One runner + One little dog = Bitten ankle!

This is just a very quick blog to vent my anger at having been bitten this morning while out running!

I am doing a Lean Body transformation challenge (currently just finished week 1) and as part of my training I am jogging around Southwick Country Park.  I jog there a few times a week at all times of day and so far after 5 bite free runs... run 6... some little furry rat thinks it is acceptable to chase me and bite my ankle!

Is it just me or is it always the little dogs that seem to be the bitters?  Do they have some in built inferiority complex that makes them need to bite to appear more butch?

I've run past massive dogs that could probably take my leg off if they really wanted to, without so much as a growl or batter of an eyelid... yet this little thing took me on!

When it had hold of my ankle (luckily for me it got more shoe than flesh) I stopped and tried to kick the dog, so it would leave me alone.  The owner turned to me and said "don't you dare kick my dog!". 

Sorry but is it not an offence to let your dog bite me?  Or maybe I'm in the wrong for letting your dog bite me?  In which case I apologise and will try to run faster next time ;)

My reply was not that polite, but I was very angry at having just been bitten... "If your dog bites me again I will have it put down!"... not my most PC moment, but it got the desired effect as she put her dog on a lead!

I love dogs and want to share the great outdoors with everyone and anyone, but let's share it in a way that we can all enjoy it please.

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