Jamilla's mum
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- VDLP - April 2015 - hopefully!
I'm still not sure if I'll be walking the Camino this year. Jamilla is still waiting for super-steering and I don't know if it will be done and tested before we need to set off.
HOWEVER ..... everywhere I've taken her so far, we attract dogs. I always thought dogs went by scent. Not so - every dog behaves differently towards her, but they all seem to think she's some kind of super-dog. And they totally get that she's female (must be her amazing eyelashes!) So far we've been very pointedly 'ignored' by a German shepherd, barked at furiously by a labrador-cross, run away from by a King Charles spaniel - and all-but-HUMPED by a large terrier. (That's just a small selection of reactions.)
Although I know how to react towards large, scary dogs, I'm worried that she may fall victim to one or more. So I wondered if anyone knew, for example, a scent I could spray her with which would be off-putting to them. Or any other useful suggestions - even areas to avoid by taking a different route.
HOWEVER ..... everywhere I've taken her so far, we attract dogs. I always thought dogs went by scent. Not so - every dog behaves differently towards her, but they all seem to think she's some kind of super-dog. And they totally get that she's female (must be her amazing eyelashes!) So far we've been very pointedly 'ignored' by a German shepherd, barked at furiously by a labrador-cross, run away from by a King Charles spaniel - and all-but-HUMPED by a large terrier. (That's just a small selection of reactions.)
Although I know how to react towards large, scary dogs, I'm worried that she may fall victim to one or more. So I wondered if anyone knew, for example, a scent I could spray her with which would be off-putting to them. Or any other useful suggestions - even areas to avoid by taking a different route.