I am the owner of a perfectly well adjusted 8 mo old lab (female, spayed) who is being raised with the help of Ed's tapes and a trainer who helps me train the rest of my pack (4 kids, husband). No problems, but I am a newish dog owner.

Lab and I are on morning walk when a chow on a VERY long flexi (whose "handler" was reading the paper while holding the lead) charges at us from 50 feet, handler accidently drops flexi and I end up on my back with a chow on my chest.

Bruises aside, I was more scared than hurt. The chow bared her teeth, growled and snapped the air. I dropped my own dog's lead in the confusion. While the chow had me pinned, she didn't bite. My dog didn't run, although she did bark and growl (I'd NEVER heard her do that before).

It took the owner what seemed like an eternity to get this chow under control. I don't think I could have prevented this - it really did come out of the blue. I just stayed still on the ground because I was frankly too scared to do anything else.

I am thankful no one was hurt, and while the owner was apologetic, t my suggestion to the owner that he get a nice 6 foot leather leash from Ed and pay attention to his dog didn;t go over well. What else could I do in the future - pepper spray?

Dorrie

find where the owner of the chow lives and inform him of your injuries if any and tell him if it happens again you will inform the police and seek the counsel of a greedy lawyer with a attitude worse than his chow. I have had so many incidents and fist fights over this type of thing i feel like walking my dog in my living room goood luck.

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Good gosh guys give me a second...

NO SWEARING, NONE. NO RACIAL REMARKS, NONE.

If you can not abide by these rules you will no longer be able to post on this board.

Dorrie, Glad you and your dog are OK. I would make a report to the local Police, ASPCA, or whatever animal authority you have in your area. Don't let it go. Even if you wish no further action, it is important to log this report. You may forgive the negligent owner now, but who knows if the dog has been allowed to do this before and again!

If there are future incidents, with yourself or other individuals, having past incidents on record are important.

Next time you see him and his dog, give them a wide berth!

great job on the editing you have saved the gsd people of the world from such horrible vulgarities. ps i am Jewish madamm and as far as posting on this board if you gain a sense of control from blocking my posts i could care less. the only reason i have posted because the majority of the post by some of you so called experts are so lame and repetitive that i have felt sorry for the folks that are truly looking for answers to their questions.what is truly vulgar to me is my freedom of speech is being dictated by some lady who views my previous post as vulgar . both words are in websters. so go ahead with your control and god bless .

Steven, I would normally send this to you privately, as I would have the first warning, but you have your PM's disabled.

First, It is not my decision to not allow swearing on the board, it was Ed's. The board is open to the eyes of all, including children, so he has asked that we not swear... is that so hard to understand?

Secondly, the nature of the internet is that no one knows who or what you are. If you are Jewish and make a comment about Jews with your friends they will probably laugh it off. Here no one knows if you are gay, black, white, green with purple spots, etc. Keep that in mind as it will tend to irritate others.

If you are truly here to help, then by all means do, but leave the swearing and racial remarks out.

Was your original post really going to help this woman? :rolleyes:

Steve,

You have been informed of the rules here and it seems you don't want to participate on this board. What YOU deem vulgar is not the issue and the moderators here have better things to do than edit and censor your posts.

You can discuss with Ed your status on the board when he returns this week, until then you won't be allowed to post.

Since I wasn't bit, the police could care less. Animal control agreed to talk with the owner. The dog started his/her bolt on its own property - we were a 1/2 block away, so I could locate them easily.

I had read the site on how to break up dog fights, and since this wasn't a fight, it didn't seem to apply. In this instance, freezing in place worked since my dog was perfectly fine and I escaped with just bruises from the fall.

I'd appreciate any other advice on how to avoid/survive an attach. While I will avoid that street, I'm sure this sort of thing happens from time to time. I won't be calling a lawyer on this one.

I saw my post as an honest, if naive question on how to deal with someone else's dog. I didn't mean any offense.

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Originally posted by Dorrie Lefkowitz:

I'd appreciate any other advice on how to avoid/survive an attach.

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Dorrie,
Try pepper spray.Same thing happened to my wife she was knocked over by an off lead dog.She picked herself up & pepper sprayed the dog's owner.It's worked a treat, he's dog is Always leashed now & he keep's well away.Some people have to learn the hard way.Stay safe JD