Okay, I know I will get flamed for this post, but since it is real, and supports why I have the thoughts about some
dog owners that I do.
So, even though I raced yesterday, I decided to try and do my 2 hour cross country run. So, I am into my third lap of 5
when I feel something nipping at my back leg at the school grounds. I look behind me and here are two pit bull type dogs
jump around me, nipping at me, touching my body. I stop running since I have no idea what they are up to, but assume
running would be dumb. I look around and see no person anywhere. I start looking to what I could do if they start to attack me,
and look up at the basketball hoops that maybe I could still jump to them if I needed to try and save myself. I have no phone
and me, or even my GPS unit today.
So, I keep looking around and I see a truck packed at the baseball park and finally someone gets out of the car. I yell over at him
if these were his dogs. He says yes. I then yell at him that they are nipping at me. He makes some comment like what is the big deal.
I then say something like it is illegal to have dogs out that are not on a leash. He then calls them back and I continue on my run
all worked up.
So, as I come back for my 4th lap, I am wondering what if he is still there, and what is going on with the dogs. I start to hear some barking
but see nothing. I assume they are barking at me behind some fencing, but had not gotten close enough to see. The next thing I know
is I see the dogs running like crazy in front of me crashing something black. I assume it is a chicken and I hear it making noises. As I come around the corner,
I see one of the pit bulls has a cat in its mouth, around its neck, shacking the heck out of the cat. I have never seen something so grousem (?)
in my life. The dog owner is running at the dog telling it to put the cat down and trying to grab it. As soon as the one dog lets the cat go,
and it trys to run away, the other pit bull grabs it in its mouth by the neck and starts to again shack it like I have never seen live.
I start yelling at the owner to get his dogs or I will try to kill his dogs to stop the attack. I go grab a big stick and get ready to try
to hit the dogs to stop. I throw a big rock at one of them to keep it away from this poor cat who is down laying on the ground looking at me with
these big eyes, I assume slowly dying.
The owner owner finally gets both dogs by the collar and starts walking back to his car. I am walking with him telling him I am going to call the cops since I have
never seen anything like this. I tell him it was bad enough they come nipping at me, but clearly he continued to ignore the law and did not have them on leashes.
As I get past his truck where I go to get his license number, he has now put both dogs on leashes, which he had with him the whole time.
He is saying I am sorry and always comes early on Sundays to let his dogs run since no one is there. I also ask him to give me his name and license on a piece of paper,
which he will not do. I then continue to tell him to call 911 to make this situation as best for him as he can. He tells me he has no phone and I am
looking into his car seeing what looks like a phone. It is this phone pad type device that he is trying to breath into. I finally get is license in my head and start
walking towards the street to flag someone down before I forget his number. I then see him get out of his truck, go lift the hood, and do something under it to start the truck.
I stop a lady who lets me call 911 on her phone. They tell me that there is nothing they can do, that animal control does not do anything on the weekends,
and to call them Monday to file a report. I asked that this poor cat is laying there dying from a brutal attack from 2 dogs can have nothing done,
and she says yes, nothing.
So as this is completing talking to thei gal, the guy drives back into the parking lot. So, I walk down to see what he is going to do. When he told me he would "take care of it",
I assume this was to get rid of the evidence. I ask him what would he expect someone to do if they had hurt one of his dogs. To just leave it there to die?
No, he said he would want them to take it to the vet. I told him the best he can do now is behave in ways that showed he was really sorry. I told him I was filling a report since
he did not put the dog on leases after they started to nip at me the first time. He tried to give me a line that his dogs were just friendly. I then told him
that any dog is still a wild animal and how could he explain how his dogs were attacking that cat is such brutal ways. He then started to agree that he should have had them
on a lease.
As I walked back to my car, not getting in my 2 hour run that I wanted, and NOT wanting to get involved in something like this during mothers day,
I see his truck drive off. I have no idea if he had the cat in the truck and really was going to try and get to a vet, but I did tell him that I assume
I would find out when I made my report to animal control.
I then start to think what was the device he was trying to breath into. I think that is a device that a person who has been caught drinking and driving
must breath into to allow a car to start. And for him to get out of the car after I was walking away, lift the hood, and manually get it to start
implies he has bypassed what is in his car.
So, when I see the posts on ST about dogs and how all dog owners and dogs are great law abiding folks, this is why I always respond that not all
are this way. And, ANY dog can do things that it never has before, like vicous attacks. Never thought I would have such a first hand experience
to solidify for me why I have such strong opinions about some dog owners. I see all the time dogs running loose with there owners at the school, where it is posted
that it is not legal to have a dog there at any time, let alone not on a lease. But, they all see to feel that they can ignore the law, just let there
dog have a friendly run, and not understand that things can happen, that I saw and experienced today first hand.
So, since I am not the kind of person I see a number of times on ST posts who complain about stuff, and are not willing to follow through before
worst things might happen, I will fill a report with animal control, and I will be calling the CHP in a few minutes to ask about
the possible bypass of a acholol device in a car. None of the above is something I wanted to get involved with but, I can not turn my back.
It could be worse next time.
Now, my wife has given my a bad time forever about not running with a cell phone. Since this was the same place I face planeted a year ago, I guess
I am forced to changed my habits. I will be looking at how I can run with my cell phone, and I need to get a can of pepper spray or something
such that if a dog approaches me again, I have something to defend myself with.
Dave
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dog owners that I do.
So, even though I raced yesterday, I decided to try and do my 2 hour cross country run. So, I am into my third lap of 5
when I feel something nipping at my back leg at the school grounds. I look behind me and here are two pit bull type dogs
jump around me, nipping at me, touching my body. I stop running since I have no idea what they are up to, but assume
running would be dumb. I look around and see no person anywhere. I start looking to what I could do if they start to attack me,
and look up at the basketball hoops that maybe I could still jump to them if I needed to try and save myself. I have no phone
and me, or even my GPS unit today.
So, I keep looking around and I see a truck packed at the baseball park and finally someone gets out of the car. I yell over at him
if these were his dogs. He says yes. I then yell at him that they are nipping at me. He makes some comment like what is the big deal.
I then say something like it is illegal to have dogs out that are not on a leash. He then calls them back and I continue on my run
all worked up.
So, as I come back for my 4th lap, I am wondering what if he is still there, and what is going on with the dogs. I start to hear some barking
but see nothing. I assume they are barking at me behind some fencing, but had not gotten close enough to see. The next thing I know
is I see the dogs running like crazy in front of me crashing something black. I assume it is a chicken and I hear it making noises. As I come around the corner,
I see one of the pit bulls has a cat in its mouth, around its neck, shacking the heck out of the cat. I have never seen something so grousem (?)
in my life. The dog owner is running at the dog telling it to put the cat down and trying to grab it. As soon as the one dog lets the cat go,
and it trys to run away, the other pit bull grabs it in its mouth by the neck and starts to again shack it like I have never seen live.
I start yelling at the owner to get his dogs or I will try to kill his dogs to stop the attack. I go grab a big stick and get ready to try
to hit the dogs to stop. I throw a big rock at one of them to keep it away from this poor cat who is down laying on the ground looking at me with
these big eyes, I assume slowly dying.
The owner owner finally gets both dogs by the collar and starts walking back to his car. I am walking with him telling him I am going to call the cops since I have
never seen anything like this. I tell him it was bad enough they come nipping at me, but clearly he continued to ignore the law and did not have them on leashes.
As I get past his truck where I go to get his license number, he has now put both dogs on leashes, which he had with him the whole time.
He is saying I am sorry and always comes early on Sundays to let his dogs run since no one is there. I also ask him to give me his name and license on a piece of paper,
which he will not do. I then continue to tell him to call 911 to make this situation as best for him as he can. He tells me he has no phone and I am
looking into his car seeing what looks like a phone. It is this phone pad type device that he is trying to breath into. I finally get is license in my head and start
walking towards the street to flag someone down before I forget his number. I then see him get out of his truck, go lift the hood, and do something under it to start the truck.
I stop a lady who lets me call 911 on her phone. They tell me that there is nothing they can do, that animal control does not do anything on the weekends,
and to call them Monday to file a report. I asked that this poor cat is laying there dying from a brutal attack from 2 dogs can have nothing done,
and she says yes, nothing.
So as this is completing talking to thei gal, the guy drives back into the parking lot. So, I walk down to see what he is going to do. When he told me he would "take care of it",
I assume this was to get rid of the evidence. I ask him what would he expect someone to do if they had hurt one of his dogs. To just leave it there to die?
No, he said he would want them to take it to the vet. I told him the best he can do now is behave in ways that showed he was really sorry. I told him I was filling a report since
he did not put the dog on leases after they started to nip at me the first time. He tried to give me a line that his dogs were just friendly. I then told him
that any dog is still a wild animal and how could he explain how his dogs were attacking that cat is such brutal ways. He then started to agree that he should have had them
on a lease.
As I walked back to my car, not getting in my 2 hour run that I wanted, and NOT wanting to get involved in something like this during mothers day,
I see his truck drive off. I have no idea if he had the cat in the truck and really was going to try and get to a vet, but I did tell him that I assume
I would find out when I made my report to animal control.
I then start to think what was the device he was trying to breath into. I think that is a device that a person who has been caught drinking and driving
must breath into to allow a car to start. And for him to get out of the car after I was walking away, lift the hood, and manually get it to start
implies he has bypassed what is in his car.
So, when I see the posts on ST about dogs and how all dog owners and dogs are great law abiding folks, this is why I always respond that not all
are this way. And, ANY dog can do things that it never has before, like vicous attacks. Never thought I would have such a first hand experience
to solidify for me why I have such strong opinions about some dog owners. I see all the time dogs running loose with there owners at the school, where it is posted
that it is not legal to have a dog there at any time, let alone not on a lease. But, they all see to feel that they can ignore the law, just let there
dog have a friendly run, and not understand that things can happen, that I saw and experienced today first hand.
So, since I am not the kind of person I see a number of times on ST posts who complain about stuff, and are not willing to follow through before
worst things might happen, I will fill a report with animal control, and I will be calling the CHP in a few minutes to ask about
the possible bypass of a acholol device in a car. None of the above is something I wanted to get involved with but, I can not turn my back.
It could be worse next time.
Now, my wife has given my a bad time forever about not running with a cell phone. Since this was the same place I face planeted a year ago, I guess
I am forced to changed my habits. I will be looking at how I can run with my cell phone, and I need to get a can of pepper spray or something
such that if a dog approaches me again, I have something to defend myself with.
Dave
Dave Campbell | Facebook | @DaveECampbell | h2ofun@h2ofun.net
Boom Nutrition code 19F4Y3 $5 off 24 pack box | Bionic Runner | PowerCranks | Velotron | Spruzzamist
Lions don't lose sleep worrying about the sheep