Irresponsible Dog Owners!

[Hop3y]

This happened to me last night. My Strava title says it all:

https://www.strava.com/activities/1419047245

“Don’t bother about my dog pal, he’ll just chase you and bark for a couple of hundred metres and give up” (Thats what the owner said to me)

 

[mjr]

You kicked a dog rather than just thinking of slowing down or stopping on a path where as a cyclist you don’t actually have priority.
Nice... not

If you don’t want to be considerate to pedestrians , use the road

Because there are no pedestrians on other roads(!) Cycleways are roads too, anyway. Maybe you'd like all roads to have dog-activated warning signs so people can avoid dog infested roads. Or maybe people could keep their flaming dogs on leads and under control on highways.

I was attacked by a dog while cycling on a quiet residential carriageway. It ended with injury to the dog, sadly, but it was it or me. The owner didn't complain and ultimately no lasting harm done so I didn't report it. I'd probably report the example in the OP though, because it's a bigger dog out of control in a more constrained space.

Edited to replace two words with more precise ones.

 

[Randomnerd]

Don’t expect agreement, consensus or support here @hoppym27 . You would have more luck trying to commune with your furry assassins. I made the same mistake as you once - to berate a dog-owner’s ignorance for letting his mutt put me on the cinders - and vented my spleen here. To a chorus of whinging “ride slower”s and “what gives you the right to chop up a chap’s chihuahua with a tyre lever”s,
And don’t follow any advice here either, unless it sounds litigious or dangerous (at least you’ll have fun before they arrest you).
I’ve now built a specialist shared use path bicycle. She takes some getting going with four inch fat tyres, and the batteries for the twin air horns are heavy on the frame if I don’t attach the hydrochloride acid spray sidecar, where they sit nicely alongside my antique hedge slasher collection I just happen to have in there.
After all, cycling is all about spreading the word. And the word is “MOVE!”

 

[BoldonLad]

I do not particularly like dogs.

Dogs are OK, they seem to understand this, the feeling may even be mutual.

Dog owners on the other hand seem to have a problem understanding that not everyone shares their passion.

 

[hoppym27]

Does everyone know its actually a criminal offence to not have your dog under control?...regardless of wether I was on a bike on foot or in a flaming flying saucer!

 

[mjr]

Time to roll this out again I think...

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Let's show our contempt for the visually-impaired by using a low-contrast badly-spaced graphic where we could have just used text

 

[mjr]

Does everyone know its actually a criminal offence to not have your dog under control?...regardless of wether I was on a bike on foot or in a flaming flying saucer!

Look, we don't care what the law is - if you don't want to be attacked by dogs, keep your flying saucer to the crop fields because no-one takes their dogs to fields(!)

 

[snorri]

Imo yes, they are unpredictable so cyclists should behave as such. No different to small children who are even more unpredictable

If the dog is unpredictable it shouldn't be on a shared path,
Shared path use requires the cooperation of all users to work successfully, if dogs can't fit in to this sharing principle, then their owners should take appropriate action to closely control them or keep them away from shared paths.
The comparison between dogs and small children makes no sense.

 

[mjr]

"Rule 56
Dogs. Do not let a dog out on the road on its own. Keep it on a short lead when walking on the pavement, road or path shared with cyclists or horse riders."

 

[Jody]

[QUOTE 5159773, member: 9609"]some of the most dangerous and uncaring people I have ever had the misfortune to meet are cyclists on cycle paths[/QUOTE]

Its the ones on the cycle paths you have to watch out for. A ghastly breed of cyclist.

 

[Welsh wheels]

Well it is an NCN too..its an ex-railway line in an urban area.. and this particlular dog and owner were over to the side and not blocking my way as i went past...when I passed this dog came at me at speed and with real ferocity...it was fast too..faster than I could pedal uphill....I love all animals and cruelty to animals is something that makes my blood boil...but when faced with getting attacked Im sorry but wether you are furry or human I am going to defend myself....I take responsibility for my own actions so if you have a big furry crocodile then you should take responsibility for that....BTW the owner didnt do anything except meekly say come her, come here....which the dog ignored!

Any dog that an owner knows is liable to chase should be on a lead. Far as I'm concerned if a dog goes for you it's self defence not cruelty to animals or whatever.

 

[benb]

So a dog attacks the OP, the OP defends himself, and some people are piling into him saying he shouldn't have done it?

Get a grip you lot.

 

[mjr]

[QUOTE 5159773, member: 9609"]some of the most dangerous and uncaring people I have ever had the misfortune to meet are cyclists on cycle paths[/QUOTE]
Is that a random interjection or implied insult of the OP's behaviour?

 

[Lavender Rose]

Yes, I had an incident with a dog a couple of weeks ago...a lady was walking two of them, two spaniels - one on a lead and the other was not, she was on the phone and it was all a bit mad, I cycled past (this was a country lane, she was on one side and I was on the other)

The dog off the lead chased me and scratched the back of my calf, really hurt actually - despite wearing cycle leggings and knee high ski socks!

I love dogs too, and sometimes you don't know whether they react from aggressive or nerves? But yes, I do wish owners were a little more conscientious

 

[mjr]

Let's see:
Low to the ground - check
A bit stupid - check
Unpredictable - check
Owners will get antsy with you if you run it over/kick it in the face and claim "but I had priority" - check.

Makes a lot of sense to me.

Big difference in that one tends to smile and laugh when you ring the bell, while the other just looks and decides whether it thinks it can eat you or hump you or you'll eat it... and the children tend not to eat or hump bikes.