Going for a ride on my push bike and 5 dogs blocking the way

[ghworker2010]

Ive found a nice quiet road to ride my push bike down. It has views of rice fields. I found it yesterday and saw some dogs ahead. I slowed down and they all started to surround me barking and carrying on.

I managed to get past them and it was the same on the way back. I kept quiet and stood my ground for a minute or so at one point.

I really want to do this ride everyday and need suggestions on how to deal with these fury friends. Should I be bribing them with food each time.

Its a pain in the *ss if I have a pack trying to chase me each time. Does anybody know if city hall can do anything about it

cheers

[NeverSure]

City hall, LOL. I'd carry some pieces of dry dog food and throw it in a scattering pattern as they approached. Soon they'll learn and look for the food and won't be after you personally any more.

I could tell you some mean things to do to get rid of them but life is too short. Be happy.

[jojo90]

I found the best thing is just to ride slowly through them. Not easy I know but the faster you go the more they chase. They will probably ignore you after a few days.

[chiang mai]

When you get close to them, reach down suddenly as if to pick something up, they'll run fast enough. Option 2, carry a large stick and wave it around at them, same result. Thai dogs are all noise and no go, even in packs.

[Dave8237]

I find these packs of dogs intimidating, don't like them at all in these groups. I don't think I would try the idea of bribing them with food, think you might end up with more problems, your call on that idea.

Have never heard of any local authorities dealing with dog packs, in the countryside, or even here in BKK.

Maybe they won't be there every time you cycle by. Good luck!!!!

[JDGRUEN]

pIf throwing dog food does not work (try a couple of cheap cut up in small pieces hotdogs ). Or put a plastic bag on the handle bars and stow a can of wasp spray - the ones with the 8-9" micro tube ... a good spray will screw up their sensitive nostrils and cause them to have an aversion to your approach.

When exercise walking in the countryside in the States I got a good sling shot and some 1/2" hexnuts - a big bag full ... If I hit one of them it would go yelping off -- but I found out just coming close was good enough -- the hexnut evidently creates a ultrasonic and even sonic whistle as it goes by them -- this causes an aversion reaction next time... It got to the point - if I just raised my arms in firing position they would run away and hide - even without the sling shot in hand.. Pavlovian training ... 555

(I know the Brits call a sling shot something else - but you know what I mean)...

Edited September 29, 2014 by JDGRUEN

[californiabeachboy]

I believe the carrot and stick approach works the best.

Maybe start with the dog food approach, but that may take several trips for them to realise you are a friend and not foe. See how that works.

I have a friend who lives in Bkk but goes out to her village near Kanchanaburi often. I went with her once and suggested we go for a walk. After about 5 minutes the dogs were up to us barking and growling. She just picked up a bunch of rocks and threw them at the dogs and they let us go.

Maybe carry dog food on one side of the bike and rocks on the other and see which works best.

[pigeonjake]

take your lawnmower along the noise will scare them away,,

or ask the village idiots what to do

Edited September 29, 2014 by pigeonjake

[thehelmsman]

You're giving your neighbors some good laughs..........Keep up the good work.......

[NeverSure]

City hall, LOL. I'd carry some pieces of dry dog food and throw it in a scattering pattern as they approached. Soon they'll learn and look for the food and won't be after you personally any more.

I could tell you some mean things to do to get rid of them but life is too short. Be happy.

Not intending to be rude by quoting my own post, but note above that villagefarang "liked" it.

In addition to being the best photographer on this forum, he's also an avid bicycle rider and combines the two hobbies. If he liked it, it's worth giving it a shot. It works for me but only after several passes - when the dogs learn.

[welsh1]

If you got one of them girlie bikes,,,Always carry half a house brick with you, in the little basket on the front.

[benj005]

Are you fast on the bike?

You need to ride really fast past the mutts.

[Gutterboy]

I found the best thing is just to ride slowly through them. Not easy I know but the faster you go the more they chase. They will probably ignore you after a few days.

This always works for me too. It's the exact opposite of what you feel like doing but it has never failed me. Yet...

[AnotherOneAmerican]

Ammonia or bleach in a squirt bottle.

They soon learn.

[Regyai]

Giving them food lol

Reminds me of a cautionary tale read long ago in a book on negotiating tactics:

A Cautionary Tale of Wolves and Sledges

Sven, the head of Arctic Circle Sales for a Swedish freezer food company, is chosen to lead a team selling their products to the Inuit communities of The Northern Territories of Canada. The team use dog sledges, and carry a rifle for protection from wolves and other predators.

One day, Sven is sledging home when he hears a wolf howl. In moments, a lean mean, wolf is chasing him and the dog team. Unfortunately, he’s used his last bullet to shoot a moose for food. Thinking laterally, he chops a leg of the moose corpse, and throws it to the wolf in hot pursuit. Luckily for Sven and the dogs, the wolf takes the proffered gift and ceases to chase the sledge.

At the next team meeting, Sven tells his tale, and it is agreed that all salespeople will carry meat with them in future in case of pursuit by wolves.

For three months this strategy works brilliantly, and Sven becomes the toast of the Sales Team.

As dusk is falling one evening, Sven is sledging home once more, and, as had become the custom, the lone wolf began chasing the sledge again. Sven took this with good nature - as if he had a bond with the wolf - almost an old friend. But this time he heard the howls of additional wolves. “Here you go, boy!” he cried as he threw a generous chuck of moose to the wolf. The wolf ignored it, and was joined by a pack chasing the Sven and the sledge with a fervour that Sven had not seen before.

Thinking laterally, Sven cut off more an more portions of moose, until, one by one, the whole pack had ceased to chase the dog-sledge.

“Phew!” thought Sven as he breathed his audible sigh of relief. To his surprise, at the next sales team meeting, he discovered that he was not the only member of the team who had encountered increased numbers of hungry wolves. The team agreed to carry more moose on their journeys, and to throw as much meat to the wolves as was necessary to gain their safe passage back to base camp.

Thankfully, this worked well for another month, and Sven was once again hailed as the hero of the day.

An Inuit village was chosen as the location for the next month’s sales meeting, and as the sales team sledged in from over the Northern Territories, they were met with a hostile wall-to-wall barrier of Inuits blocking their access to the village.

Sven, as leader, asked whether the Inuits were unhappy with the time saving, nutritious products he, and his team, had brought to the Inuits. The Chieftain declared that they were all more than happy with the delicious frozen food.

Bemused, Sven asked, “Then, what is the problem?”

The Chieftain replied, “Until you came here, the wolves used to leave our sledges alone - now we cannot go anywhere without being chased by wolves!”

[LawrenceN]

I carry a second water bottle with an inch or so of vinegar in it. Aim for the eyes, but any amount of vinegar on them is a grievous insult and they'll never bother you again.

[appleman_thai]

I've had similar problems in Bangkok and now while living in the sticks.

I've tried all sorts.... Even bought one of those whistles that is supposed to annoy them....

The only thing that works for me is to be aggressive back.... If they start howling, barking and carrying on, I just go slightly berserk, throw out some expletives and generally look like a raging maniac.....

They stop their carrying on but internally in their own little dog world they are probably saying "clazy falang, Wuf".... I know it's what the locals say.

Also, as I spend more time in nakon nowhere I know curse in Thai so they definitely get the message..... Don't mess with the mad falang.

But best advice above was to be happy!

Enjoy your ride...

And hope the bike ride goes well too.

[circusman]

When you get close to them, reach down suddenly as if to pick something up, they'll run fast enough. Option 2, carry a large stick and wave it around at them, same result. Thai dogs are all noise and no go, even in packs.

Stick ? That will just stir them up more. Dog food treats is the way to go. A small price to pay for a nice push. Why do you say push bike when you clearly pedal ?

[SDM0712]

Are you fast on the bike?

You need to ride really fast past the mutts.

I agree, put the power done and they will move.

When I take my two out for a walk the local mutts come out growling. But when we turn around and walk straight for them, or sometimes run at them if I'm in the mood, they soon scatter yelping. All mouth no trousers.

If they are just street dogs (or any dogs ) it's important not to show fear. After a while they will get bored and leave you alone.

SDM

[3NUMBAS]

Glock 9mm always works a treat

[cbluck58]

Food bits are the answer - a less attractive deterrent is black pepper.

[MediaWatcher]

AnotherOneAmerican, on 29 Sept 2014 - 16:42, said:AnotherOneAmerican, on 29 Sept 2014 - 16:42, said:

Ammonia or bleach in a squirt bottle.

They soon learn.

Or a STRONG lemon juice/water mix, or you could go and buy one of those electronic cattle prods.

Edited September 29, 2014 by MediaWatcher

[jomcondo]

you need to show them who their daddy is.....take a nice big iron pipe and......

[slipperylobster]

First off, get yourself some pedals so you can ride your bike without pushing it (push bike?). Then the dogs would not catch you. In the USA we stopped pushing each other and attached pedals. The idea is that you can now sit on the bike and go faster.

Edited September 29, 2014 by slipperylobster

[chiang mai]

AnotherOneAmerican, on 29 Sept 2014 - 16:42, said:AnotherOneAmerican, on 29 Sept 2014 - 16:42, said:

Ammonia or bleach in a squirt bottle.

They soon learn.

Or a STRONG lemon juice/water mix, or you could go and buy one of those electronic cattle prods.

Why mess around when AK47's are available, jesus, they're only dogs for goodness sake!

[slipperylobster]

AnotherOneAmerican, on 29 Sept 2014 - 16:42, said:AnotherOneAmerican, on 29 Sept 2014 - 16:42, said:

Ammonia or bleach in a squirt bottle.

They soon learn.

Or a STRONG lemon juice/water mix, or you could go and buy one of those electronic cattle prods.

Why mess around when AK47's are available, jesus, they're only dogs for goodness sake!

Tie a rope around the neck of the biggest one you can find and then tie the other end to the back of your bike.

Edited September 29, 2014 by slipperylobster

[charliebadenhop]

Is it the general belief here that even dogs that come running strongly at you, barking and snarling....

That such dogs are actually rather unlikely to try and nip at you and bite?

When I have this happen occasionally I usually get off my bike and put it between me and the dogs, and sometimes I pick up my bike some and make a move towards them, if they go on and on.

[slipperylobster]

Is it the general belief here that even dogs that come running strongly at you, barking and snarling....

That such dogs are actually rather unlikely to try and nip at you and bite?

When I have this happen occasionally I usually get off my bike and put it between me and the dogs, and sometimes I pick up my bike some and make a move towards them, if they go on and on.

I bet all those dogs just can't wait to get a hold of your leg. You kind of made lifetime enemies.

[thai20144]

If you feed them they will not bite you, my opinion anyway.

Soi Dogs be like "don't bite the hand that feeds you"

[thailiketoo]

When you get close to them, reach down suddenly as if to pick something up, they'll run fast enough. Option 2, carry a large stick and wave it around at them, same result. Thai dogs are all noise and no go, even in packs.

An estimated 31,000 human deaths occur annually from rabies in Asia. As of 2007, Vietnam had the second-highest rate, followed by Thailand; in these countries, the virus is primarily transmitted through canines (feral dogs and other wild canine species)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prevalence_of_rabies