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Article: How to deal with unfriendly dogs. (includes related article on dog psychology)
- Article from:
- Countryside & Small Stock Journal
- Article date:
- July 1, 1994
- Author:
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I have about three years' experience as an electric meter reader, which includes rural areas. A very conservative estimate would put me, potentially, at the teeth-end of over 5,000 dogs. In that time I received only four or five minor bites. Listed are a few suggestions to prevent bites from strange dogs.
1. Never turn your back to a strange dog or let it get behind you. (This could have prevented Dianna's bite.) Walk backwards away from the dog. Only the most vicious dogs will attack the front side of an adult human.
2. Carry something such as a walking stick or rolled up newspaper, anything you can use to put in the dog's teeth if it does attack ...