only a little dog

Per --D-y:
No
compunction in any way shape or form about any means necessary to keep
from being bitten, as even the OP's "minor" bite

I worked quite a few years at a large municipal electric utility.

The traditional means of getting into the company was by hiring
on as a meter reader.

Consequently the company was heavily populated from the bottom to
the top with people who had done at least a year or two of
reading meters.

When people swapped stories, there were two recurring topics.
Experience as a meter reader was one. Catholic school was the
other.

The distilled wisdom I got from overhearing such discussions was:
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1) Any dog can do serious damage - as in severed nerves,
severed tendons, and punctured arteries.... i.e. lifelong
injury.

2) The really-dangerous dogs are the ones that are cornered.
A dog with an escape route will generally take it and
leave you alone. The one with it's back to the wall
is going to be trouble and you need to give it an "out".

3) If you have to hit an attacking dog, hit it on the muzzle
just below the eyes with a stick or rod and hit it hard.

4) You don't want to get on the bad side of the nuns.
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PeteCresswell

On Apr 2, 5:42*pm, "(PeteCresswell)" wrote:


When people swapped stories, there were two recurring topics.
Experience as a meter reader was one. * Catholic school was the
other.

The distilled wisdom I got from overhearing such discussions was:
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1) Any dog can do serious damage - as in severed nerves,
* *severed tendons, and punctured arteries.... i.e. lifelong
* *injury.

2) The really-dangerous dogs are the ones that are cornered.
* *A dog with an escape route will generally take it and
* *leave you alone. *The one with it's back to the wall
* *is going to be trouble and you need to give it an "out".

3) If you have to hit an attacking dog, hit it on the muzzle
* *just below the eyes with a stick or rod and hit it hard.

4) You don't want to get on the bad side of the nuns.

Hmm. Hopefully, nuns don't have bad dogs!

- Frank Krygowski

In article ,
"(PeteCresswell)" wrote:

Per --D-y:
No
compunction in any way shape or form about any means necessary to keep
from being bitten, as even the OP's "minor" bite

I worked quite a few years at a large municipal electric utility.

The traditional means of getting into the company was by hiring
on as a meter reader.

Consequently the company was heavily populated from the bottom to
the top with people who had done at least a year or two of
reading meters.

When people swapped stories, there were two recurring topics.
Experience as a meter reader was one. Catholic school was the
other.

The distilled wisdom I got from overhearing such discussions was:
----------------------------------------------------------------
1) Any dog can do serious damage - as in severed nerves,
severed tendons, and punctured arteries.... i.e. lifelong
injury.

2) The really-dangerous dogs are the ones that are cornered.
A dog with an escape route will generally take it and
leave you alone. The one with it's back to the wall
is going to be trouble and you need to give it an "out".

3) If you have to hit an attacking dog, hit it on the muzzle
just below the eyes with a stick or rod and hit it hard.

4) You don't want to get on the bad side of the nuns.
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Just hit 'em on ... uhh, nevermind.

--
Michael Press