henry

Jun 10, 2006 at 13:50 o\clock

Dogs

by: henry

Once, during my schooling days, I was going to my classmate's house which was within walking distance. To save up on time and energy, I opted for short-cuts. I entered a stretch of sandy path which was quite deserted in the afternoon.

Everything went fine until I saw a dog walking towards me from the opposite direction. From a distance, I started to stare at him. He reciprocated by doing the same to me. I kept staring at him without lifting my sight off him. So was he. As we passed by each other, I turned my head around to look at him. Ridiculous! he followed suit, turning his head around while pacing slowly forward. I told myself , "no, no, no, as a human being, I won't allow a dog to stare at me, to bully me. I am going to teach this dog a lesson. I'm going to use the stoop-down-pick-a-rock tactics to frighten him." And that was exactly what I did.

The action taken by me proved effective. 'He' started running ... at least from the dog's point of view. What happened? The 'He' referred to myself. The dog turned around and chased me. Throwing the stone aside and not at the dog, I just ran all the way. For how long he chased me, I didn't know. I didn't dare to look back. Maybe that was precisely what the dog wanted to tell me, "Don't stare at me!"

Comments for this entry:

  1. quoteStarrGurl wrote at Nov 23, 2005 at 22:44 o\clock:Hahaha, henry, I got a kick out of this one. Since my mom\'s a vet, I\'ve been lectured till my ears fell off about messing with strange dogs--exactly what you did. Looking the dog in the eyes and holding their gaze is aggressive behavior to the dog; it\'s like you\'re trying to show you\'re dominant. Most ppl just assume that they are dominant instantly, but some dogs have dominance aggression, to where they want to be the top dog, maintaining very little respect for anyone next to the select few they consider to be their leaders. If a dog doesn\'t know you personally, they\'re likely to exhibit traits of dominance aggression, and to put it simply, the dog thot you were threatening him when you stared at him, and when you picked up the rock, that was the dog\'s opportunity to attack. So I\'m sorry you were chased by a dog. It stinks, especially when they run you up a tree, and just like in movies, bark at you for a while before running off. But it was interesting to hear an anecdote about it. It\'s been a while since I last heard from you--I hope you\'re doing fantastically.

    Cheers! SG

    P. S. Happy Thanksgiving, early and belated mixed.
  2. quotemistwarrier wrote at Nov 24, 2005 at 08:44 o\clock:wonderful and ty for the chuckle
  3. quotejckla wrote at Nov 25, 2005 at 01:29 o\clock:Who says man can\'t learn new tricks
  4. quoteD_Manz wrote at Nov 25, 2005 at 10:33 o\clock:I was walking home with some takeaways once and a stray stinking dog tried robbing me. So I caught it and called the dog ranger. He came and took it away. And probaly killed it.

    I felt kinda bad. All he wanted was some food.
  5. quoteAzwaniSamad wrote at Dec 2, 2005 at 05:14 o\clock:hehehe...very interesting story...next time don\'t u ever stare at any dog again...:-P

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