7 incredible tips to protect yourself from the stray dogs that chase you every night

Has it happened to you that while riding your bike to home in the night, a pack of dogs has chased you?

When you drive a car you enjoy the security which the doors of the car provide but such is not the case while riding a motorbike.

Obviously, when a dog chases you, bound by your survival instinct you are left with no option other than panic! 

You just loose composure, pull your legs up with your feet set just parallel to the petrol tank and your bike starts curving in the opposite direction of the dog attack.

This reminds me of an interesting incident when I was a teenager.

#The Nightmarish Incident 

My friend would visit my house every evening to study. 

We would study for about 2-3 hours in the compound of my house.

A small digression here –

2-3 hours included lots of breaks for eating and discussing the ongoing stuff in college. So please don’t get surprised!

Coming back to the subject, every night it would get too late for him to leave and most of the time the streets would get deserted which happened to be the correct time for the stray dogs to come out.

One night, just after 5 minutes he left, I heard the rev of the engine of a motorbike getting louder with each passing second and suddenly I saw him totally panicked in front of the gate.

He told me that on his way he met a pack of dogs in an aggressive mood, with their drooling sharp teeth seeming ready to rip anything apart.

Suddenly, they all started barking and moving towards him to which he panicked and had no other option than to drive like crazy and get away.

However, to his luck there was another safer but longer road which he took and got back home and he got so afraid that he would daily take the same road home burning almost twice the gas.

#A Dog Bite can be Costly

The problem with the stray dogs is common in almost every place, and in some neighborhoods it is worse.

As good and responsible inhabitants of this lovely planet, we, in no ways, mean to hurt dogs but self defense is a need we cannot ignore too. 

Dog bite is a thing we fear a lot. In fact, it is something that must be taken seriously and we should adapt all necessary measures to avoid it as much as possible.

If a dog bites man, the wound must immediately be taken care of and also the infected dog bite symptoms like nausea, anxiety, nervousness need to be checked upon in order to find out if the wound may prove fatal in the future. 

Infected dog bite treatment can be costly and may involve taking 14 or more injections in the body to protect you from the diseases caused by the bacteria which prevail in dog teeth.

Rabies is the most serious disease that one can get from an infected dog bite. In some cases, it takes years to come into effect. 

But when it does, if affects brain by producing unwanted fear of water. In most of the cases, Rabies has proved to be fatal and is generally caused by the bite and saliva of an infected dog.

Doctors say there is no need to worry when a dog is vaccinated. But, experts reckon that you must not ignore any dog bite and seek immediate medical attention.

Dog bite can also cause Staph Infection. It is spread by the bacteria found in dogs and other animals’ saliva which can cause skin and lung infections therefore, the dangers of a dog bite cannot simply be ignored.

#Let’s Get Started

So I am listing down a few good tips which are definitely going to help you know what to do when a dog chases you. Following and practicing these tips will make you protect yourself from dogs which chase you every night when you ride your bike to home.

The perspective here is to create a win-win situation in which both the dog and we escape out safe & unhurt. 

1. Do not run

Our survival instinct definitely triggers the signal to run which we follow unquestioningly when we see a dog or a pack of dogs chasing. But this is not a solution in fact, running from dog can prove costly to your health as it may instigate the dog to bite you in the leg 

It’s the time to regain your composure and not run.

If you don’t run you are just not provoking the predatory skills of the dog and in almost 99% of the cases you escape safely by staying still.

So, the next time when you are riding bike and you see a pack on the side of the road watching at you, just slow down.

Slow down, relax and calmly drive away from them at a very gentle speed. It is a common and obvious fact that speed provokes a dog’s predatory skills. 

If you think that the dog is not stopping even at your calmness, quickly bring in to role what is mentioned in Tip#3 and Tip#4.

2. Feign bravery even in the case of fear

Suppose you encounter a stray dog on a street which looks quite aggressive and any moment can attack you.

What to do in such a situation?

Well follow the first tip first, do not run but it might only buy you some time before it attacks you.

Obviously, we are not mind scientists to know what is going on in its mind hence we can’t take the risk.

Therefore, pull yourself together and just pretend as if you are braver than the dog.

A reversal of Newton’s 3^rd law can be applicable here –if there is no reaction there will be no action.

Stay still and nonchalant even if you are a bit scared from inside; once the dog loses interest in you slowly back away and sneak away.

3. Use a sheet or a purse to defend

When a dog is on a prowl, it would definitely satisfy its desire by biting. In around 90% of the cases you can get away just by following the above mentioned tips.

But what if you are one of the remaining 5% cases? What if the dog hurls itself towards you with its sharp teeth ready to grab the flesh?

The solution will be to break its predatory impulse and drive it down to zero so that you can get out unhurt.

Use a sheet or any long object such as your purse or your wallet or any long or a hard object available around towards its mouth.

The dog will bite it first which will give you sufficient time to escape and get behind a large object such as a car.

Remember, the key here is to distract the dog.

4. Keep cookies

In case, you are a night crawler or your work shift ends around 11 or 12 then you would be encountering a lot of stray dogs on streets.

Well, it’s their time to hangout and have a good time J

However, it would be better to keep a packet of cookies costing just 5 bucks in your pocket in order avoid any unwanted encounter with the stray dogs.

So, once you see a pack out on the road,  you take back home every day, just slow down take out a few cookies and throw them in the opposite direction.

They will jump after the cookies and you can then carry on and enjoy your night driving without worrying about dogs.

5. Use pepper spray

I recommend it to be used in the worst situation possible. 

There are a few neighborhoods with a couple of mad dogs full of rabies. State’s animal care always take some time to arrive until which you cannot risk the safety of you & your family.

Using a pepper spray can totally frighten the dog and make him run away in case it jumps towards you to bite.

Somewhere I have read that you can make a dog run away just by using water spray on it.

6. Don’t make eye contact

Let’s say on your way back home, a couple of dogs chased you and following the first 2 tips you slowed down, stopped, are standing still now and the dog is just a couple of feet away from you.

The last thing you want to do in such a situation is making an eye contact with it. Making an eye contact may instigate its aggression and provoke it to attack you.

It is recommended to use words such as ‘go away’ with conviction to control its behavior. After all, the animal which can be trained best by humans is dog.

7. Carry a stick or act as if you are going to throw a piece of      stone on it.

This is a practice which I have seen a lot of villagers and cops follow.

They often travel at night on the deserted roads where they encounter a pack or two so they use the stick to scare them away.

You can also use the stick to distract a dog by throwing it in a direction and creating an urge in it to catch it.

A stick can also be used as a shield to protect when a dog jumps to bite. If you put it ahead of your body the dog will first grab it with its mouth.

Also, you can scare a dog by pretending as if you will throw a stone at it. Most of the dogs get scared away by this technique. If one doesn’t then you should immediately resort to one of the tips mentioned above.

#Wrap Up

There is a very interesting saying ”after a dog a book is a man’s best friend. Inside a dog you cannot see but inside a book you can.”

A dog can be a man’s best friend. It is a very loyal animal, protects you from thieves and can be your children’s best playmate too but you cannot all the time know what goes on in its mind. 
If on one side there is immense loyalty , on the other hand there are dangers of dog bite as well.

Therefore, taking precautions is necessary. if it’s your pet make sure that it is properly vaccinated. And if you happen to ride motor bike or walk at night on the street it is important to know how to handle stray dogs.

So, it is recommended to keep these tips in mind to get the answer to the question of 'what to do when a dog chases you?'.

Do you also live in a neighborhood where the dogs stroll more in number at nights?

Are you going to recommend these tips to your friend as well as follow yourself?

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Do you often feel sad for no reason?

Do you believe sometimes that your fate is totally marked by rough patches at regular intervals?

Has frustration become a guest that visits you too often in your life?

The bitter truth of the world is that good times don’t last longer confirming the arrival of rough period.

But people overlook to focus on another entailing sweet truth, which is, that bad times last even shorter.

The above statement might conflict with your understanding and you must be feeling that bad times stay longer than good but that’s not true.

The difference lies in your Attitude. Your attitude decides the time period of your sorrows and grieves.

An interesting thing to note here is how you take your problems and troubles.

Every time you fall sick you seek to visit the doctor. Once you see the doctor you start feeling better because half of the problem is already over and rest of the job is taken care by the medicines.

Here is an analogy - when you are suffering from sadness or grief, you yourself are the doctor & medicine is the time. Once you realize this important fact then you yourself will be able to solve 100% of your problem in a very short time.

Ask yourself this question -

Does a rough patch totally resembles like a confinement to you or you see it as a passing disturbance?

I leave it to you to think it through and come up with an honest answer.

Coming back to the topic, have you ever felt as if something is pushing you towards sadness.

Have you ever tried to think what causes frustration inside your head?

Well, generally there are some petty reasons or worries which cause disheartening.

I am not saying every time but most of the time.

Most of the problems can be solved just by being aware of the reasons behind them  

So, in this post I will tell you the common mistakes which push you towards sadness and bring unwanted trouble in your life.

Let’s get started-

        1.   Allowing Social Media to impact your life

For a moment, just be honest with yourself.  Let go off whatever ego is there in the head and think.

Do you feel jealous when you see photos of your colleagues or friends enjoying or partying on your social media wall?

Or you feel a sense of inferiority when your immediate peer or friend travels to London for work?

I suppose that your answer will be ‘yes’. If the answer is ‘No’ then you are really phenomenal (No Sarcasm). This is a major factor that can cause immediate mood change.

Always remember, Social Media is there to help you to remain connect with others so don’t let it be a source of jealousy in you in anyway.  

       2.    External Competition harms your soul

Romeo and Juliet never knew the reason of their family feud. Even their parents were not fully aware of the reason of the feud.

A similar thing happens when we overly compete against someone else.

Competition is good but when it turns into a rivalry it pushes you away from your own goal and you start living someone else’s life.

Remember, the purpose of competition is to make yourself better rather than disrupting your life.

       3.   Not moving on

Another major mistake people make is that they                refuse to move on.

When a grey event happens in your life, you tend to stick to the same position in life.

This grey event can be anything like break-up with your beloved, failure in the exams or not receiving promotion at the desired time.

A simple fact that people forget is life is a gift and is all about moving ahead stepping over the sorrows of past.

       4.   Lack of Reading in  life

All the images containing text that people share on social media are read by millions of people daily.

At the same time, a perception gets formed in their minds that they are reading.

Honestly, this is not effective reading.  The horizon of reading is not limited to reading just 

3 lines of text in an image whose authenticity is not even verified.

Reading enlightens the mind, it enlightens the soul. It makes you happy, helps in regaining your composure and improves your grip on the language.

When you start feeling any one of the above advantages it means you are Reading.

      

        5.   Alcohol addiction is awful!

Alcohol takes you to a different world and you feel relaxed on losing your worries and sorrows, for the time being, receiving momentarily pleasure.

But, sincerely this raises a question on your ability to tackle your issues and not being capable of controlling yourself that is why you leave it to alcohol.

It is not bad to have alcohol may be once in a month just to have a good time with your friends or family but it’s addiction for relaxation can be a serious life crusher.

       6.  Grass is always greener on the other side.

Remember the time when you would give your 100% to evaluate and solve the questions in your math exam.

But in life we don’t do the same.

We devote a lot of our time to evaluating what the other person has, rather than acknowledging what we have.

This is a very well known fact yet we pay very little attention to it.

      7.   Having no goals of your own

You live in a world where people are driven by external competition instead of a constant desire to improve by competing with their own selves.

Due to this attitude, one often becomes part of a race, which in no way he/she belongs to, leaving his own journey.

Why does this happen?

It happens due to the absence of a goal and a strong desire to achieve it.

      8.     Nurturing Procrastination

How many times have you thought of playing that guitar lying in the corner of your room but couldn’t do it just because you have been stalling it since months?

Frustration generates when a task is pushed over and over to a later period of time.

Why? Because there was an innate desire to complete it but you killed it brutally.

Procrastination may bring relaxation at the moment but can become a big source of trouble in the long term.

Attitude develops when you take up the task and finish it rather than postponing it for no reason.  

If measured, all the influential leaders of the world had 0.0000001 % of procrastination. (A wild guess :D)

      9.   Never checking on the mess created around you.

             When you are not into planning and performing, mess gets created.

             Suppose, for the day, you plan a bunch of activities for yourself but refuse to take the pain              of jotting them down in a piece of paper and setting the priorities.

             

             I bet, you will find yourself in a mess because you will forget most of them.

             Being unorganized is like being untidy. Both are sources of negativity.

             You won’t realize but it pushes you miles away from completing what is necessary to                         achieve your goals.

      10.  Are you killing the balance?

Doesn’t matter if you are driven by the rage to become a multi-millionaire but if you don’t have even 2 hours a day for your family then the worth of your goal reduces by each day.

Maintaining balance is important.

Of course, you can’t keep everyone happy but nobody is asking you to do that. Your ability to decide priorities plays a pivotal role here.

As a student, if you dedicate all your time to studies and nothing to sports or other social activities then you are killing the balance and paving a way towards unnecessary sadness. 

Remember, vice versa is also not right.

      11.  Finding hard to digest secrets

21^st century doesn’t allow the people, who are open books, to survive. I mentioned 21^st century because I didn’t exist before J

When you feel pain you seek somebody with whom you can share it. The moment you find someone you take out everything in front of him/her never realizing you are revealing away your strengths and weaknesses too.

Very less you will get a real helping hand from someone or a genuine tap on the back with words like ‘everything is going to be fine’.

It would be in the best interest of you if some secrets including yours and of people around you are not revealed to this world.

If keeping secrets causes you indigestion then please get over it.

Wrap Up

So, finally the time has come to acknowledge what you have, strive to achieve what you want and stop grieving on what you don’t have.

The line above doesn’t make sense?  No problem check out the below example.

If you have a great family but don’t have a job, acknowledge the fact that you have a great family, strive hard to get a job but don’t complain about not having a job.

May be it is the time to think over what life offers on a regular basis rather than being frustrated or sad for no reason.

Have you been unintentionally making any of the above mentioned mistakes?

Will you choose happiness over frustration and sadness and make an effort to change your mindset?

Would you like to share any other mistake, you know, that often pushes people towards sadness?

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Many of us have been competing in this competitive world to achieve our respective milestones.

As a parent, you always want your child to do well in every stream he has set his foot in, like mathematics, dancing, singing, playing guitar, badminton etc.

When you are in a job you are always under the stress of doing well to climb up the corporate ladder.

As a student, you have the pressure of scoring well in the upcoming exams and maintaining a good reputation in the eyes of your teachers and classmates.

All this pressure when accumulated over a period of time results in academic stress, under which, the smooth flow of time seems to halt and it becomes difficult to breathe and live sometimes.

Whether you are a student or the parent of a student who is very depressed by the performance pressure to score well in the upcoming exams, this post is for you.

The solutions to the problem in this post are a result of thorough research and survey of the people who have experienced this stress in the school or university days, but despite they have been able to find their way up in life. 

This post will help you in coping exam anxiety if you are a student, doesn't matter if it is as big as  physics exam fear and if you are a parent then of course, the tips mentioned below will leadyou to help your child overcome the panic and anxiety caused especially during exam period. 

This post is also for those who wish to read or study but are a having a hard time concentrating because of the problems in their lives.

The Obstructions

When you sit with the book you don’t find the zeal to read, as the mental depression or the exam fear has shattered your self-confidence.

During this state of mind, you experience a deadlock and it seems almost impossible to come out of it. And your mind gets engulfed by all the panic and anxiety in the world.

At this moment, you might feel something like -

• Oh my god! There are around 3 chapters remaining to be studied and each contains around 20 questions. 
• What should I do?
• What will my relatives think if I don’t score well in tomorrow’s exam?
• What will my parents think?
• Moreover, how will I stand the humiliation of scoring less among my classmates?
• When I open the book, I can’t even read the first sentence because my mind doesn’t allow me to.

If you feel all of them then certainly your confidence has sunk to the lowest level. 

Well, there is nothing wrong when you feel such things because the tendency of human mind is always negative.

I wish if this happens..

Nobody wants to stay in problems. Everyone wants to get rid of their problems hence when you are depressed by test anxiety or by depression caused due to exam anxiety you would

• Wish to get an instant relief.
• Want your exam to get cancelled the next day.
• Wish that an angel drops from the sky and saves you..

Well, there is nothing wrong if you think such because the fact is you care for yourself, your parents and above all your reputation, probably way more than others.

These are obviously good signs and you are on your way up the ladder of life

The only thing that can heal you at this time is the TIME. You will only be relieved once the exam, for which you are upset now, is over.

But, it can’t be determined whether you will be happy, satisfied or sad once it is over.

#1 The First Step towards killing the Fear

Therefore, how the problem gets solved?

The answer itself lies in re-framing this question.

Start thinking from this moment like ‘how do I solve the problem? Are there any ways to overcome test anxiety or depression?’ rather than ‘I am depressed what should I do?’

Once you change the question in your mind, 40% of the work is over because you’ve taken the matter in your own hands rather than leaving it to any angel. (Sorry! no offence against the angels)

#2 These Pictures will help

The image on the right shows the state of your mind when you are very depressed or worried or carried away.

Your composure gets scattered like the red dots in the image.

Now after following the tips in this post you can gradually bring your composure to something displayed in image on the left.

And, when you hang in there and repeat these steps for some time, you will achieve full composure displayed in image 3.

The reason I have put these 3 images here is, the next time you are tense then try to map your mind with these images and you will see an instant relief.

#3 Running

The period of examination is cruel and when combined with depression it becomes ruthless.

Under this test anxiety, life seems very difficult and when one has to study despite depression it is like a big iron ball kept on your head, you seem to do nothing, you can’t concentrate anywhere and opening a book for reading at this time doesn’t help either.

So what is required at this moment?

How to get rid of the giant iron ball kept on your head?

The answer is that the mind needs an activity which can outperform the heavy load prevailing in your mind which is better termed as depression.

Running is an activity which can totally bring the composure of your mind back. So, take a deep breath, put on your running shoes, leave everything aside and start running.

Run for a kilometer or a kilometer and a half and come back.

You will feel much more relaxed now and will be up for reading again.

The key here is to outperform the negative feeling which your mind is surrounded by ,so spending some time with your favorite game on Playstation can also work for you.

Or, if there is any other activity you know, which can keep your mind totally engaged at this hour then you can certainly pick it up.

#4 Affirmations

Most of the issue can be solved using the opening in the lower human face known as ‘mouth’.  There is a mantra which, if followed regularly, can do wonders to your personality.

So, do not underestimate the power of talking to yourself and repeat sentences such as ‘I am not depressed’, ‘I am a highly motivated person,’ I will finish this book in a snap’, ‘Reading is my thing’, or ‘I will perform amazingly well in my exams’ for overcoming exam anxiety.

It is up to you to decide which affirmations you choose.

Saying these affirmations to yourself for once or twice doesn’t help in most cases; you will have to repeat  several times to let them create a positive impact as repeating them transforms all the negativity around into positive energy.

Therefore believe in yourself and go ahead with the affirmations. The mental effects of depression can be unusual and dangerous; with time you can find yourself spiraling downward in the dark if you don't control it.

Not only you should practice affirmations during exams but everyday when you are doing some chore in which you don't require much focus.

#5 Journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step

A giant task of remembering answers of around 40 questions is in front of you; obviously, life will not seem easy at that time. But you have 2 choices at this moment either give up or stop worrying and get to work.

A key thing to note here is not to worry, because worry puts the mind in a deadlock and all the symptoms described above generate due to this deadlock. 

This deadlock will disturb your composure and cause panic and anxiety.

Once you restrict yourself from worrying, it is the time to set an alarm in your smartphone for 30 minutes and experiment how much you can read in those 30 minutes.

After the first 30 minutes are over, take a 5 minutes break to re-energize yourself and set the alarm again.

Keep doing this activity for the next 3 hours and you will observe a terrific improvement.

This is no rocket-science but you are breaking a big task into smaller pieces and finishing 1 at a time.

Pull yourself together and give this activity a shot and you will be totally surprised to see the increase in your self-confidence.

Remember, self-confidence is the king of all.

#6 Family and Friends to the rescue

In the case of being depressed, the mind requires consolations. Affirmations can play a vital role here but your family and friends can supplement it too.

Therefore, when you are feeling low call your mother or your sibling or your closest friend to come and sit with you in your room. If they are busy in their work then take the responsibility to go wherever they are.

The important thing to note here is you stay with anyone of the closest people in your life in the same room. Let them carry on with their work and you carry on with your own.

In a matter of minutes, you will feel the presence of courage and determination in yourself.

The presence of your loved ones can trigger the will to first fight the test anxiety, pick up the book again, finish the syllabus and score well in examinations.

#7 Stay disconnected

As a student, during exams, one has a tendency to know how much syllabus others have covered. 

Out of this feeling, instead of focusing on the studies at this critical period you call your colleagues to ask their coverage.

You need to know here that the world is very cruel and it may happen that your colleague may give you false information while hiding the original one.

In case if he/she tells you that his syllabus is almost over then you waste no time in turning nervous; but as stated above, this information could be false.

However it’s not your job at this moment or ever to verify this information, instead it would be better if you stayed disconnected from all the colleagues during this period.

However, you can of course stay in touch with the colleagues you trust a lot.

A similar thing happens in normal life too,a person gets depressed or feels low when his/her connected friends show how lavish, successful and happy life they are living by posting photos or updating status on social media.

But, it is very important to understand that each human being, currently breathing on earth, has his or her set of problems.

Keep in mind that you are not the only one chosen by God for problems.

Never fear because you are not indebted to anyone for anything and as a part of this activity here is one more affirmation for you “I was born free and I will live free”.

WRAP UP

It is as easy to overcome exam anxiety and depression as reading this post from start to bottom.

Remember, you read this whole post because  you needed a solution to your problem and that is why, it’s you who will have to follow these steps.

Now the next time if your mind is clouded by test anxiety or depression, just look yourself in the mirror and ask "Can you get rid of depression ?".
Say 'yes' to yourself like a bunch of times and then start following these steps, you will definitely see the results.

Stick in if it doesn’t help initially because after 2 or 3 times it is guaranteed to help and restore your self-confidence.

I would also like to hear from you if any other technique you know that can help people solve this problem. Do you feel good after reading these tips? Or are these tips helping you if you have already started following them?

Even if you have scored well by following any one of these tips do let us know.

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