Bad Biff - Down Boy

[zadok]

Good on you Biff. I was thinking along the lines of vifferman; It may teach him not to do it again. There will be someone out there that would just straight out run him over. He needs to learn the hard way. I love dogs and don't like to see cruelty, but this was warranted in my view.

[vifferman]

Good on you Biff. I was thinking along the lines of vifferman; It may teach him not to do it again. There will be someone out there that would just straight out run him over. He needs to learn the hard way. I love dogs and don't like to see cruelty, but this was warranted in my view.

I love dogs too. My dog was killed a few years ago, because he had no road sense, and because I was angry/impatient with him, yelled at him, and he ran across the road in front of a car. If giving a gog a kick stops him getting run over, and doesn't damage him, then even if it hurts him it's not cruel - you're doing him and his owner a favour. I'd give almost anything to not have to live with having seen my dog get bowled, explaining it to the kids, and having to bury him.

[Deano]

And some are so thick they aspire to be morons.

A friends golden lab would sit on the back seat and roll to the outside every corner...

Never got the hang of the "balance" thing.

It's pretty funny watching a dog 'surf' the corners in the car.

[vifferman]

It's pretty funny watching a dog 'surf' the corners in the car.

Even better seeing one on the back of a ute or truck, expertly guiding the vehicle through the bends, using its ears as ailerons, barking at people to get out of the way...

Although I hate it when you go past such a truck, and the dog on the back barks at you, its snout a couple of feet from your helmet....

[crashe]

ok I dont wholehearterly agree with booting the dog.
Maybe speaking to the owner at the car yard might have helped the situation.
The owner must be made aware and become responsible for the dog.
Also maybe the dog shouldnt be at that particualr workplace.

I got chased by a small terrior type dog on numerous occassions.
I dobbed in the owners to the rangers. They were warned.
After that the dog was kept inside the property.

If you have an accident caused by a dog, then the owners of the dog have to pay out for all damages. The dog owners are liable.

You don't know the dog's history or background. Here is one example:
Ok a friend of mine has a dog, that they got from the pound at 18 months old.
They didnt know the background history of him.
But one day we had some long bits of timber in our hands and causually swinging it around... man that dog went right off at us.
We soon figured out that he had been beaten up by his previous owner.
He also doesnt like males near him.
My friend has had this dog for some years now, but she is always wary of people coming to the house and confines him when visitors come that havent been to the house before. Once the people are settled in, then the dog is allowed back to associate.
He is a good dog, but was badly treated by a previous owner, and he still remembers things.

[Wolf]

Reminds me of when I was in Tahiti, on the back of Daniel's Vespa scooter, largish black dog races out, snarling and snapping, really sounded like he didn't like bikes. The dog's gaining on us as Daniel gives the Vespa full throttle and we are trying to escape uphill, two-up (and Daniel is not a small boy, they feed 'em well in Tahiti) on an ancient Vespa. I was trying to get my ankles over my helmet as the dog was getting dangerously close to getting me.

Finally managed to gain ground away from the dog (love the way 2-strokes just keep on winding out, - the dog ran out of acceleration before we did).

Kick it? I was wearing shorts and sandals (I did say this was Tahiti, and it was before I became a biker, let alone the old aware-of-my-own-mortality Nana I am now)

I felt I was lucky to be able to keep my feet away from it at all. Seriously expected to get bitten.

That's one dog I hope did get skittled by a car while doing similar shit.

[Lou Girardin]

I was very tempted to stop next to it and see what it wanted; perhaps it wanted to chew on my boot?

Before you do, read the squirrel thread.

[Lou Girardin]

Good call Lias - but I just logged in.


MDU

Don't know about you MDU, but I support extreme cruelty to mindless trolls.

[ManDownUnder]

Don't know about you MDU, but I support extreme cruelty to mindless trolls.

Good call, but I prefer laughing at their expense...

Extreme cruelty in the face of people inviting though... tempting... VERY tempting...

[edit] - you did mean the Lias post didn't you - this wasn't another reference to Rachel Hunter...?

[Biff]

I saw the dog this morning. Lying there in a door way. I walked over to it and gave it a pat to say sorry. Looking at the distance he 'flew' again I did over exaggerate somewhat (what? a bloke over imagine the length of things?), it was more like 5-8 metres. Still a bloody long way.

I'm back in the cage today as I'm back on the school run. So it may be some time before I find out whether he's learnt a lesson. Little shit. Nice little shit though.

[Lou Girardin]

Good call, but I prefer laughing at their expense...

Extreme cruelty in the face of people inviting though... tempting... VERY tempting...

[edit] - you did mean the Lias post didn't you - this wasn't another reference to Rachel Hunter...?

No, she's just mindless. Although she is guilty of cruelty to fake fur.

[Biff]

Biff... Sorry chap I can't agree with you on this one. It's not at the extremes of hacking the head off a live kitten, or burning cats... but y'know - sounds like you could have done the poor little bugger an injury.



MDU

I know what you're staying mate, but trust me, it certainly wasn't pre-meditated.

I've a very, very long fuse, and very rarely get wound up/upset/angry. But I'd just had enough of risking my safety/bike/dog's life every bloody day. So I snapped. The connection between my foot and the dog was a sweet one, and combine this with the terminal velocity of the bike the result was rather spectacular to say the least. He was probably more shocked than hurt. Hopefully he's also learnt a lesson. I'm about to drop him one of my sandwiches so all's good in my book. And yes, today I do feel somewhat guilty. But I'd probably do it again.

[Wolf]

this wasn't another reference to Rachel Hunter...?

Another comment like that, MDU, and I'm reporting you to the "Anti-victimisation of Trolls League" for extreme racial prejudice.

[vifferman]

Another comment like that, MDU, and I'm reporting you to the "Anti-victimisation of Trolls League" for extreme racial prejudice.

Speaking of trolls, have you ever sat in a mall and watched the traffic - there's a huge number of trolls and goblins trying to masquerade as humans.
But I'm onto them.

I stay at home whenever I can.