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08-17-2016, 05:41 AM | #1 |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Lake Geneva, WI
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| Situation Many of Us Could Find Ourselves I don't have answers, but in his efforts to save his Yorkie, this gentleman died. Too tragic and too awful...But I think a lot of us would instinctively (not saying it's right or wrong) fight to save our little ones. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-37094526?ref=yfp |
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08-17-2016, 06:19 AM | #2 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: NY
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| So sad. Years ago when my youngest son was about 4 years old he was attacked by a German Shepherd. The dog had always been kept chained and broke loose after lunging at neighborhood kids over and over. My son ended up in the hospital with huge lacerations all over his head. Thankfully his face was not scared. The worst of it was that this poor neglected dog was put back out there to attack again. The law at the time, if you can believe it, was that a dog was not put down after one bite. Of course, the owner having a great deal of land and money had much to do with it I am sure. Yes, I would try to protect my dog just as I did my son. Yorkietalkjilly taught me to carry a big umbrella when walking my little ones. Popng an umbrella open helps to startle the dog and serves as a shield as well. There have been some sad stories of dog attacks here on YT. If nothing else I hope they warn others to always be prepared. There are just too many irresponsible dog owners. |
08-17-2016, 07:24 AM | #4 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Methuen, Ma, USA
Posts: 37
| Same here, I will NOT walk my Yorkie nor let him run free in the yard or even in a pen. Bigger dogs roam the neighborhood and elsewhere and can jump any fence. And I tell you right now if another dog tried to my dog then I will be forced to take the life of the bigger dog. I have been working out (martial arts) for the last 50 years so I don't need a weapon to protect my Yorkie. Then I would probably put on my ninja outfit and "visit" that other dog's owner. Justice will prevail. I know of two incidences here in Massachusettes where a bigger dog killed a smaller dog. ug |
08-17-2016, 09:42 AM | #5 |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Lake Geneva, WI
Posts: 2,776
| It's up to us to watch out for and protect our little canines, cuz Lord knows you cannot expect others to behave responsibly...I opened a thread awhile back about my scare with an Akita (think it's entitled 'will never ignore my instincts again'). Anyway, I like your style, Milosopher. Ya wanna move to Nevada and live on my street? Talk about feeling safe!! |
08-17-2016, 09:50 AM | #6 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: GA, USA
Posts: 693
| When I take my girl to walking it's usually at places I think there won't be any problems (don't usually have other dogs), but of course this is no guarantee. I don't walk her in the summer since it's waaay to hot here, even for me. When I do walk her, I plan to take a pepper/mace spray with me, just incase. If it comes down to it, to protect my yorkie and myself, if I can't scare them off, I'll take out the dangerous dog any way I can. She's quite literally a fat/fluffy marshmallow that thinks she can be tough alot of times by growling and barking (I've had people be amused by her >_<). She also has knee issues so sometimes she'll "scoot" when it's a short distance. So yea, she's capable of running only so fast for a short time. So I'm a bit overprotective of her x.x
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08-17-2016, 11:39 AM | #7 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: FL
Posts: 122
| My very nasty neighbor's very nasty pitbull attacked an older gentleman and his very old dog who were simply walking on the bikepath we live next to. Deputies told this creep he had to "get rid of" it, which look him three weeks to do. They did not bother to take the dog from him. Two weeks later he got another larger one. It's NEVER on a leash. He doesn't even have a collar on it. He parades up and down the road with it running around, proud as a peacock. It took me very little time to realize Florida's law enforcement is VERY selective. |
08-17-2016, 01:06 PM | #8 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: prescott valley az usa
Posts: 1,232
| Don't just get pepper spray.... buy bear spray!!!! I don't have confidence in pepper spray on an aggressive dog but I'm confident bear spray would do a much better job. If you are in FEAR of a dog attack I would use the strongest thing possible. Some people are sick and demented to have such vicious dogs. They use those types of dogs to intimidate. Jmho
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08-17-2016, 01:18 PM | #9 | |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: N. Las Vegas, NV, USA
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If it comes to hand-to-muzzle defense, drive your fingers into the dog's eyes (yes, small target, but at this point you are up close). Not too many animals (including humans) have the capacity to fight when blinded. I hate to say those things as I hate to see a dog injured, but you gotta save yourself (and your dog). | |
08-17-2016, 01:38 PM | #10 |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Lake Geneva, WI
Posts: 2,776
| To intimidate and to bully others and to hide behind... |
08-17-2016, 03:12 PM | #11 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: La Mirada, CA
Posts: 14
| Another Danger I recently moved to large retirement community with lots of green spaces, trees, bushes and paths running through it...awesome for walking dogs. While doing just that, I started meeting some neighbors, a few told me to watch my dogs because coyotes had been seen in the neighborhood. I've lived in the same area for almost 15 years and never seen such a thing so I didn't totally believe it. Unfortunately, it's true, while in my car, I saw one very near to my home out in broad daylight. I pulled over to the curb and honked my horn a few times. No fear, it just stood there and stared at me. It was so much larger than I would have expected. Now I'm afraid to take both my Yorkies walking at the same time. I carry one of those horribly loud air horn things as the spray requires some ability to grab it and aim it in the right direction. Myself, like almost anyone else on this board, wouldn't think twice about jumping in to save my dogs. Of course, I have noooo idea if the air horn would actually scare off a coyote. It's supposed to be able to be heard for a half mile. I worry that if I do have to use it, the incredibly loud sound could scare my dog or a neighbor to death. It's a sad thing when wild animals are deprived of a place to live and hunt because their habitat is plowed up to build yet more homes. It seems no concessions are made for this at all. They are just left to starve. Their only small chance is to come into the neighborhoods to hunt. |
08-17-2016, 03:21 PM | #12 |
YT 2000 Club Donating Member | Today I got into a verbal altercation with a dog walker who was at a leash free park. She judged that two of her crew was just playing, I disagreed and said you allowed things to escalate. We went back n forth like that several times, and finally I just said we each have our own opinion. I left immediately.
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08-17-2016, 05:53 PM | #13 |
Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: E.Stroudsburg, Pa.
Posts: 67,957
| On the rare occasions I walk Cody I carry a can of wasp spray, it shoots a distance of 25 feet, yeah, I was told by a member on YT it is illegal to use, but, if a large dog is coming for my lil boy it will get sprayed. I live in a heavily wooded area, stray dogs come out of the woods, reason I don't walk Cody often. For all that use any kind of spray, just make sure the wind or breeze is at your back otherwise YOU will get the spray. I have a large back yard with only 4 foot high fence, I am ALWAYS in the yard with Cody, if a dog should jump my fence I would put myself between that dog and my boy, I would rather get bit up then have my baby killed.
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08-17-2016, 06:16 PM | #14 | |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Idaho
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08-18-2016, 01:45 AM | #15 |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Lake Geneva, WI
Posts: 2,776
| Verbal altercations, wasp, pepper, and bear spray, or pistols(??)...I, too, will do what it takes to protect Piper. It'd be nice if those owners of large dogs with questionable training/temperament, would simply do one lousy thing---keep their dogs leashed! That, at least, would be something--not much, but something. |
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