Advice on approaching dogs while cycling anyone?
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WOW. Yeah i often get err :? cut up by dogs. Often when the owner calls it, it then gets in the way as i have already anticipated its movements before!
i always go slow but there are a couple places where i get cut up by the dogs or the owners OR both :evil: (standing in a group having a chat while paying no attention what so ever to your dog)
And in a public park, arent dogs supposed to be on leads in public parks? (the one i used to go through was, strange that a non dog owner see's the signs but not the dog owners)
Is there a nicer way to deal with the dogs?
As i said, i go slow
But kicking them? I think that would take a little pre emption/timing :?
So as the OP really
i always go slow but there are a couple places where i get cut up by the dogs or the owners OR both :evil: (standing in a group having a chat while paying no attention what so ever to your dog)
And in a public park, arent dogs supposed to be on leads in public parks? (the one i used to go through was, strange that a non dog owner see's the signs but not the dog owners)
Is there a nicer way to deal with the dogs?
As i said, i go slow
But kicking them? I think that would take a little pre emption/timing :?
So as the OP really
This is the problem with many dog owners- that attitude, that it's other peoples' problem that they're not in control of their dogs.Nigel777":5coumsf1 said:
People should be free to be dog lovers, or ambivalent to dogs, to disliking dogs, and not have to embrace other peoples' enthusiasm, in order not to be hassled by them.
I completely agree with that, and there will be times for people when their only reaction is to be pre-emptive in order to fend off dogs.Nigel777":5coumsf1 said:
People can talk about understanding them, and knowing how to deal with them, but the general public shouldn't have to - the owners should be in control. After all, won't somebody, anybody, please think of the chiilllddrren.
Me too.tintin40":5coumsf1 said:
And I say all that as a dog owner. I'm often fed up with people who think everybody else should just embrace their choices.
In fairness, there are times when that includes cyclists, but I'm with you both on the cavalier attitude some dog owners display - it's totally ruff.
Stop, make agressive eye contact with the dog, bark furiously then swear like a trooper at the owner. Then pedal off leaving the halfwitted owner to deal with a hyperactive dog. If they can't keep their dogs calm on the road then they shouldn't be out there.
As a modified view of the greenrabbit principle, if they get close enough land a well amied toe on the owner.
I had a dog run out on in front of me on a club road ride, the inevitable happened and the owner had the nerve to have a go at us for hitting the dog. In no uncertain terms I told her what I thought of her, her fat ar$e and her *&^%*£" dog and reminded her that if we were a car she'd be carrying the &^£$%*" mut home in a sack. She took exception to this and started to cry.
As a modified view of the greenrabbit principle, if they get close enough land a well amied toe on the owner.
I had a dog run out on in front of me on a club road ride, the inevitable happened and the owner had the nerve to have a go at us for hitting the dog. In no uncertain terms I told her what I thought of her, her fat ar$e and her *&^%*£" dog and reminded her that if we were a car she'd be carrying the &^£$%*" mut home in a sack. She took exception to this and started to cry.
