Made it thru half of a 16 mile run when I got bit by a stray dog. Three minor puncture wounds on my left ankle. I was on Pleasent Hill Rd just north of Old Moulton Rd.(out of the city limits) As I ran past the house I saw the dog in the yard, he was barking and running along a hedgerow of kudzu and I lost sight of him. The next thing I see is him cutting down a trail thru the kudzu to the road and he was right on me. He had his teeth bared and before I could spray him with my water bottle he got his teeth into my ankle. Right at the point where I was bit the road takes a steep decent and I was running out of control down the hill. I was about to tumble head over heels when I veered of into the ditch and made a sliding stop scrapeing up my left forearm on the gravel. There was no major damage done so I ran on about 3/4 of a mile to the water authority where I was able to clean myself up. I was going to continue my run, but thought it best to report the incident so it wouldn't happen to someone else.
I had an officer come pick me up and we went back to the house where the dog was. The lady came out and said "don't worry about this dog, he don't bite", to which the officer said "don't say that maam because the guy in the back of my car was just bit by that dog." The dog had no collar and had no shots, and after the lady heard that it bit me denied any ownership of it. That worked in my favor, as now county animal control could take the dog, put it down and have it tested for rabies.
I got a tetnus shot and a script for antibiotics at the ER. Now I just wait for the outcome of the dogs' rabies test.
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