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Met a new 'OMG it's a vicious wolf' tactic today - approaching a man with a whippet on a narrow footpath with wire fencing either side, the man actually lifted the dog over the barbed wire and then attempted to climb over himself. :confused:

Being not so sprightly he gave up and plastered himself against the fence as we passed.

Didn't have the heart to tell him that not five minutes earlier the same dog had spotted a tiny toddler coming her way and immediately rolled over to invite a belly rub. :p
 
Sorry but the mental image of this did make me LOL :D Did you say anything at all to him as you passed or just keep walking?

We get similar reactions, so don't worry, it's not just you.
 
slinkyunicorn said:
QR - yes!!!:p:D:D
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Well, I suppose I haven't brushed my hair today, not sure my ugly mug quite warranted that reaction though! :D

Pix, I did give him a cheery hello and he blurted out something about the weather. :p

Daxy, bless her heart, didn't even look at man or dog as we passed and thus trebled my amusement. Scary vicious dog indeed. She did get a thorough bellyrub from the tiny toddler, too. :)
 
PMSL! My stock answer to numpties at the park is DON'T RUN!!!
Seriously, who tells kids that running away from dogs screaming is a good idea?! :p
Plus they're on leads...
Never forced anyone over wire before, you get Bonus Scary Points.

I did have a shep who hid behind my legs and refused to pass by our friend's whipped until she lifted it, I suppose when you're big and hairy, little skinny sleek things just don't 'compute' :p
 
I haven't had one run away yet, that'll be an experience, I've no idea if she'd give chase or not. Very inadvisable, particuarly if you in any way resemble a squirrel. :p

He'd have had a fit if he'd been up there a few hours earlier, we had a husky playdate in the next field over and the three of them looked and sounded as if they were killing each other.

I will say something if I see him again, bothers me that people go round thinking that they're aggressive, that and he's an old chap who'll probably do himself a mischief trying to throw himself over fences. :eek:
 
blackcob said:
I haven't had one run away yet, that'll be an experience, I've no idea if she'd give chase or not.
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Well I tell you what, if you're not being chased by a dog in the first place, and you want to be chased, run in the opposite direction screaming, that'll work :p
Having said that we walked past a load of kids playing hide and seek in the woods a few months back and they didn't bat an eyelid, I was expecting them to go mental and start joining in :p

Oh and I actually do know how to spell 'whippet' and am not some sort of weirdo, honest, despite what I send you in the post :p
 
CaveCanem said:
Oh and I actually do know how to spell 'whippet' and am not some sort of weirdo, honest, despite what I send you in the post :p
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Lies, all lies! Only weirdoes put in the effort required to send suspicious spermatozoid substances to total strangers in a different country. That's some dedicated weirdoness right there. :p

I will remember running and screaming as a last-ditch tactic for training this weekend, hopefully everyone will just think I've finally lost the plot and catch my dog for me. :o
 
I tend to just say, oh don't worry, he doesn't eat people or dogs - they would give him indigestion.....big smile from me and carry on :p

CC,

OT but

I found my hound sitting under a tree one day, wow, wowing away (chatty rottie) and when I wandered over to see why he wouldn't come discovered 2 young lads in the tree who had climbed up because they had seen us coming and knew they were trespassing. They had thought they wouldn't be noticed :D The dog was soooo pleased with himself - he checked out trees for weeks in the hope of finding more kids playing hide and seek!
 
Classic! Pity you couldn't get someone to hide up there again and give him a nice surprise :p

My fella can remember where he once saw a squirrel up a tree two and a half years ago, or a hedgehog in a clump of grass when he was 18 months old. Him having such a great memory, and us having such a lot of wildlife, means our walks have got very wearisome.....
 
Haha, yes, I was just thinking that the only time mine would sit and woo at anything in a tree would be if a squirrel had gone up it. Small trespassing boys would be welcomed with many licks and offered paws. :rolleyes:
 
What is it about squirrels, Evie gazes longingly at any tree we pass that has ever had a squirrel in it, which means a lot of the time on walks she is gazing skywards. If you will walk your "wolf" in public what else can you expect BC:p, poor Dax bet she was mortified he wouldn't make a fuss of her.
 
Like I say MM, if he'd been around a few hours earlier he would have encountered my friend's sibe as well, a beautiful silver and white (wolfy!) male that makes Dax look like a dwarf by comparison. Poor fellow would probably have cleared the fence in a leap. :D

kirstyhen, I will admit to leaping out of the way of bog-clotted spangles because they are just so enthusiastic about sharing their dirt with everyone else. :p
 
blackcob said:
kirstyhen, I will admit to leaping out of the way of bog-clotted spangles because they are just so enthusiastic about sharing their dirt with everyone else. :p
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They are very generous beasties:D

Dax is utterly terrifying, did you not see how much I was trembling in terror at the last meetup?:p
 
Spudlet said:
Dax is utterly terrifying, did you not see how much I was trembling in terror at the last meetup?:p
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I think poor Paddington was the real victim, as one of the few game enough to play dirty he got a proper husky mauling. :p

Personally I can't see why someone wouldn't want to be covered in slabbers and bog stink
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To be fair that is de rigueur for pretty much everyone here so I can't complain too much when I get splatted. :D
 
Brontie said:
Do I get some, for the fact that during the puppies early recall training. He chased a man, who scaled a six foot fence to get away. He wouldn't of done anything, but still he enjoyed the chase :p
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I believe you deserve double as he was a puppy :D

I had a bloke pick his dog up (and it was far from small) and scramble down a neck-breaking hill (it's darned near vertical! you couldn't PAY me to go down it) to avoid me and my 5 month old GSD pup :( I was both offended by his rudeness and disappointed by yet another lost chance for fun socialisation.

Today we were mauled by a JRT puppy and a yellow lab. On the plus side we bumped into the odd bloke who owns a staffie replete with studded harness and always seems to carry a can of lager. Same bloke who politely called his dog away from mine first time we met, and explained that as mine was on a lead and he didn't want his dog frustrating him when they were both in play mode.

BC- given Dax is so beautiful, it was obviously your un-brushed hair that sent him over the edge. Sorry, but it's the only possible explanation. His comment regarding the weather was merely an attempt to placate the escaped loon. :p:p

*runs*
 
Pix said:
*runs*
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*sets vicious wolfydog on Pix*

:p

I do often look a state while out walking, to be fair - it's not just me that puts jeans and a jumper over the previous night's PJs for the early morning walk, right? I keep bumping into people, acutely aware that I have neither brushed my teeth, changed my knickers nor combed my voluminous hair. :o
 
During sheep training the dog I was with, Bill ( yes, I know. I needed a one syllable name) Did manage to chase some kids into a stream, He isn't even scary :o He is only a tri-coloured border collie, but my boss had clipped him so he didn't get dirt caught in his fur :p
 
blackcob said:
*sets vicious wolfydog on Pix*

:p

I do often look a state while out walking, to be fair - it's not just me that puts jeans and a jumper over the previous night's PJs for the early morning walk, right? I keep bumping into people, acutely aware that I have neither brushed my teeth, changed my knickers nor combed my voluminous hair. :o
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Well, that's how I walk my dog, so it can't possibly be that, that's causing them to.....

Aaaaaaw! My argument just fell apart! :mad:

Curse you BC and your familiarly stinky ways! :mad::p
 
I thought I was the only one who stuck a fleece and jogging bottoms on over my PJs :o
Get a deerstalker hat! Covers the worst of bad hair. I do need to wear some upholstery up top though, things are already starting to go south :p
 
Could be worse, I briefly considered a Primark onesie for ultimate convenience. :p

Horse will soon be in at night, thus giving me an excuse to stay in this fashion until about 11am every day. :o
 
blackcob said:
Could be worse, I briefly considered a Primark onesie for ultimate convenience. :p

Horse will soon be in at night, thus giving me an excuse to stay in this fashion until about 11am every day. :o
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Bloody students:mad:

**Goes off grumbling about perils of being a working woman**:p

:D
 
Oi, it's not all onesie-wallowing! :p

At work on Saturday night I got felt up by a man older than my father. :o At least working full time in an office was only psychologically challenging. Am actually looking forward to going back to retail at Christmas, a statement which I bet I will come to regret... :p
 
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