for help and the man did
nothing. I yelled my loudest and meanest when he was springing for my
face. He stopped for a second and I made my escape to a nieghbors
house and rung the bell sobbing and told them to call my husband to
come get me. I went to the hospital and animal control came and the
deputy sheriffs. The next day I talked to a neighbor about it and
found out she had the exact same scenero happen to her and her white
cockapoo a week earlier only it didn't bite her. She was lucky. I will
never go without protection now. The animal control and the sheriff
said to carry and gun and use it. I would not be in trouble if I did.
The bottom line was that I was going to same my dog over my own life.
And I did save both of us, battered, bruised, torn,swollen and now
afraid of my own street.
