Wow,

After all of the nice posts about fishing dogs, I guess I will be the "turd" in the punch bowl

It's not that I dislike dogs, ( I own two great ones) it's that I seem to have a mojo that other dogs hate.

I had a shepard come at me from over 50yds on a dead run with raised hair, trying to attack me, on a northwest oregon stream. I had to back that dog down with my lami, and the owner didn't even try to call the dog off. It was a scary experience.

On another river, I had a yellow lab (yes a good old lab, just like the one I own) come up to me with that look like most labs have (friendly and wanting to be pettted, tail wagging) I gave it a few nice words and reached down to pet it and got a nice "snap" and a growl at my hand. Then the hairs started coming up on it's back and it really started growling and coming after me. I ended up retreating across the river while the owner tried to calm the dog down. Luckily it was a smaller river and I could cross to safety. The owner apologized and said his dog had never, ever gone after anyone before.

My point is, I guess I just bring out the bad in dogs. These are only two of about 8 bad dog experencies I've had. I've been bit twice and had a few other close calls.

I don't dislike dogs, If I know them, but to be honest with you guys, I'm scared as hell of other peoples dogs. I seem to put off bad vibes

In my opinion, there's nothing better than having a good lab in the boat to share the day with, but a strangers dog on the bank, gives me the willies.

Aaron