[pct-l] Lost Coast

[John Abela]

On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 3:05 PM, patti kulesz <peprmintpati88 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> o can't  make it this weekend poop have other plans already! I can't leave my dog at home...he's my hiking partner...if he can't go then I DONT go!
>
> Sugar Moma
>

Up here in the Lost Coast 99% of the folks out hiking do not like dogs
on trails.

In the last four months I have pepper sprayed three dogs all coming at
me with intent to harm.

"it's a nice dog" is a lie - so stop trying to tell the rest of us on
the trail such.

I hike with hiking poles, and to many dogs, that is a club and I am
going to beat the crap out of its owner with a club, therefore it must
defend -- which, results in my Mean Green pepper spray nailing the dog
in the face when they get about 8-12 feet from me going hell bent for
my destruction.

I hate to be one of those "anti-dog" people -- I use to train dogs for
a living and have worked with some vicious K9's direct from Germany --
but dogs on the trail is not a place for dogs to be. Especially as
more and more people are out there with clubs... err... I mean, hiking
poles.

For the record, every single dog owner that I have pepper sprayed (5
so far this year) have been very sorry that their dogs came at me, and
were not the least bit upset at their dog being green and not able to
see. The last dog, got the crap beat out of it by its owner, as I was
walking away.

Respect your dogs and your fellow hikers - keep them at home.

John