Dugs and Dug Owner

[Corvette chic]

...and the border collie?

is a real gent

scots lass i NEVER sit near cat owners in the vets and dissuade them from sitting near me and the terrorist B). i like most animals but she doesn't and has been know to kill small mammals

 

[TVC]

A couple of years back I was out for a run on the local towpath when a large dog started jumping up at me and made me stop dead. The owner gave a dismissive "Oh don't worry, he won't hurt you".
My response, because now I was covered in dog slobber, was to get nose to nose with the owner and spit in his face "Don't F****ing worry, I won't f***ing hurt you, you F***ing selfish C***"

I don't think he liked it, he stood on the spot frozen as I jogged away glaring at him.

Who says I need anger management classes?

 

[Archie_tect]

Who says I need anger management classes?

*puts hand up timidly*
B) That might be me....

 

[Lazy-Commuter]

Who says I need anger management classes?

* backs away hurriedly *
er, no, no, anything you want to say is fine with me ..

Joking aside, hats off to your action. I get on well with dogs, but it does wind me up when they come bounding over and nick some food off the kids while the owner looks on and simpers, "oh, he's just a big ole soppy really".

 

[Arch]

And, the opposite extreme. It may happen that I'm cycling towards a perfectly docile and well-behaved pooch (e.g. cocker spaniel) walking quietly beside owner. It's irksome to be patronizingly told, as I slow down my approach, "don't worry she won't hurt you". I know that! The reason I slow down, Mr/Ms Responsible Dog-owner, is that I want to see that the dog is on its lead, and not one of those expander jobs either, and not about to run into my path, before I hurtle past the happy couple at 20mph....

It's like when an adult stops and gathers their family around them in a huddle when you ring your bell to come past on a shared path. I don't need then you stop and do that, all I want is for them to move over enough for me to come by, or know that they are aware and won't step to the side in front of me.

There are intelligent people and less intelligent people in every section of society. The drawback of being one of the intelligent ones is that you can see the daftness of others. They are blissfully unaware...

 

[MacB]

I suppose it's the implication that I don't "understand" their animal.
I do understand it. I just don't like it.

I think that kind of passes them by, if you wanted to have a slacering fur ball bound towards you, then you'd get your own dog.

Velvet Curtain you should team up with Johnny Jeez to try and make the streets a safer place

 

[661-Pete]

It's like when an adult stops and gathers their family around them in a huddle when you ring your bell to come past on a shared path. I don't need then you stop and do that, all I want is for them to move over enough for me to come by, or know that they are aware and won't step to the side in front of me.

I know exactly what you mean, but don't really have a problem with it. When it comes to children, as distinct from pets, parents are going to be heavily protective, it's instinctively built into parenthood. And of course they don't know what sort of cyclist (or POB) I am.

 

[Archie_tect]

They are blissfully unaware...

...what of Arch?

 

[Arch]

...what of Arch?

Everything else. Their own lack of intelligence (or more accurately, common sense), plus my (our) innate superiority...

 

[TVC]

I think that kind of passes them by, if you wanted to have a slacering fur ball bound towards you, then you'd get your own dog.

Velvet Curtain you should team up with Johnny Jeez to try and make the streets a safer place

I'm normally quite even tempered, but on that occasion my Wildean wit eluded me and that rant came spewing out.

I normally don't have a problem with dogs, I will always stop if a dog comes up to greet me, and will let a puppy fuss round because I'm helping with its socialisation, but when a dog is so obviously out of control I get proper annoyed with its owner.

 

[Headgardener]

Same type of thing when I am in the vet with my cat. Dog owner always sit down beside me and say while their dog is slavering over the cat basket, 'oh, he's used to cats'. That may be but my cats are not used to dogs!

Our local vets have quite sensibly set aside a seperate area in the waiting room for cats and small animals and dogs are not allowed into this area.
Although I let my dog run free while we are in the woods where I take her for a walk if ever I meet other people or small children then she is always called back to my side until they have passed.

 

[MichaelM]

I suppose it's the implication that I don't "understand" their animal.
I do understand it. I just don't like it.

My niece who's the same age as my eldest girl has a scar on her arm where a dog bit her. That upsets me. I don't think there's any excuse and it's in the back of my mind when dogs come up to us.

The implication from your posts is that you don't understand dogs. Your not alone, there are some truly irresponsible dog owners who have no idea about dogs. They seem unable/unwilling to train their dog, or to keep it on a lead to control it.

Gets on my tits - especially the little yappy dogs that "only want to play" that I seem to meet when I'm out with my 10 year old GSD/Husky cross (rescue that I've had since Dec).

 

[bikingtom]

It would help if dog owners learned to control their dogs (compulsory watching of The Dog Whisperer for all owners?), and in what circumstances they should be on a lead (the dogs not the owners). But people who are afraid of dogs should also learn that it's their fear which can cause a dog to approach them often out of no more than curiosity. If you don't like dogs, the best thing to do is to ignore them, dont make eye contact, and move steadily on, and they usually ignore you. If not a loud and sharp "No" and "down" usually does the trick. However smacking a dog in the face is an illegal act if the dog is not being aggressive.

BTW thanks to all cyclists who use their bell to let me know theyre coming up behind me when I'm walking my tripehound. I don't have eyes in the back of my head, and I cant usually hear a bike coming up behind. I always use my bike bell in these circumstances and appreciate others offering me the same courtesy.

 

[Twenty Inch]

So I'm picking the girl from school and I'm walking through a little ally when a large boisterous Lab comes bounding up giving me and the two girls a bit of a scare. I don't like dogs doing that. Anyway, the common response from the owner is "Oh He's harmless - he won't bite!" or in today's case "He's just a puppy!"

Why does that make it alright? I've heard this several times from dog owners as if it's legitimate excuse.

Better put the beans on now I've got that off the chest.

edit - Thankfully they don't crap on my lawn, but they pee on my hedge.

I have often wanted to do a side-kick at a person's head, stopping an inch from their nose, and then explain to them that "It's ok, I'm just a puppy/a bit boisterous/being friendly/not house-trained yet" and see whether they take the point.

 

[snapper_37]

Agree with all the above ref dogs on leads.

On the other side of the coin - there are the parents who seem it ok to let their little darlings come bounding over screeching 'doggy woggy' when the dog IS on a lead.

The small matter of not approaching strange dogs seems to have passed them by.