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Dog attack after Pobra de Brollón, July 2023
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[QUOTE="DoughnutANZ, post: 1209800, member: 87627"] I was also attacked, by two German Shepherds, when I was four years old, bitten on the face and chest and hospitalised. I think that the biggest physical scar, on my face is now hidden by my wrinkles and years of sun damage but the physiological scars are still close to the surface. Generally I do my best to avoid dogs, particularly dogs I don't know. I love all animals and so I don't dislike dogs but generally I am uncomfortable around them as I am constantly alert. Before my first Camino it was a real concern for me but the call of the Camino was stronger than my fears. I don't recall any incidents on the Frances but this year on the Madrid there were a couple. When I walk in an area without obvious hazards I tend to zone out and my mind wanders off into other places. On two occasions while zoned out in an urban area dogs have suddenly rushed at me, barking fiercely but fortunately both times from behind reasonable fences. In that first moment as my mind comes back to reality visions of those two German Shepherds return with force and if anyone was watching you would probably see me levitate off the ground by half a metre or so! My heartbeat goes off the scale but then as soon as I see that they are behind a good fence quickly returns to something survivable, if very fast. I have learnt to walk on in this situation. Of more initial concern was a situation that occurred as I walked through a tiny settlement some days later. There were, perhaps, three farm houses on my left and empty paddocks on my right. Ahead, within one of the houses on the left I could hear multiple dogs barking loudly as I approached and so I moved to the far right of the narrow road and continued walking slowly with a watchful eye. Then, about 150 metres in front of me, a German Shepherd appeared out of the paddock. I stopped and looked at it and it stopped and looked at me. I wondered to myself what to do. It was showing no signs of aggression but there was no one else around and so I had to decide if I was just going to stay standing still until someone appeared or if I would try to proceed. It was towards the end of a long day walking and I wanted to get to my destination and so I decided to walk on. Next I needed to decide where to walk. Would I cross the road to the side with the houses and loudly barking dogs, walk down the middle of the road or keep to the right? For some reason I chose the right hand side and started walking slowly towards the German Shepherd while keeping my eyes down and on my feet. As I walked the GS crossed the road to the house side and started slowly walking towards me. I was a bit worried about this but it's lack of aggression gave me some confidence and so I ignored it as best I could and continued walking slowly. It stopped a couple of metres in front of me and turned around, matching my pace, a step or two ahead of me. We continued this way as we went past the barking dogs that, it turned out, were chained up in the yard of the last house. The GS ignored the other dogs as we walked past and so did I. As we walked I formed the (undoubtedly incorrect) idea that this GS was sent to protect me and that it was placing itself between me and the perceived danger and so I relaxed a little. We walked on in this manner, the GS on the left of the road a couple of steps ahead of me for almost a kilometre and I decided that it was guiding me on my way ♥️ and I started to worry that it might keep walking with me and become lost. I was by this time very relaxed with it's presence. Then the GS stopped and watched me as I walked past and on down the road until I was out of sight. I suspect that the GS was just doing its job and being vigilant about a stranger in it's territory and escorting me off the territory but in my mind it had become a Camino angel sent to protect me and I found that this thought has helped me be more relaxed around dogs ever since. [/QUOTE]
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