I swear to God, this happened.

[germs]

So my band plays a strip club in Spring, TX (just North of Houston). That part went fine.

We were supposed to be staying the night at an industry contact's home just South of Houston. This was supposed to be a 30-45 min drive. We figured that since we were doing 85mph at 2AM, we would be there in no time.

Turns out the home was in Fulshear...that's about 60 miles. Or 1.5 hours for those unfamiliar w/ Houston traffic and TX speed limits (like us).

So we get to the gated community where this person lives, get held up by the 24-hour security, and go to finding the house 10 minutes later. It's all the way in the back. It could be in no other place...and this is a LARGE community. There is no other way to go.

So we end up getting to the house at about 4AM, and guess what? The owner forgot to secure the guard dog...yeah. So we get out of the van, not knowing this, and get to knocking on the front door. Then: Here comes Cujo.

So it's 4AM, and there's a Rot the size of my car pinning 5 guys against the door of a house in a gated community...not good. Just in the nick of time, the contact opens the door and we "escape" inside, as the guy orders the Rot to shut up in what I think is German.

Then he's all like, "Just let him sniff you, I ordered him to be friendly." Guess who the first jackass to put his hand out is? That's right. Me.

Guess who the first jackass to get bit was? :facepalm:

[Kikaruu]

Wow, you were in my neighborhood. I live in N. Houston. :wave:

Anyway, at least you made friends with the dog, right?

[Mark Wein]

nice.....

[stunr55]

I'm disappointed ... I thought this was a story about spending the night with strippers ... :p

[Telestrastic]

:thu:

[Kramerguy]

I'm disappointed ... I thought this was a story about spending the night with strippers ... :p

That wouldn't be a fail unless you passed out before things really got good :thu:

[strathound]

So my band plays a strip club in Spring, TX (just North of Houston). That part went fine.

...

Guess who the first jackass to get bit was? :facepalm:

Reminds me of something that happened to me. A week before my first gig ... ever ... I'm out at this lakehouse with some friends. I'm down at the dock helping them load a boat in their boat dock. The boat lift isn't working. The fly wheel is spinning on the belt and not turning the mechanism that raises the boat. So what do I do? I start hitting the flywheel with my hand to get it to grab on the belt. The mf'er grabs all of a sudden and my mf'ing finger is caught between the belt and the flywheel. It happens lightning fast. I look down at my hand and there is blood everywhere. Looks like I've ripped the tip of my finger off ... on my fret hand. I scream bloody murder and almost pass out.

We get some water and rinse it off. Turns out it just pinched the skin and peeled the tip of my finger like a banana. I start cussing like a sailor (it helps) and bandage up the cut. All I can think about is I have to play guitar in seven days. What a f'in idiot. The good news is that when I rolled the skin back and bandaged it up, it healed remarkably fast. I kept putting antibiotics on it and fresh bandages and was able to play seven days later. It hurt a bit to play, but I found ways to compensate for the finger. But to this day, I still want to go back and kick my own ass for sticking my hand in an electric motor while it's on. And for that, I give you ...

:facepalm:

[Eddie]

Guess who the first jackass to get bit was? :facepalm:

Was there a second jackass getting bitten? :D

[musikerochan]

keep 'em coming! interesting stories..

[germs]

Wow, you were in my neighborhood. I live in N. Houston. :wave:

Anyway, at least you made friends with the dog, right?

It's interesting you should mention that...

Was there a second jackass getting bitten? :D

because the thing about dogs is that they remember when they don't like you.

So we get up after about 5 hours of sleep and hit the pool. I'm on my way out the back door - barefoot, in trunks, with a towel around my neck - and I see the dog. At first, he's all wagging tail, looking in the door at his master. Then...he sees me.

The guy backs the dog off, tells him to sit and says to me, "Let him sniff you, he shouldn't be aggressive."

Like a dumbass, I put my hand out again, effectively making myself the 1st and 2nd person to be bitten by the dog in a 24 hour period... :facepalm:

At least he didn't draw blood. I would have hated to have killed such an expensive animal...

[TRevMFB]

It's interesting you should mention that...



because the thing about dogs is that they remember when they don't like you.

So we get up after about 5 hours of sleep and hit the pool. I'm on my way out the back door - barefoot, in trunks, with a towel around my neck - and I see the dog. At first, he's all wagging tail, looking in the door at his master. Then...he sees me.

The guy backs the dog off, tells him to sit and says to me, "Let him sniff you, he shouldn't be aggressive."

Like a dumbass, I put my hand out again, effectively making myself the 1st and 2nd person to be bitten by the dog in a 24 hour period... :facepalm:

At least he didn't draw blood. I would have hated to have killed such an expensive animal...

hahahaha, way to fall for it twice.

ever cross your mind that maybe the owner may not have liked you and was just looking for a sick twisted laugh??

[Gobbo Mon]

Haha you should have givin him a good smack in the head. I'm visiting the Philippines at the moment and I get chased by about 10 dogs every time I go out. The mongrels are everywhere.

[germs]

The thing about rots and pits is that they have been bred to have REALLY thick cranial structures. In laymen's terms: They got a thick head, yo!

I highly doubt that if I had cocked back and hit the dog upside the head he would have felt it. I doubt it would have registered as more than a strong "push". Then there's the possibility that I would have triggered an even more aggressive reaction...I don't want to be on the receiving end of that one. I'm not exaggerating much about the size of this dog, he was seriously in the 150+ lbs. range. Freakin' monster!

All's well that ends well, I suppose...But next time I show my face over there, Roux is gonna have to be kenneled up for my piece of mind.

[Poker99]

Then he's all like, "Just let him sniff you, I ordered him to be friendly."

NEVER trust a dog owner.

[boxorox]

Hey, you can trust me. If anyone asks if my dog bites I say yes. He's never bitten anyone yet, but that does't mean he won't. So watch yer fingers.

[Dances w/carp]

NEVER offer your digits to a dog who's barking at you.

The last Cujo-actin' rot that came looking for trouble around here found some.

Night-night, Cujo.

[boxorox]

Best to leave 'em be. There was one down at the beach when I was a kid. Showed all signs of being friendly and submissive until you were about 8 feet away, then Cujo-time. He was on a ten foot chain. Thinking of it now, he may not have been viscious. About every kid had been to the Dairy Queen, and they dropped their ice cream when he charged. It was pretty entertaining.

[Deeprig9]

Germs, had you gotten a lap dance from a menstruating stripper that night? Sometimes that sets off the larger breeds...

[germs]

Menstrating? No...

But it WAS an absolutely fun-filled night of debauchery and rockstar posturing...some stories even I can't tell here...;)

[BlueStrat]

As an aside, I took a dog training course from a guy who trained police dogs. When a dog wants to smell you, turn sideways to him and let him smell your legs. Always keep sideways to him so he can't push you down or bite your genitals if he snaps. Try to avoid looking into his eyes. Speak to him in a quiet, almost monotone voice. Avoid excited chatter or baby talk; it only gets them worked up. Once he gets used to you he'll probably just move on.

If he maintains a distance but keeps growling at you, get down on one knee and offer him your fist (never your fingers, as you discovered) with the knuckles pointing downward. This makes it harder for him to bite and easier for you to punch him or lift your fist and whack the bottom of his jaw should he decide to do so. Let him sniff you and again avoid eye contact and excited chatter. You should be golden.

If not, carry a .45 auto. That works every time it's used.

[The Real MC]

Dogs can sense fear. It's an uncanny instinct but it's true.

I've been around dogs all my life and am not afraid of them.

I was on a business trip and the owner of the business kept a huge german shepherd there. Looks meaner than he is. Fedex and UPS won't walk into the place unless the dog is secured. I was greeting the dog and he barked right in my face. I simply laughed and called him a puppy. I wasn't afraid of him, and he knew it.

I was renting a room at a friend's house. One time I came home and he had brought home the pit bull from his ex wife. The dog was eager to pounce on the intruder when I walked in. I told my friend to let the dog go - he ran right over, sniffed my hands, and quickly figured out that I belonged (my scent was already in the house). That pit bull also learned who the boss was when I showed my friend how to discipline dogs without hurting them. I shoved the pit bull down to the floor by the shoulder blades - and he rolled over and submitted.

[mybelle]

Dogs can sense fear. It's an uncanny instinct but it's true.

I've been around dogs all my life and am not afraid of them.



i have never been scared of dogs before, either... funny how that works. my mom says i have a '6th sense' they can pick up on.

My boyfriend took me to his mothers house in santa cruz, this was when they had two dogs. The only dog you had to be scared of was a little jackrussell/ chihuahua mix that looked like satan in white fur. lol.

The only thing he really did was bark nonstop at strangers entering the house. It was late, and after a 13 hr drive, we enter the house and I didn't even know they forgot to warn me about the dog.

So I enter the house, see a little white dog, said hi and the first thing he did was lay on his back ready for me to rub him down lol.

The next day my boyfriend and his mom told me there's only one other person he's taken to like that before and it was my boyfriends dead uncle.

:cool:

[vinnies]

'does your dog bite?'

'no.'

CHOMP! 'your dog bit me!'

'that's not my dog.'

RIP peter sellers, AKA the pink panther

[captainobvious]

I've never really had problmes with dogs either. I think it may have something to do with the fact that I'm 6'2" and I have no fear of them.

You definitely had me laughing with the double biting posts though. Sucks, but it was damn funny!