Nasty Dog.

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Had an interesting experience today with a dog that I'd just as soon seen dead but it wasn't really mine to kill. Had a streak of border collie in him going by the head but the rest was anybody's guess.

This all happened when I went to see someone who had called wanting to do business in the hardware that we make here. He wanted to bypass the dealer he was buying from and I had to explain to him that I don't set dealers up to undercut them by selling to their customers (which he is). That was a tough enough job in itself without having to deal with his mean, sneaky cuss of a dog.

Cuz when I walked up to his door, the dog comes up behind me and grabs my pantleg. Lucky for all that it was just my pant cuff and not my ankle.

Well this fellow, being the really personable type. doesn't even let me in the door, just leaves me outside and talks through the half open door. It's winter here in Ontario. I make it clear that I put ethics ahead of potential profit.

So after we had finished the discussion, I turned to go back to my van but had to get past this cussed dog. I said to the owner if that dog bites me again it won't be good for him. Oh, he says, that's good because he shouldn't be biting people!

So I knew that as soon as I turn my back, this stupid dog is gonna do the hit and run thing like he did on the way in. And I had nothing to hit him with.

So I just kept slowly walking toward the dog and he goes nuts barking his head off with his lips back in a nasty snarl just going ballistic. Then I stopped, stood still and just stared him in the eye.

He goes nuttier. I'm gettin' madder.

So while he's just slavering mad barking at me from about 8 feet back, I bring my hand up real slow with a finger pointing straight out. I point at his head while I'm staring at him right in the eye with my chin down on my chest kinda in a forward crouch.

The dog is absolutely beserking. The owner is just standing there watching, what the heck is happening next?

We stand there in a stare down and after I walk forward about 2 more really slow steps, the dog cracks first and slowly starts to back away just bellowing his fool head off until he's about 50 or 60 feet away, belly right on the ground.

After I stood there a few more minutes staring and pointing at him, he was cowering pretty good loosing a bit of volume too. So I turned and walked to the van and he didn't move until I got in and shut the door.

Felt kinda good to deal with 2 mean cusses at the same time.

Because to tell the truth, that kinda dog kinda gets to me.

[Aaron]

[Big Muddy rancher]

I bought a baler one time from these people. Kinda rough bunch.
I had to go out and get the serial number off the baler and as I was coming back to the house I saw the heeler coming for me. I managed to get in the house and shut the door on his head but the people just laughed and said" Oh we should have warned ya".

[jcummins]

This doesn't work for me.

You can have a dog around that is like that, but you had better control it. If you don't and I'm the person on the bad end of that dog....I will kill it. I may get bite bad in the process, but I always have a sharp knife at the ready.

[the_jersey_lilly_2000]

We had a heeler one time that bit a neighbor. Not a bad bite....just got his pants leg......heeler didn't live to see breakfast.

[Big Muddy rancher]

Our little Aussie nipped the school board trustee. The bus was real late because she had to go in and out of everyplace and drive the speed limit so he could follow her and "Clock the route" The kids were later getting home and he got out of his cars and followed the kids up the side walk. She usually wasn't out on the loose but my mother had the dogs out for a game of frisbee. She went whipping behind him and bit him with out us even know anything had happened. We were standing right there. I think the dog thought he was a threat to "HER" kids. The only person she ever attempted to bite.

[Yanuck]

Grizzly has never bit anyone or even growled, he is not a typical Heeler for sure. The ones I hate are the slinky ones that you know not to turn your back on...come across a few of those and why people keep then is beyond me

[OldDog/NewTricks]

A Heeler came at me, that way, one time.
By chance I had a Stock Cane with me _ as I swain my cane I thought better of it _ just by luck the hook end caught the dogs Choke Chain:)
I turn and had the cane over my shoulder with the dog hanging and chocking.
I had a few choice word for the owner as he got bit when He tried to get the SOB's Choker off my cane.
If that dog sees me now he leaved town.

[Faster horses]

We had a very good dog that was over protective.
A semi delivered Vigortone mineral to the ranch...the driver got
out and she went out to 'greet' him, only she wasn't very nice
about it. This driver's name was "Lefty" because his right hand
was gone and there was a hook in its place. When she came
at him, he never backed up a bit and shoved that hook right down her throat...

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