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....not to ward off other dogs, but to ward off drivers.
I have to say, moving to a more suburban area - bigger place for the dogs, a yard, bungalow for teagan's HD - all positives - but people do not look for pedestrians here. Argh.
Last night while we were running, some lady (uncertain of age - mid to late 60s?????) rolled through a stop sign and almost hit Luc and me. I had to jump to the side.
It was still light out! And Luc's harness has an inch-wide reflective stripe all along it, I was wearing a jacket w/reflective stripes, though of course, it was still light out.
She only stopped when I banged on her hood and screamed (something very rude) at her. Then I kept running and banging on her hood screaming some….ummm….impolite things at her (including 'there is a
STOPsign'). Her jaw dropped, actually. Heh.
Sorry, but if you're too old to remember to stop at a stopsign, you shouldn't be driving. And being old doesn't give you a 'everyone should be polite and respectful of me' pass when you almost run me down. my mother is around that age (mid 60s) and she's perfectly capable.
Errrr. The thing that also pisses me off, is b/c Luc spent years in a shelter, he's underexposed. We've done good work, but he had a bit of a setback once when we were running and a car came up behind us on the sidewalk. I had to work really hard to get him over that. I am NOT okay w/people then almost running us down.
Still grumpy this morning. Hmmph.
I have to say, moving to a more suburban area - bigger place for the dogs, a yard, bungalow for teagan's HD - all positives - but people do not look for pedestrians here. Argh.
Last night while we were running, some lady (uncertain of age - mid to late 60s?????) rolled through a stop sign and almost hit Luc and me. I had to jump to the side.
It was still light out! And Luc's harness has an inch-wide reflective stripe all along it, I was wearing a jacket w/reflective stripes, though of course, it was still light out.
She only stopped when I banged on her hood and screamed (something very rude) at her. Then I kept running and banging on her hood screaming some….ummm….impolite things at her (including 'there is a

Sorry, but if you're too old to remember to stop at a stopsign, you shouldn't be driving. And being old doesn't give you a 'everyone should be polite and respectful of me' pass when you almost run me down. my mother is around that age (mid 60s) and she's perfectly capable.
Errrr. The thing that also pisses me off, is b/c Luc spent years in a shelter, he's underexposed. We've done good work, but he had a bit of a setback once when we were running and a car came up behind us on the sidewalk. I had to work really hard to get him over that. I am NOT okay w/people then almost running us down.
Still grumpy this morning. Hmmph.