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I was walking my dogs around the woods in the dark, and hadn't bothered to take a torch as I have quite good night vision, but I nearly scared the living daylights out of a bloke walking his spaniel in the opposite direction, when Amy ran up to him in the dark :D She is black, so looks like a little silhouette at best - I cheerfully called out hello as he grabbed his dog for protection :D

So much for wondering about being attacked, I think my fellow night time dog walkers will want protecting from me :D
 
PMSL! As I mentioned last week, mine is now on a lead in the dark, having a black dog running past you is bad enough, having a black dog who breathes/pants as heavily as mine does, tend to really scare the wits out of people!!!
 
CaveCanem said:
PMSL! As I mentioned last week, mine is now on a lead in the dark, having a black dog running past you is bad enough, having a black dog who breathes/pants as heavily as mine does, tend to really scare the wits out of people!!!
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LOL that would be worse - Amy is silent at least :D
 
Spook said:
Your dogs should be under control!!!! not runningup to anyone at all day or night, let alone scareing them
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You are so kidding me with this response aren't you? Have you never heard of poetic licence to increase the humour value of a post?

Just to clarify for you, Amy did not actually run up to the bloke, she was ahead of me (as usual) on the walk and he became aware that there was something ahead of him as he walked towards me. Of course he wasn't really scared, he was some huge 6' plus bloke, why would he be scared of something in the dark? And Amy has 100% recall, so as soon as he switched his torch on I called her back and she returned to me - hope that's OK with you?

Do get a sense of humour before you post again.....I had thought half term was over and the kids were back at school...
 
To add, my dog is neutral to other people on walks, he does not acknowledge their existence, he was running past people either to get to where he was going or on his way back to me and as I keep him on a lead now it's not an issue.
No one had a coronary, people just jumped and ended up laughing when they realised he was a dog. It's a small village and most people know the crazy woman with the black dog, calm down!!

You're welcome :)
 
I always walk with a torch as I think it's a bit unfair to creep up on folks with two big GSDs ;) but the other evening on the field, I met two people who had no torch and no lights on their black dog. I saw him running in the light from my torch and thought he was a fox, so I yelled at my two to recall immediately in case they wanted to chase. That scared the people I subsequently saw with the dog; I think they thought my two were about to attack!

The following night I saw them in the same sort of place (again, no torch, black clothes, black dog). I know to look for them now, and put my torch on 'full beam' in the field, but it would be helpful if they had even light clothing on, so I can catch mine and put them on leads!
 
LOL :D

One stage of our last rally became an impromptu night race when the humidity went sky high and the start had to be postponed. I managed to borrow a better torch but could still only see a little way ahead. Thankfully Ricoh's white fluffy arse bouncing along in the torch beam provided a handy beacon, could hardly see Dax at all. :p

I have the same problem with the horses, both jet black, I just whistle for them now and judge which one I'm feeding by the height of the insistent muzzle prods on my person. If it bites, it's the shetland...
 
Now it looks like night runs are becoming a regular thing for us I've invested in a really really high powered lamp for the rig - I await the UFO reports in the local paper. :p
 
And on another thread, on an unknown forum/Facebook/blog, there is a "huge 6' plus bloke" wondering if it is safe for him to walk his Spaniel in the woods after dark...


Maybe you should wear a "warning" sign?
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Brilliant FL, that sign AND your comment made me laugh out loud :D :D :D I was good and took a torch tonight, amazingly I did actually see someone else walking their dog in the dark too but when they saw my torch they beat a hasty retreat down a side path :)
 
A few years ago now, I'd taken the 3 dogs with me to go and check the horses. It was about this time of year, the clocks had gone back but the horses were still on their (40 acres plus!) summer grazing which was waaaay off the beaten track and of course it was pitch black by the time I'd found the herd and checked mine. The dogs had happily been bunny hunting in the woods with their flashing collars but when I called them back only 2 appeared. Not a problem sez I as I can see the rotties pink flashing collar about an acre away so off I went to retrieve him (while muttering uncomplimentary things about deaf and stupid dogs :) ) Arrive at the flashing collar to find it hooked on a bush and no sign of the black and tan dog...ooops. Start calling but decide to head back to the yard as that's what he would normally do if he lost me.

Now, before anybody panics this was private property, the dog still had his proper collar and tags and no normal person would be walking the fields in the wind and dark so I was mainly irritated because I wanted to go home rather than worried. Got all the way to the yard and no sign of the dog so I decided I'd head down the track I'd avoided earlier because it was full of deep puddles and lots of mud. 2 terriers on leads are now getting the hump - it's past dinner time!

Anyway, I'm slipping and sliding away along the track about 15 minutes later when I hear blood curdling screams around the corner so I start running (as best I can) in that direction and all of a sudden a very wild eyed shaken rottweiler throws himself at my legs :) On the lead he goes and I carry on to meet 2 terrified women with a torch gibbering that a big black dog had run up to them then ran away. They were out looking for a missing cat at what they had thought was a quiet time and had got the fright of their lives. I felt very guilty and had to confess that it was my dog and apologised but didn't tell them that they'd scared him as much as he scared them. I think the dog had finally given up his fox hunt - he loved tracking foxes, didn't chase but his head would go down and he would follow a scent for quite a while - after all it was past dinner time and thought the torch holders were me so charged up to say Hi Mum, I'm baaaaccck and got the shock of his life when he was screamed at...

One of the many times that dog mortified me :)
 
The OH put a dog cam on Zak today, fortunately in the light. I am shamed that at one point, he went up to and bowled over a big lack Labrador. :redface3:

I refuse to walk them in the dark (OH does it!) on the grounds that I'll never find the little swines again, having had a call from the OH a couple of years back to come help him find them in the local woods, thousands of acres, pitch black, the least fun I've had ever!
 
Picture this.....husband out with dogs, last walk on our lane in pitch dark, three dogs come back, husband, by now getting crosser and crosser, shouting louder and louder, turns round and nearly falls over dog he has been shouting for...dog is large black dobermann, with as usual very black eyes, standing behind husband wondering what on earth husband was doing! That was several years ago, but we still laugh about it. PS hubby does not drink...
 
LOL Freddie19, I particularly liked the PS on your post :D :D

I met the poor spaniel man again on the walk tonight! Because I went earlier I didn't take a torch again, blow me I met him coming the other way - with a torch - on a narrow path. I got my dogs out the way quickly, as soon as he heard me speak to them he said 'I met you the other night didn't I, without a torch' - I had to own up :D
 
Well. well Picklenash..... best not bring your dogs here then!!!! 5 or so miles of access tracks for walkers, cyclists and riders..... never opposed nor objected to, BUT we do expect ALL dogs to be under control at all times be they on a lead or off. Best not to meet my bro. he just could react in a most agressive way and since my grandaughter has been bitten so would I!....... I'd react quickly without any thought to the wellbeing of the dog rather than risk either me or mine being bothered let alone bitten.
 
Spook said:
Well. well Picklenash..... best not bring your dogs here then!!!! 5 or so miles of access tracks for walkers, cyclists and riders..... never opposed nor objected to, BUT we do expect ALL dogs to be under control at all times be they on a lead or off. Best not to meet my bro. he just could react in a most agressive way and since my grandaughter has been bitten so would I!....... I'd react quickly without any thought to the wellbeing of the dog rather than risk either me or mine being bothered let alone bitten.
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My on lead labrador was attacked by a jogger once. He took a thirty foot detour to run up to her and kick her in the face. I would like to tell you I don't now judge all joggers as being potential evil psychos, but I would be lying.
 
Spook said:
Well. well Picklenash..... best not bring your dogs here then!!!! 5 or so miles of access tracks for walkers, cyclists and riders..... never opposed nor objected to, BUT we do expect ALL dogs to be under control at all times be they on a lead or off. Best not to meet my bro. he just could react in a most agressive way and since my grandaughter has been bitten so would I!....... I'd react quickly without any thought to the wellbeing of the dog rather than risk either me or mine being bothered let alone bitten.
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What an odd post, considering I clearly explained that my dogs were under control and didn't bother anyone.....I can only conclude you didn't read my post.....or perhaps you chose to ignore it.
 
Spook said:
Well. well Picklenash..... best not bring your dogs here then!!!! 5 or so miles of access tracks for walkers, cyclists and riders..... never opposed nor objected to, BUT we do expect ALL dogs to be under control at all times be they on a lead or off. Best not to meet my bro. he just could react in a most agressive way and since my grandaughter has been bitten so would I!....... I'd react quickly without any thought to the wellbeing of the dog rather than risk either me or mine being bothered let alone bitten.
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Have you read reply 5? Where Picklenash said that she described what happened, so that it would sound as interesting to read as possible. "Amy did not actually run up to the bloke" = to me, she wasn't actually all the way up close to the bloke and his Spaniel. But nice to know that Usain Bolt or similar fast sprinter's sister is a member of HHO, after all, he has to be quite fast if he's going to be able to catch up with a Greyhound that is sprinting back to its owner, and be aggressive to it.

I sometimes wish that there was the same high demands on that humans had to keep themselves under control when they're out in public as there is on dogs. Because according to the statistic that I've read, the specie that is most likely to cause harm to a human, is after all, another human, not dogs.
 
FinnishLapphund you have definitely just won 'post of the week' - the idea of Usain Bolt sprinting after Amy greyhound down a muddy track in the dark towards me is a mental image I will never forget :D :D :D
 
Spook said:
"when Amy ran up to him in the dark ......" original post??

So she did??????
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Head...desk.....at the risk of repeating everything I said in post 5 on this thread, I was exaggerating to make my OP more amusing, it was not intended to be taken literally! Amy did not run up to the man with the springer spaniel, she was several yards away at most.

However since you seem unable or unwilling to read my subsequent posts on the matter no doubt you will ignore this one as well.....
 
Maybe Picklenash should have written that Amy ran up towards the bloke and his Spaniel, maybe she should have said something in her first post about that Amy stopped before she was all the way up close, but nobody is perfect, what matters is that Amy stopped some yards away from the bloke with the Spaniel, and as soon as she realised that they where about to meet someone, Picklenash recalled Amy, who came straight back to her.


I can't help but wonder where in the UK you live Spook, you said
Spook said:
... best not bring your dogs here then! ....
BUT we do expect ALL dogs to be under control at all times be they on a lead or off ...
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But I've had a look at a few Dog Control Orders, and as I understand it, in e.g. Cambridge it says that if a dog cannot be kept under control off lead, then someone from the Council can request that the dog is placed on a lead.
To me, that means that dogs should be under control off leash or on a lead, not that they must be under control regardless if they're off or on a lead.


And in case I didn't made it clear, I think Amy would win, especially if the surface isn't a smooth race track, without a muddy trail out in a wood. I haven't found a specific 100 metres record as comparison, but I have read that:

Usain Bolt can run 200 metres in 19.19 seconds, a Greyhound have run the same distance in 11.2 seconds.
Michael Johnson once ran 400 metres in 43.18 seconds, a Greyhound has done it in 21.4 seconds.
David Rushida can run 800 metres in 1 minute 41 seconds, a Greyhound has done it in 49.2 seconds.

I've also read that the only other animal that can accelerate faster over a short distance than a Greyhound, is the cheetah.


Talking about dogs and racing, I've seen a fun dog race video:

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Personally, I think "Hot For Teacher"/Hamish could have won, if he had only kept his focus on the ball, and not the other dog.
 
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