Aggressive Dog on Buttermilk Trail
From Crime Watch captain Noah Rogers:
Please exercise caution when using the trails along the river ie. “the Buttermilk Trail”. I have received reports of several aggressive dogs running at large along the river.
Today (Thursday night) at approximately 6:15 p.m. I came into contact with 2 dogs while walking my dog on the Buttermilk Trail. The dogs where running in the brush below the trail. The contact occurred approximately 50 yards west of the Reedy Creek/Nature Center parking lot. One dog approached aggressively while another dog remained about 10 yards away. The dog who approached aggressively was a black pit bull with a white chest. In this situation my dog was leashed and we continued along the trail. The pit bull followed us for about 20 yards.
Always be prepared to deal with aggressive dogs or humans while you are walking – don’t wear footwear that is hard to run in ie. flip flops. In many situations putting distance between yourself and danger is the most important thing you can do.
If the pit bull had attacked us I would have run to the parking lot and climbed up on the roof of a car. You do not want to get into a physical altercation with a large, aggressive dog. You do not want to be in a situation where a dog gets you to the ground.
If you have any questions or comments please contact me at noahrogers@comcast.net or 310-2648/358-8340.
Editor’s (richard.h) note: This warning should not be interpreted as stating pit bulls or other “bully breeds” are bad. Entirely too often an entire breed is blamed for the actions of a dog. More information can be found at Ring Dog Rescue.
Something to consider, unless the aggressive dog is degranged and out for blood, an umbrella (sp) deployed in his face as he attacks is a very humane way to confuse the animal enough to allow for a safe escape.
No bigger than a water bottle, this tool should be standard gear for anyone walking in areas where dogs run free.
Your advice triggered a memory. I lived in Montana in my youth and remember a hiker actually stopped a grizzly bear charge using the umbrella technique.
How about a call to Animal Control?
I was on Buttermilk/Reedy Creek last night around 5:40. The police stopped and asked about dogs, so the authorities have been notified.
Also I’ve seen that two car windows have been smashed this week at the 42nd & Riverside parking area.
I’m for non-passive euthenization of nasty animals. It’s not nice, but I’ve seen people who have been disfigured by wild dogs.
I saw a sketchy guy on the service road about two weeks ago with a pit bull that was pretty obviously a fighting dog. He had the dog restrained with a two leash harness that I had never seen before and as I walked by with my pup she got up on her hind legs trying to attack. As I passed the man said to his dog “don’t show off girl”. Very strange.
Glad to hear that the authorities have been notified.
I stopped walking my dogs in JRPS several years ago: there are just too many off-leash dogs there on any given day.
It’s really a shame that even otherwise up-standing citizens have a blind spot when it comes to obeying the leash laws.
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Yet another reason to exercise your second amendment right.
Wow!
Did we go from a report of an aggressive dog all the way to proactively killing animals, possibly with guns?
Perhaps those rumors reported on the news about Death Panels are not about the health care plan but animal control.
Prepare for the slippery slope.
After reading the graffiti falderal on chpn.net, I’m thinking there’s at least one person who wouldn’t mind death panels for our urban artists.