April 1, 2013
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The Time I Fought Off A Vicious Dog
It was 1983. I was in Orlando, Florida. One day, I wanted to see a boxing match on TV, so instead of doing any touristy things, I went for a walk. Maybe it was a high crime area or something, because a lot of dogs came out to the lot line barking as I passed. One, a boxer-type, kept following me, though. It would jump at me again and again, and I had to keep backing up and circling to keep it from getting behind me. A little girl of about two or three, wearing a diaper, followed saying, "Please don't hurt my doggy." I told her I didn't want to, but I was looking for stick or anything to fight the damn thing off. There was nothing. After what might have been a half mile, the girl looked at me and said, "Hit him. You hit him". I kicked that dog square in the face, which finally made him retreat. The little girl followed him home. My adrenaline was up, though. I stood there growling and staring after them for at least a minute. It's probably a good thing there were no department stores in that area, because I would have gotten a knife and gone back to kill the vicious animal.
Comments (4)
I'm all for killing vicious dogs. Fuckin' hate them. I think all dogs should be muzzled in public.
I hate people that teach (purposefully or not) their dogs to be vicious and irresponsible people that let their dogs just roam around. The other thing that bugged me about this story was that a toddler followed you for half a mile. My son is 5 and I would not let him wander that far from home, especially behind a stranger.
This is a really scary story, if you're going to have a vicious dog it should be locked up, and the little kid walking that far with a stranger is wrong too!
@AutumnStrength - @Erika_Steele - @isitreal_no - Most places require that you have physical control over your dogs, and make keeping a vcious animal illegal. I absolutely agree, also, that it was incredibly irresponsible to leave that child without supervision, especially in a neighborhood where so many people seemed to feel the need for unrestrained guard dogs to protect their property.