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[RC] Dog attacks while riding - Ridecamp GuestPlease Reply to: Rob Losey jrlosey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ========================================== Dog attacks while riding There is always the mule option. My mule has never kicked at a person or a horse. Where we ride there are a few dogs that will charge out. I always keep my mule between any other horse and rider and a possible angry dog. Annabelle won't break stride, but she will watch the dog. I think just the way she watches backs them off. If any get too close she'll fire a back hoof and won't miss. She's only hit one. She didn't kill it. But that one sure gives us a wide pathway now. You don't have to own a mule. Just invite one to ride with you in an area that you have had repeated problems. Rob and Annabelle PS - Riding alone, up on the stateland, we rode within 20 yards of a large black bear. He didn't run off and followed us too close for awhile. She stayed calm. I'm sure she would have taken him on if he gotten into range. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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