In an update to my conflict with the neighbor’s dog, I went for a ride again last night with The Second. The dog is still running loose. But, since I kicked him in the face, he just chases the bike now from a safe distance and doesn’t get close enough to be a danger. He’s smarter than his owners.
Borrow a paint gun from some war gamer. Getting the paint off of him will get their attention.
Years ago I was riding with a group of club bicyclists. A country dog charged aggressively into our group…and despite our efforts to avoid him, was hit by 3 of us. He went yelping back to his yard.
We rode the same route every week. From then on, he just sat in his yard and watched us.
If the dog is in road in TN, you can shoot it in self defense. I saw a guy do it in Coffey County and the sheriff’s deputy cited the dead dog’s owner for failure to keep the dog on a leash. This was during a century ride so I don’t know how it shook out but it’s a hell of a thing to see some guy riding with a pistol holder on his bike’s downtube.
Well, I don’t want to kill it. He seems friendly enough when you’re not on a bike.
but, yeah, legally I could kill it.
In the 1960s I had a newspaper route in a small SW Ohio town. There was a large Shepard mix that would escape occasionally and aggressively chase and nip at me. Per my grandfathers instructions, I loaded a water pistol with a 50/50 mix of water and ammonia to carry on my route. It only took one squirt to the face and I broke him of chasing paperboys, for good.
That is called behavior modification.
“He’s smarter than his owners.”
So when you kick the owners in the face, they continue to chase your bike?” 🙂