No one loves dogs as much as runners. No, we squeeze these fuzzies, pat them on the head, scratch behind the ear and pamper them with delicious. But as soon as we put on sneakers, we are not friends. They have their own territory, we have our own. Our reader Maxim Vilchevsky shared his discovery of how to scare away dogs that prevent him from running.
I decided to share my find. I started running relatively recently, at the end of November. Now my route passes through an industrial zone in which some warehouses, bus depots, service stations and so on are located. And for some reason, each such office considers it mandatory to have a pack of dogs of the breed «yard terrier ». It happens during a jog to get into their field of vision, and then the whole pack begins to zealously defend its oasis by barking loudly, and the bravest also intends to bite off a piece of pant leg as a keepsake. No bending over the stones and threatening swings of fists on these guards do not produce any effect. In addition to the release of a portion of adrenaline into the blood, there is little pleasant from such a meeting.
Once I took an ordinary firecracker with me, fortunately after the New Year they stayed. And when my «four-legged friends » from the garage cooperative once again rushed to greet me, I hit the bravest of the firecrackers right in the face! They ran away overtaking each other, and the daredevil was the very first! Now I run past the garages calmly and with a smile, the courage of the guards has clearly diminished. In total, during this time, I used three firecrackers for different packs, the pace of running became smoother, there was less adrenaline. Now as in the song: "In the alley, every dog knows his easy gait..."
And how do you fight with yard dogs that prevent you from running?
