Learning To Avoid Confrontation with Stray Dogs

[piewarmer]

There does seem to far more strays in Cha-Am than other towns

[Bikeman93]

What I have learned from this threat is dogs attack people who are not cool.

When you don't get on with the locals then its time to go home.

[InterestedSugoya]

Dogs gave me no problems during the daytime, but were really annoying at night. One night, I was even trapped in the middle of an alley in Bangkok with 3 dogs on one end and 4 on the other end. 

 

It was very annoying and embarrassing because they kept barking. The neighbors must have been wondering what the hell was going on. This is not a good look for the country when tourists need to deal with this kind of crap.

 

The good thing is that it motivated me to download the GRAB app so that I can summon a vehicle to get me the hell out of there (the download took forever though). I was as still as possible so as to not attract any attention, or to pose a threat, but this also meant the mosquitoes were eating me up.

 

I eventually managed to see a truck coming down the alley and then I just ran behind it into a wider open space. Even then, when I was waiting for the GRAB vehicle to show up, another dog came into my presence growling. I didn't look in his direction, but I was about to run the other way. Suddenly, a security guard came and threatened it with a slingshot. I don't want to do them any harm, but if it's them against me, then I hope that they all die. This all just happened within the last 5 days.

[The manic]

3 minutes ago, InterestedSugoya said:

Dogs gave me no problems during the daytime, but were really annoying at night. One night, I was even trapped in the middle of an alley in Bangkok with 3 dogs on one end and 4 on the other end. 

 

It was very annoying and embarrassing because they kept barking. The neighbors must have been wondering what the hell was going on. This is not a good look for the country when tourists need to deal with this kind of crap.

 

The good thing is that it motivated me to download the GRAB app so that I can summon a vehicle to get me the hell out of there (the download took forever though). I was as still as possible so as to not attract any attention, or to pose a threat, but this also meant the mosquitoes were eating me up.

 

I eventually managed to see a truck coming down the alley and then I just ran behind it into a wider open space. Even then, when I was waiting for the GRAB vehicle to show up, another dog came into my presence growling. I didn't look in his direction, but I was about to run the other way. Suddenly, a security guard came and threatened it with a slingshot. I don't want to do them any harm, but if it's them against me, then I hope that they all die. This all just happened within the last 5 days.

Pick up a few stones and throw them. They usually run away