Reply #3: In the early Eighties I was Biking outside Corpus Christi Tx. [View All]

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With my two sisters and a large German Shepherd barked and started to charge us while we biked by his home. I yelled at him and he stopped in his track with an expression like "What are you yelling at me, I am a good dog who just like to play chase". My sisters were shocked at how fast the dog started his charge AND quit it when I yelled at him. The comment was they now saw why they brought a male along with them on their bike ride.

Now when I go by a dog that barks at me I generally turn my head to them and say "Nice Puppy". This throws them off, for most dogs know or remember that term as a "good name" from their days as a Puppy. by the time they recover I am long gone.