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[RC] dog attacks - k s swigartDiane said: The dog world can be divided into the ones who think it's fun (interesting, exciting, enjoyable, natural) to chase horses (cats, raccoons, other dogs, deer) and those who attack other living things with a religious zeal that would put Billy Graham to shame. If you are dealing with the former, anything you do that makes the experience unpleasant will be helpful. If you are dealing with the latter, you must treat the situation as a fight to the death because the dog WILL! While I have my doubts that even one in a million dogs falls into the latter category that she mentions, it is still virtually irrelevant if you are on a horse. If you have trained your horse to be agressive towards dogs rather than to run away, there isn't a dog alive that is a match for it. So if this rare dog treats the situation as a fight to the death (or if you corner it so it can't run away...which I don't recommend), it will end up getting killed. If the horse chooses to run away instead, there isn't a dog alive than can keep up. In contests between a dog and a horse. All the advantage lies with the horse. The only way that a dog can mitigate this advantage is with surprise. A wise horse owner takes the time to teach his horse what to do in the event of being surprised. kat Orange County, Calif. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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