Safety Issues

[Andrea Innes-Michailov]

I haven't walked the road to Santiago yet but I do have my own dogs and they
often get aggressive when they see someone carrying a stick or cane.  Not to
say you shouldn't carry a stick to help you walk or for protection but it
may not endear you to dogs.

Andrea
(Newark ,NJ)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Road to Santiago Pilgrimage [mailto:GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU]On
> Behalf Of Ed
> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 3:13 PM
> To: GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU
> Subject: Re: Safety Issues
>
>
> What mean dogs?   What statistics is there on the number of mean dogs?  Is
> it any worse than walking down my own street?  Maybe you can walk
> the Camino
> and never see a dog?
>
> Though I guess it only takes a bad experience with one dog, to
> give you the
> willies.  So carrying a stick is probably the best deterrent -
> and it's also
> useful for walking!
>
> Ed
> (Ware, Herts, UK)
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: lmorris
> To: GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU
> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 6:23 PM
> Subject: Re: Safety Issues
>
>
> Hi Michele,
>         I think the big concern is not the Basques but the mean
> dogs on the
> Camino. Does any one have any advice as to how to handle these %&*#a
> dogs, and to how to protect your self?  Being attacked once by a dog, I
> like to avoid them at all cost.  Don't know how SM's advice will work,
> shoot a big red heart at them and hope it confuses them.. Hmmmmm,  I
> think I will carry a big stick.
> any thoughts?
>
> leonard
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