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Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly  Oh, it was hardly original with me. But it really has worked for me & my Jilly & Tibbe. Glad it helps you. It's funny how one never thinks before taking a walk with the dog in the neighborhood that you will need a deterrent of some kind but the reality is that you could.
And I had walked Jilly so many times with no walking stick or anything like that & then my BIL had an incident with a large dog a few days before & had to use a limb he found on the ground to keep it from attacking him. It stalked up to him, head low, tail up, ears flat & started growling & circling him. He was a longtime doglover but said that dog scared him! Thank goodness he saw & could slowly get that big limb. He brandished it & the dog ran away but kept stopping & standing staring back at him. It scared me so that on the way out that day for Jilly's walk, I grabbed one of the decorative walking sticks in the umbrella stand by the front door. Thank goodness I did. I'm sure it saved her life. But thereafter, it was the automatic umbrella that went with Jilly & me and now Tibbe.
I also learned to walk my dog watching bushes, cars & other things a dog can appear from behind suddenly. When walking through certain areas, I will just open my umbrella out of an abundance of caution. Probably look like a nut to anyone watching me on a sunny day but it keeps me feeling safe that in case a big dog should dart out from behind a big hedge, I'm prepared as I know how to be. |
When my Shih Tzu was alive we were attacked by a dog and I have never really gotten over it. All I had was a purse in my hand to whack the dog in the head with. I don't ever want to feel that helpless again.