Attacked by a dog....In my kayak

Sounds hard to believe...but it happened. I was fishing the shoreline near the yacht club this evening. I was sitting in about 2-3 ft of water. I was casting at an old pier, which is degraded into just a few big rocks in a straight line. I look up to cast at where the rockpile meets the shore...and there's a GIANT of a dog on shore looking at me. The dog looks looks like a cross between some kind of big hound and a great dane. As soon as we make eye contact the dog starts trotting down the rockpile toward me. I think...he'll stop at the end, no problem......WRONG.....this big duud launches off the pier into the water. The water is shallow enough the dog can run and bound. He's barking, snarling, and closing distance fast. At this point I took off paddling, he's 20 ft behind me....after a few panicked strokes I look back, he's 10 ft behind me....I really dig in and he's still closing...8ft....6ft....4ft...it was at about 4 ft I realize I'm paddling parallel to the shore. I pound the rutter right and head for deeper water....3ft.....2ft....3ft....5ft.....10ft...Praise the Lord, I'm losin him. I continued to gain space, with him swimming and still trying to eat me for another 100 yards. At some point after that, he turned and headed back to shore. I was too shook to even get my camera out....two jet skis stopped and watched it go down.
 
How many dudes you know that been chased in their kayak.....for 150 yards....
 
BY A DOG!

I laughed....sorry. 

Conceal Carry..give one warning shot then game on 

coldfront

can't believe you passed up meat, slick.  what, no yellow rope to put him on?

 
Dogs a bit gamey for me...

gymi03

coldfront

can't believe you passed up meat, slick.  what, no yellow rope to put him on?

Dogs a bit gamey for me...

Ask Obama how dog tastes    :0
 

Skip....lol! Should carry a steak aboard...lol
 

Did you call the cops and report the dog. He may end up killing a kid there. Shoot first and ask questions later.

Thats nuts!
I doubt if I would have had it on in a kayak wit me, but I almost always carry my glock when I take my kids for a walk around our neighborhood and the reason is more for dogs than for people. I've never had an incident but i had two pitbulls eying us up and acting aggressive once and two other times dogs have come down off of their porches barking at us and the only thing that stopped them was the fact that they were chained. any dog takes a run at my kids I'm gonna put him down quick, fast,& in a hurry!
Glad you got away OK!

Loomis

Dang, I didn't know there were so many tough guys here, shooting dogs that "run up" on you and "seem" aggressive. Cops seem to have a problem with that lately, too....

 
agreed.....dude did the right thing by paddling his **** off....killing the dumb dog woulda caused more trouble than what its worth. Regardless...I still think its funny that the dog "chased" him for 150 yards 

worm_waster

Maybe everyone should wait until they are chewwing on your their face? 

If I see you on the stream, I'll swing a baseball bat 3" over your head.  Would you take no action until since the bat isn't hitting you?  Or would you react in one way or another?

I too will thouroughly venilate any dog (or any other creature) that wants to do bodily injury to me or my family. 

If more people would shoot aggresive dogs before they breed, we could pleasantly cleanse the gene pool.  The owner, whether the dog is aggressive or not, must by law keep it on a leash. 

Keep your dog on a leash and I promise it will not get lead poisoning.  Any dog of a leash or off it's property is in violation of the law...end of story. w_w.

 
Yep....killing is always the answer, yepper. 
 
 
Oh, and why would you have a ball bat on the stream?? DO they make good Steelhead rods or something??

Not really trying to be a tough guy (although I guess the tone of my post did make it sound that way), but I have been mauled by a dog before when I was a kid, NOT FUN!
I have no desire to just shoot someone's dog. However with that being said, if I'm just out walking on the sidewalk with my young boys, and the animal's behavior makes me feel like there is a real chance it is going to attack, I'm going to kill it before it has a chance to get a hold of one of my kids.  Like worm_waster said "Keep your dog on a leash and I promise it will not get lead poisoning."
Any way I don't want to hijack this thread.
Again, glad you got away Slickfish!

It varies case to case with dog attacks, but I wouldn't be too quick to blast a dog that runs up on me, dogs show aggression to protect things, that's far from lounging at you and biting you.  Chances are if a dog is going to attack you it does it without provocation, so you will likely have to evade before you can shoot, knowing enough of the situation if it is a threat you can get away from without shooting. 
 
....it simply sounds preposterous the way that some of you said it...
 

I still think he should have snagged it with a Little Cleo. Then he could have used the dog as a trolling motor.

Why would someone allow an agressive acting dog to run free?  That's unlawful.  It's sorta silly to have a dog for "protection" when it isn't near you.
Noone that I know who carries would take any joy in killing anyones dog. 
Please, some dog lover tell me.  Why would anyone own an agressive dog?  As a liability or simply a pain the butt to keep?
We are not speaking of a gun, which has no brain, and must be controlled by a human brain.  We are talking of an animal that makes decisions for itself, and is not always under control.w_w.

Don't sound like it was someones poodle. You are never sure of how you would handle the situation until it happens. You did a good job of avoiding the situation.I may have tried the same thing but given up and became offensive with the paddle as I am not a real fast rower. Maybe a few sound wops with the paddle to the la cabasa may have changed its tune. 3 feet is tooo close...WF