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I believe a search of the archives (rec.bicycles.*) will reveal at least
one story of some biker getting chewed up. I remember seeing at least one over the years. Dogs are a fine motivation for a sprint. Bring on the greyhounds, I say! (When I'm on my road bike, that is.) I've never had to outrun one on a hill though. And riding in urban/suburban or very sparsely populated rural areas, it's been a very long time since I came across a hostile-seeming dog. I won't bother with pepper spray - not a justifiable cost/benefit. Countermeasures for me when I can't get away are the water bottle, then the frame pump, then anything else that comes to hand, then the bike itself. I have heard that in extremis, if you grab a pair (presumably, both front) of the dog's legs and pull apart hard, it will kill the dog. -- -- Lynn Wallace http://www.xmission.com/~lawall "We should not march into Baghdad. ... Assigning young soldiers to a fruitless hunt for a securely entrenched dictator and condemning them to fight in what would be an unwinnable urban guerilla war, it could only plunge that part of the world into ever greater instability." George Bush Sr. in his 1998 book "A World Transformed" |
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dogs?
as a newbie, just curious to see how some of you
handle the occasional neighborhood dog. The other evening was on my typical after work ride. Coming off a horse trail and onto a bike path. Could see a couple schnauzers up ahead. They spotted me and started a full run. The only choice I had was to head straight into them, ala playing chicken.... Any rate, both dogs ran off sideways as I approached, and then quickly circled behind to start the chase. By then, I had a good head of steam. The little guys kept after me for over a 1/2 mile. Couldn't believe it! If they were larger dogs, like dobermans or german sheppards, no way could I have pulled away. Just curious what some of you have done with a more serious situation? carry pepper spray? a little air horn or something like that? first time I came across this. To be honest, never envisioned this being an issue. thx. -Gregg |
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"Gregg" [email protected] wrote in message news[email protected]... as a newbie, just curious to see how some of you handle the occasional neighborhood dog. The other evening was on my typical after work ride. Coming off a horse trail and onto a bike path. Could see a couple schnauzers up ahead. They spotted me and started a full run. The only choice I had was to head straight into them, ala playing chicken.... Any rate, both dogs ran off sideways as I approached, and then quickly circled behind to start the chase. By then, I had a good head of steam. The little guys kept after me for over a 1/2 mile. Couldn't believe it! If they were larger dogs, like dobermans or german sheppards, no way could I have pulled away. Just curious what some of you have done with a more serious situation? carry pepper spray? a little air horn or something like that? first time I came across this. To be honest, never envisioned this being an issue. thx. -Gregg Interesting discussion, I would imagine they're chasing you like you're a car. Once they catch one they don't know what to do with it. I always take my dogs with me when I go riding as it's the only time they get a good run off the leads, they tend to follow rather than chase - perhaps the schnauzers knew how to handle bikes too? dan |
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Interesting discussion, I would imagine they're chasing you like you're a car. Once they catch one they don't know what to do with it. I always take my dogs with me when I go riding as it's the only time they get a good run off the leads, they tend to follow rather than chase - perhaps the schnauzers knew how to handle bikes too? dan to be honest, I don't think the little guys were intent on hurting me. They might have been lost, or as you noted, comfortable with handling bikes. any rate, not sure how I would have handled a sheppard or other large dog. something I never thought about when I started riding again. How to handle a mean dog...... |
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Gregg wrote:
as a newbie, just curious to see how some of you handle the occasional neighborhood dog. The other evening was on my typical after work ride. Coming off a horse trail and onto a bike path. Could see a couple schnauzers up ahead. They spotted me and started a full run. The only choice I had was to head straight into them, ala playing chicken.... Any rate, both dogs ran off sideways as I approached, and then quickly circled behind to start the chase. By then, I had a good head of steam. The little guys kept after me for over a 1/2 mile. Couldn't believe it! If they were larger dogs, like dobermans or german sheppards, no way could I have pulled away. Just curious what some of you have done with a more serious situation? carry pepper spray? a little air horn or something like that? first time I came across this. To be honest, never envisioned this being an issue. thx. -Gregg LOL! I have three of those little guys. 1. If they were miniature schnauzers, they are terriers. Their natural instinct is to chase. 2. Terriers in general are not the most obedient dogs. They should have been fenced or on a leash. Mine would run and never come back. 3. If they caught you, they probably would have licked you until you cried uncle. -- o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o www.schnauzers.ws |
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LOL! I have three of those little guys. 1. If they were miniature schnauzers, they are terriers. Their natural instinct is to chase. 2. Terriers in general are not the most obedient dogs. They should have been fenced or on a leash. Mine would run and never come back. 3. If they caught you, they probably would have licked you until you cried uncle. shame on their owners!!! cute dogs. They had a blueish/grey coat. stood somewhere between 10-12 inches at the shoulder. Gotta admit, they sure loved to run, and pretty quick too. Got home and told Wifey I had one of my "better" workouts that day. didn't tell her I had two savage beasts tearing after me..... :-) |
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On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 22:15:08 -0500, Ride-A-Lot =
wrote: 3. If they caught you, they probably would have licked you until you = = cried You mean like Chuckles :-p -- = Slacker |
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On 2005-02-24, Gregg penned:
to be honest, I don't think the little guys were intent on hurting me. They might have been lost, or as you noted, comfortable with handling bikes. any rate, not sure how I would have handled a sheppard or other large dog. something I never thought about when I started riding again. How to handle a mean dog...... I remember reading a number of discussions about this on the team estrogen (women's cycling) forums. No one had a pat answer. Some carry pepper spray or similar. Some have outridden the dog. I think a few have mentioned that, if all else fails, you can put your bike between yourself and the dog, but I doubt that would be very effective. At least so far, I've never heard of a dog-chasing-bike situation in which the dog actually injured the rider, but I'm sure it happens. I imagine I'd only ride away if I thought I could outdistance the dog. On a long downhill, that would probably be a safe bet, but I don't know about other situations. Fleeing just triggers their chase response. Then again, if it's already triggered ... I really hope you never find yourself in a situation where a dangerous dog wants to hurt you, on a bike or otherwise. I get nervous enough just riding between cows (some of the paths I ride include areas where the cattle wander across the path). -- monique "Get a bicycle. You will not regret it, if you live." -- Mark Twain |
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Gregg wrote:
as a newbie, just curious to see how some of you handle the occasional neighborhood dog. The other evening was on my typical after work ride. Coming off a horse trail and onto a bike path. Could see a couple schnauzers up ahead. They spotted me and started a full run. The only choice I had was to head straight into them, ala playing chicken.... Any rate, both dogs ran off sideways as I approached, and then quickly circled behind to start the chase. By then, I had a good head of steam. The little guys kept after me for over a 1/2 mile. Couldn't believe it! If they were larger dogs, like dobermans or german sheppards, no way could I have pulled away. Just curious what some of you have done with a more serious situation? carry pepper spray? a little air horn or something like that? first time I came across this. To be honest, never envisioned this being an issue. thx. -Gregg I used to get chased every time I left on a ride by some little terrier from a house down the street. He'd literally nip at my ankles and had and expression and made sounds like it wanted to kill me. I'd see the owner in the yard sometimes and one time I said "I'm going to kick him if he tries to bite me!" and he yelled back "Good! Please do!". But this dog had been kicked before and he was lightning fast, darting around the back and going for the achilles when I'd unclip and try to line him up. Finally I had to try the quick side jab and landed one. He rolled a few times into the grass and just came up running but I managed to pull away. They went through all kinds of fences but inevitably he'd get out and chase me every now and then. Mean little *******... Matt |
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MattB wrote:
Gregg wrote: as a newbie, just curious to see how some of you handle the occasional neighborhood dog. The other evening was on my typical after work ride. Coming off a horse trail and onto a bike path. Could see a couple schnauzers up ahead. They spotted me and started a full run. The only choice I had was to head straight into them, ala playing chicken.... Any rate, both dogs ran off sideways as I approached, and then quickly circled behind to start the chase. By then, I had a good head of steam. The little guys kept after me for over a 1/2 mile. Couldn't believe it! If they were larger dogs, like dobermans or german sheppards, no way could I have pulled away. Just curious what some of you have done with a more serious situation? carry pepper spray? a little air horn or something like that? first time I came across this. To be honest, never envisioned this being an issue. thx. -Gregg I used to get chased every time I left on a ride by some little terrier from a house down the street. He'd literally nip at my ankles and had and expression and made sounds like it wanted to kill me. I'd see the owner in the yard sometimes and one time I said "I'm going to kick him if he tries to bite me!" and he yelled back "Good! Please do!". But this dog had been kicked before and he was lightning fast, darting around the back and going for the achilles when I'd unclip and try to line him up. Finally I had to try the quick side jab and landed one. He rolled a few times into the grass and just came up running but I managed to pull away. They went through all kinds of fences but inevitably he'd get out and chase me every now and then. Mean little *******... Matt Once it became a regular event I'd have to invest in a can of pepper spray. I love dogs and have had them all my life, which actually makes me fairly intolerant of animals that aren't well behaved. Too bad the dog has to suffer since the owners are the delinquent ones, but it's not the owner sinking his teeth into my leg either. Not sure it's an AKC approved training aid, but I'm sure a dose of spray on a dog would produce some lasting learnin' Tom |
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