Re: Bad dog!

Robert,

I'm glad the information was useful to you. This seems to be the one word
that every dog understands.

I can tell you about another method that my father and older brother have
used their whole life but I don't recommend it for anybody and I won't use
it either. I've seen both of them do it successfully several times and it
has NEVER failed.

Basically, whenever an aggressive dog comes towards them they immediately go
after the dog no matter what type nor how large or mean. My brother will let
loose an incredible growl as he does it but my father didn't say anything.
The dog ALWAYS runs. My dad was over 60 yrs. old when he went after a huge
doberman that was very mean and was terrorizing the neighborhood.

I once asked my dad what his secret was and how he did it. He said "there is
no secret, you have to really want to get ahold of the dog." Of course, my
dad was a whittler and always carried a fairly large razor sharp knife and
he was very strong so he probably would have killed any dog that attacked
him.

I don't recommend this for anyone but I can attest that it works but I do
believe you really have to want to get ahold of the dog. My youngest brother
tried it once after hearing my dad and older brother talk about it. A little
dog came towards him and he charged towards it thinking it would run and it
like to have eaten him up :-). Of course, he admitted that he was bluffing.
He didn't really want to get ahold of the dog. I guess the dog can tell the
difference.

Doug Gilliam
"Robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Doug Gilliam wrote:
>
> > Another suggestion is to take an aggressive step towards the dog and say
> > NO!!!! in a loud demanding voice. My experience has been that this
usually
> > works as well. Most dogs know the meaning of NO!!! because they've heard
it
> > from their master many times.
> >
>
> I'm glad I saw your post. I was walking home today and found myself facing
a
> very aggressive dog. I took my backpack off and swung it at him, but it
didn't
> have much effect. Then I just yelled "NO!"  and he turned around and
walked
> away.
>