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From: bgardner@bambam.es.com (<true_name> Blaine Gardner </true_name> )
Subject: Re: Boom! Dog attack!
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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 93 23:35:09 GMT
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In article  BONG@slac.stanford.edu (<true_name> Eric Bong </true_name> ) writes:
>In article , nak@cbnews.cb.att.com
>(<true_name> neil.a.kirby </true_name> ) wrote:
>> 
>> What worked for me on my RD350 was to lean towards the dog as I modulated
>> throttle to keep my ankle just ahead of his teeth.  After a few seconds of
>> warm pipe firmly wedged on his shoulder he turned his face sideways to see
>> what was so warm and got his mouth/nose/muzzle burned on the pipes.
>
> A bicycling technique I've
>employed was to use my frame mounted tire pump to fend off dog
>attacks.

One of my brothers had spent a lot of time practicing bizzare tricks on
his megabuck/micromass bike. He said he once repelled a dog attack by
picking up the rear of the bike and smacking the dog in the side of the
head with the rear wheel. The dog had _no_ idea what hit him, and he
fled quite rapidly. Then again, he could jump garbage cans without a
ramp, so I don't think I'd care to try this one on a motorcycle.

>The telephone worked much better than the tire pump.

That's almost unfair, I've never seen a dog that could use a phone. :-)
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<true_name> Blaine Gardner  </true_name> @ Evans & Sutherland
bgardner@dsd.es.com