Dog story 1.

A few years ago while staying with my friend and his wife,there was a pollution problem with the main water supplies to Kiev. Citizens had to collect water from deep wells in various city locations. The weather was very cold with lots of snow and ice about. As we were down to the last,former soft drink bottle, of water Anatoli asked me to help replenish the water in the apartment. Walking in the bitterly cold but bright day carrying an assortment of empty plastic containers,we joined a long queue of water collectors, pensioners, children,disabled people,workers, all filling various types of container's from the communal well in one of the many parks. I wondered how such a scene would look back in the UK. Eventually we reached the well and filled our containers with water uncontaminated by chemicals, unlike the main water supplies.
The weather had improved since we set off on our water quest, and the sun shone through the clouds, I was however proceeding carefully,as laden down with two bags full of bottles of water I did not want to slip and sprain or even break my ankle in the icy conditions.
I was walking down a steep slope,watching a pack of dogs running about, there are many packs of stray dogs around the city suburbs. I watched as a large black pregnant dog ran in our direction passing behind me, I tried to look round but nearly lost my footing. Suddenly I felt a pain my left calf muscle as the pregnant dog gripped my leg in its massive jaws, I managed to swing one of my bags of water at the dog,as did my friend and the dog released its grip. Anatoli warned some mothers walking their children about the attack dog. When we got back to the apartment, I was very worried about Rabies as feral dogs can carry this potentially fatal virus. However although my skin had indentations, the surface was unbroken,the heavy denims I was wearing had protected me. I resolved there and then to get a course of anti Rabies injections when I returned to Scotland.