Motorcyclists deliberately kill dog

[alexthekidd]

Well if the news is to be believed then it makes me ashame to say i come from the same place as these cunts.

If its not, hopefully the full story comes out and we can find out what reall happened, hopefully its not as fucking sick as this story.

[XTCRacing]

All in all, not good.

[Fatjim]

If I was riding on the beach and a dog ran at me and started barking and looked like it was going to bite then I'd do my best to run the bastard over.

[mazz1972]

There are two sides to every story and from the context of that article we are suppose to beleive what the old man (owner of the dog) is claiming.

Men are liars - Old men just have a lot more experience.

Absolutely agree, however no vehicles are permitted on that beach, so it should never have happened, deliberate or not.

Having said that, I'm not entirely sure of the situation with dogs on that beach...

[Shadows]

I have had some experience of Ubiquitous Dog, and I doubt any motorcyclist would wish to take the risk of deliberately running over one of any size.

I ran over a labrador on my bike once. Or maybe it was a golden retriever. Not sure, all dogs smell the same to me.
Funnily enough it was in Paekak, Ames St, I think, the one with the speed humps. I was doing about 40k when this dog rushed me from somebody's driveway, I didn't intend to run it over but timed my leg swing perfectly and caught the fucker in the side of the head with my steelcap just as he went for my leg, he rolled over with the impact and his head went under my back wheel. It was a big bump but I stayed on.
The bastard mongrel got up and ran away yelping, damn shame.

Any way. Fuckers should control their mutts.

[imdying]

If I was riding on the beach and a dog ran at me and started barking and looked like it was going to bite then I'd do my best to run the bastard over.

Aren't they legally supposed to be on a leash anyway?

[chanceyy]

dunno if laws have changed but from april onwards dogs can be run loose on the beach .. just in summer must be leashed, during the day ...

we used to have a bach at pram beach & take the dogs down there daily but that was quite a few yrs ago now




on a side note .. I have had ppl in cars mostly but some bikers be completely disrespectful when out riding my horses, mostly young guys who will go racing past tooting the horn or reving the car/bike as they go past .. luckily my horses are pretty traffic proof but it could only take once for them to get spooked or bolt .. esp when riding one & leading the other.

on the whole most are pretty respectful .. & thank you to those ppl who are

[SwanTiger]

I ran over a labrador on my bike once. Or maybe it was a golden retriever. Not sure, all dogs smell the same to me.
Funnily enough it was in Paekak, Ames St, I think, the one with the speed humps. I was doing about 40k when this dog rushed me from somebody's driveway, I didn't intend to run it over but timed my leg swing perfectly and caught the fucker in the side of the head with my steelcap just as he went for my leg, he rolled over with the impact and his head went under my back wheel. It was a big bump but I stayed on.
The bastard mongrel got up and ran away yelping, damn shame.

Any way. Fuckers should control their mutts.

Well putting it like that, if what is claimed to be true in the article actually is, then your actions are somewhat the same as those young riders were alleged to of commited on the beach.

[Shadows]

Well putting it like that, if what is claimed to be true in the article actually is, then your actions are somewhat the same as those young riders were alleged to of commited on the beach.

What? Defending myself from an attacking dog? Mind you, come to think of it, maybe you are right, I should have let it latch on to my leg and drag me off my bike, then I could have had the cnut destroyed. Either way he wouldn't do it again, so I think I took the softer option.

As I said, people should control their dogs. I've had to drag dogs off other dogs, and off people. I've seen them maul each other, and other people's pets on their own property. I've had them run in front of me on the open road when on my motorbike, I've been knocked off a deadly treadly by one and lost 4 front teeth. I've been bitten by them more than once, once on my own property, and I've trod in their shit.

There is only one side of the story being told in that article, I wouldn't be surprised if the truth was that the dog in the article chased down the guy on the bike, bit the front wheel, and went under. If that was the turn of events, bad luck to the dog owner, he should have had his dog under control. If it wasn't the turn of events, although not condoning the running down of somebody's pet, he should have had his dog under control in the first place, then it wouldn't have happened.

What if it had torn the throat out of some toddler because he couldn't keep the dog in check? The boot would be right up the other arsehole then.

[Forest]

There are two sides to every story and from the context of that article we are suppose to beleive what the old man (owner of the dog) is claiming.

Men are liars - Old men just have a lot more experience.

Quoted for truth.

It may have been the case that the dog deliberately rushed the bike. I know that has happened to me a few times while I've been out riding the back-roads

[Cibby]

i complely agree with swanny...

it could have gone anyway and i'm thinking that maybe the dog chased teh biker and got in the way... who knows..

I'm glad that the dog didnt cause the bike to crash and the guy to seriously injure himself....

[Paul in NZ]

Yes yes yes - bad doggy... BUT the dog was allowed to be on the beach - motorcycles are banned from that beach (and quite rightly so)... Quite the opposite if a dog runs out on the road where it is NOT supposed to be but a registered and warrented motorcycle IS allowed to be.

[SwanTiger]

What? Defending myself from an attacking dog? Mind you, come to think of it, maybe you are right, I should have let it latch on to my leg and drag me off my bike, then I could have had the cnut destroyed. Either way he wouldn't do it again, so I think I took the softer option.

Dogs chase vehicles, it is something that has happened since the first roads and vehicles came about.

I've been chased by countless dogs too, but I sure as hell don't try and purposely injure the dog to "teach it a lesson".

It is not the dogs fault that the owner A.) doesn't have a suitable yard to confine the dog and / or B.) hasn't trained the dog to ignore / avoid traffic on the road.

If a youth is out on the road playing chicken with traffic, do you purposely try to run them over or put a boot in their head?

[Fatjim]

Moot point Paul. The dog was disturbed by the bike, yet it managed to be run over by it. Either it had 2 legs and couldn't run away, or it went for the bike. I can't imagine a 2 legged dog getting off the leash, no matter how old the owner was.

Clearly the "overwhelming" evidence points to the dog having a go at the motorcyclist. Whether the bike should have been there or not is not really the main issue. The main issue is that the article makes the guy who ran over the dog look like the aggressor, when in all likelihood he was being attacked.

[Fatjim]

It is not the dogs fault that the owner A.) doesn't have a suitable yard to confine the dog and / or B.) hasn't trained the dog to ignore / avoid traffic on the road.

Dog's are dogs and the chase cars. But it's pretty hard to run a dog over when it's behind you?

If they run under you wheels and you run it over then get over it. If it goes to bite you and you have steelcaps on then go for it, then get over it.

By getting over it I mean
a) grow up, get a life and build a bridge.
b) squash the bastards head so it does bit some poor kids face off.