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SlowRider
Guest
I use the same approach with other peoples' dogs that I use with my own
dogs: if they don't do something I like, I give them a sharp, loud,
authoritative rebuke ("AAY!" works beautifully, especially if you can
startle them with it).
But that's for your garden-variety pet dog off his leash, not a
snarling attack dog. In the latter case I would call animal control.
Ask them to remind the owners that if a dog bites a human, the dog gets
put to sleep (that's the law in most places AFAIK). Animal control may
also be able to give you better tips than you'll get elsewhere.
The next step after that would be the police. I believe a phrase they
recognize is "hazard to navigation": if the dogs chase bicycles, they
probably chase cars, too.
Good luck!
-JR
dogs: if they don't do something I like, I give them a sharp, loud,
authoritative rebuke ("AAY!" works beautifully, especially if you can
startle them with it).
But that's for your garden-variety pet dog off his leash, not a
snarling attack dog. In the latter case I would call animal control.
Ask them to remind the owners that if a dog bites a human, the dog gets
put to sleep (that's the law in most places AFAIK). Animal control may
also be able to give you better tips than you'll get elsewhere.
The next step after that would be the police. I believe a phrase they
recognize is "hazard to navigation": if the dogs chase bicycles, they
probably chase cars, too.
Good luck!
-JR