Severed an extendable dog lead yesterday....

[betty swollocks]

....accidentally.
Cycling slowly through my virtually deserted high st yesterday, I saw a small dog scampering around. I dodged inside it and then felt a small tug on my bike followed by the sound a of a dog yelp. The dog ran off and I stopped to investigate.
My bike was fine, but I saw the remains of a dog lead tethered to a bike stand and surmised I'd failed to see the lead, run over it and somehow severed it.
Surveying the road, I saw no sign of the dog or its owner and so continued with my ride.
If I'd had pen and paper, I'd have left a note, but I hadn't, so I didn't.

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

None of that is your fault

 

[betty swollocks]

None of that is your fault

Thank you: I know.
Doesn't stop me having a twinge of guilt though.

 

[Globalti]

So it was you who liberated my Mum's Crufts-winning pavementshitterdoodle? She'll be after you for compo as soon as I tell her.

 

[MichaelW2]

This morning (on an essential transport ride) I turned right into a side road. A small dog was on the pavement on one side, the owner was on the pavement on the other side, connection by a long extendable leash. Fortunately I was going extra slow and stopped when I saw it.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Suspect that the lead had already broken & the dog was already running free

 

[Randomnerd]

I have some sharp hedge shears strapped to my front forks for just such occasions.

 

[Dayvo]

My 'wife's' father died as a result of a dog on one of those bloody leads. It wrapped itself round his legs. He lost his balance, fell, knocked himself unconscious and his life-support machine was switched off two weeks later as there was zero brain activity on the scanner. He was a healthy 86 year-old.

Being on a lead is NOT good enough: they have to be under CONTROL as well! 😡😡

 

[Drago]

Those leads are hateful things and should be banned.

 

[Tom B]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uk...ion-after-becoming-entangled-in-dog-lead.html

I have once become entangled in such a thing.

I occasionally stick this story up on the noticeboards of the local seg cycle route that's infested with people using them and shouting their suprise at cyclists on a part of the NCN.
This sometimes causes outrage of the local nosey neighbour Facebook pages

 

[numbnuts]

I really can't understand why these long dog leads are allowed, the said animal in not under control, how can it be when it is 30 foot away from the owner.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I really can't understand why these long dog leads are allowed, the said animal in not under control, how can it be when it is 30 foot away from the owner.

I have never come across one 30ft long, I think they just seem that long,

I have used them in the past when the dogs were pups to teach some basic return commands whilst keeping the pup under control.

 

[Globalti]

What about those ball throwing things that allow lazy owners to fool their dogs into running around a lot? Don't they contravene canine distancing rules by sending dogs further than they would normally run?

 

[LCpl Boiled Egg]

I have never come across one 30ft long, I think they just seem that long,

I thought so too, but a quick Google shows one that is 26ft long

View: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Laxus-Retractable-Button-Extendable-Flashlight/dp/B07WKV5V8V/ref=sr_1_16?crid=14CF40BJPR6RA&dchild=1&keywords=long+extendable+dog+lead&qid=1586954003&sprefix=long+ext%2Caps%2C140&sr=8-16


It's even got a torch on the top...

 

[Deleted member 26715]

It's even got a torch on the top...

Walking a black dog down an unlit country road that might come in usefull