Black dog Yellow face!

[underground quester]

Okay, so this morning I am locating 5 houses as one of them is getting a phone drop. So have to locate everything between the telephone ped and the house the drop is going to.

I walk up the side of one of the houses...no fence nothing and a dog comes racing off the front porch. He's barking and growling within a yard of me. Scared the crap out of me (figuratively...not literally).
I yelled at him a few times to go lay down but he just barked louder and growled more.:yikes:

He WAS a pure black dog.
Now, however, he is a black dog with a yellow face!

So the owner came out to get his dog and saw the yellow face. Called me a few choice words and told me he was calling my boss.

Went into the office later in the day, people are giving me givin me the razz about giving dogs free dye jobs out in the community. And I just told them there was no way that dog was getting any choice part of my rump roast!

My boss phoned me later and said I heard you had a run in with a dog. I told him the story and he said, yep, that's about what I would have done!

Nice to get support!


Moral of the story: Dogs are sneaky Bas***ds.

[sprayandpray]

Do you have Leash Laws there? Take a picture and show it to the Dog Catcher?

[Goldenboy]

There are leash laws out by me but I rarely ever see a dog on a leash. I haven't been bit by a dog yet. I know it will eventually happen but I try my best to avoid being bit.

I hate the stupid doggy doors on the back of houses. I'll have a ticket at a residential house and the lot is all fenced in. I always knock on the front door before entering a fence. If no one answers I just go and give the fence a good shake and let out a whistle. If I hear no dogs I let myself in. Then while locating a damn dog will let itself out through the doggy door.:mad:

I always leave the gates open when I'm in a fenced in back yard. I always give myself an out. I have had a few dogs chase me out the gate and then just run away. I then go back to locating and hope that the dog doesn't return. The homeowners are probably confused when they get home and their dog is missing. :yahoo:

[yahoo]

next time he says he is going to call the boss .........please give him my phone number.......... i hate it for the dog..........i would have did the same thing on impulse to save myself.if that makes you feel any better....

[underground quester]

Do you have Leash Laws there? Take a picture and show it to the Dog Catcher?

Yes we do. But the dog was on a 20 foot leash and caught me by surprise just beside his front deck.

Why the heck can't the owner tie the damned thing up in the back yard. How does the mail man, meter reader get by the dog?

The power and gas meters were just on the side of the house next to the porch, so he could have gotten some rump roast had he been quicker.
Sneaky little bugger!

[UULC]

I hate to say it, But you have to do what you have to do. If he comes at you you have two choices. 1. Be a great animal lover 2. Defend yourself.

:ylsuper:

:cool2:

[big boots mcghee]

I've heard from some locators that they keep milkbones and other dog snacks in their trucks for those types of situations. I'm not a dog lover, so I don't go that route. If a dog is out, regardless of it's size, I ask the homeowner to bring it in. I've had the most friendly dog turn wannabe ass biter once it hears some of the noises my equipment makes.

[Mr Blunderbuss]

Famous last words: "oh, he won't bite'''"

[underground quester]

I've heard from some locators that they keep milkbones and other dog snacks in their trucks for those types of situations. I'm not a dog lover, so I don't go that route. If a dog is out, regardless of it's size, I ask the homeowner to bring it in. I've had the most friendly dog turn wannabe ass biter once it hears some of the noises my equipment makes.


I have the same experience with turning on locating equipment. Some dogs yap their face off. Others don't even give it a second look. Wonder if thats got anything to do with whether I am on high or low frequency? Probably not.

[big boots mcghee]

Had a locator buddy last dig season go to mark a backyard for a homeowner. The backyard was fenced and a dog was out, so the locator asked the homeowner to bring the dog in. Rather than just do so, she simply opened the gate and told the locator it'd be okay as the dog was friendly (and she was now outside with it). Well, he wasn't three steps into the backyard and that friendly dog lashed out and bit him on the thigh, ripping his pants and getting into his skin a little. He had some choice words for the homeowner and then went out to his truck and called the police. As the police were on their way the homeowner's husband came out and tried to bribe my buddy with cash in cooperation for his not calling the police, but by then it was too late. The police came and he filed charges. Just goes to show that any dog can turn on you.

[beyond help]

Long story short.... Had a run in with 3 boxers. All belonged to a neighboring house. I was marking a phone line in a fenced in back yard, but there was no fence between them. A few teenagers thought it would be funny to have the dogs scare me. Instead the dogs attacked me. I spent about 45 seconds fending them off as best as I could. I had my shirt almost completely ripped off, and my jeans now looked like chaps (the only funny thing about this). I have a nail sticking from the bottom of my paint stick, and as a last resort started stabbing at the dogs. Unfortunately for one of the dogs, I stabbed it in the head, killing it, then another grabbed the stick, and pretty much destroyed it. I hit that dog upside the head with my receiver. After that, the stunned teens came over to get the dogs, but the 3rd one bit one of them. The neighbor behind them thankfully had a beebee gun, and shot the 3rd one in the backside. And that pretty much ended that.:icon_eek:

[underground quester]

Long story short.... Had a run in with 3 boxers. All belonged to a neighboring house. I was marking a phone line in a fenced in back yard, but there was no fence between them. A few teenagers thought it would be funny to have the dogs scare me. Instead the dogs attacked me. I spent about 45 seconds fending them off as best as I could. I had my shirt almost completely ripped off, and my jeans now looked like chaps (the only funny thing about this). I have a nail sticking from the bottom of my paint stick, and as a last resort started stabbing at the dogs. Unfortunately for one of the dogs, I stabbed it in the head, killing it, then another grabbed the stick, and pretty much destroyed it. I hit that dog upside the head with my receiver. After that, the stunned teens came over to get the dogs, but the 3rd one bit one of them. The neighbor behind them thankfully had a beebee gun, and shot the 3rd one in the backside. And that pretty much ended that.:icon_eek:


Holy smokes dude! That would have scared the crap out of me!
My encounter seems pretty tame compared to you.

My boss phoned me today, the homeowner whose dog I sprayed is thinking of
going for an "animal cruelty" charge. Where's the eyes rolling smiley when you need him?

[GasMan]

i keep doggy bones in my truck, they have worked several times. i had a dog actually chained to the gas meter at one locate (ghetto part of town) the home owner wasnt home...or passed out and didnt hear my knocks, so i grabbed his hose and turned the water on, this dog did not like that water and i was able to keep him far enough away with it to hook up.

[locomike]

My dog stories dont compare to those but all i got to say is i hear/see dog no locate unless homeowner puts them up. The best part of it is asking them to put up the dog outside n when the h.o. opens the door they let the dogs inside comeout at you.

[GasMan]

...i hate the doggy doors that people put on the back doors of their porch\deck. everything looks good to go from outside the fence, but as soon as you hook up and make some noise...the barks get louder and louder until you hear/see them flying through that darn rubber flap you couldnt see from outside the fence...lol

[ifinditunderground]

Wingfoot? Are you out there? I bet he is frying bacon to stick in his pockets. He'll be around with a couple new stories. He is the anti-dog whisperer.

[theone]

I was entering a back yard. I knocked on the door, no answer. I whistled, shook the fence and was pretty sure no dog. Once in the back yard I noticed a dog house and a dog door, So I treaded very carefully. The phone drop ran right by the dog house and as soon as I passed the dog house 2 rabbits jumped out me. Scared the shit out of me but luckily by the grace of god they did not attack.

[scap]

While I haven't had to paint any dogs yet, that's a pretty funny story (original poster) ....

Larger super aggressive breeds like pit bulls and german shepards, I don't even enter the yard if they are being mega aggressive. AT&T guys carry a little dog thing in their pocket that makes dogs leave them alone. It's about 30.00 I believe to purchase on your own. If it's 1 or 2 smaller, super agressive dogs and I'm wearing jeans...I just say **** it and get the job done. I don't wanna orange tag something and have our dispatcher call me later on to come back. I'd rather just get it done. Even if I got bit by a small(ish) dog, what's the big deal. No pain, no gain....Like I said...The super aggressive german shepards and pitbulls are what you wanna worry about, or just any super large dog in general that's owned by trashy people who don't take care of their animals. I can't stand that shit. One time I swear to god I wrote a letter, posing as a local animal rights activist, and put it in this guy's mailbox. (Address was clear, no orange paint to give me away.) It was an extremely docile, super skinny (could see all the ribs) german shepard. Very nice dog, poor thing had no food at all....I had some legal yellow pad in my truck. ....In the letter I put in the assholes mailbox, I was like ,

"Greetings, I was notified by your neighbors that you do not take care of this animal, and upon further inspection, I have come to the conclusion that this animal is underfed. I will pay a future visit to this property in approximately 14 days, if the animal's conditions have not improved, I will have the state pursue legal action against you for animal cruelty.

Sincerely,
Chris Thorpe (Some dickhead from highschool I didn't like)
Chairman of Animal Rights Committee (it was a shitty neighborhood, the tool would probably believe that BS title.)



fuggit, I love dogs, and cant stand to see that shit.

[20yrookie]

10yr ago pulled up to house saw dog house bewaredog sign saw big dog in house window though all ok well h/o went out back door not knowing i was about to locate. dog runs out other side of h/o goes other way dog makes b-line to my neck i turned in time but he got my shoulder. it was on .i some how got dog on top of hood and beat the dog like a man .well dog backed off .thouth it was over h/o saw it going down started to run to me well dog attacked agin well dog gone this time do,nt get me wrog i love dog (own 4 well trianed labs) this is a a poor trained h/o ps spent 3 days at hospital