Here Doggie

[Sniper]

Had a run in with the dog that chases me on my bike some days. Was in a fast moving van 2am on Sunday morning when the bugger ran out in front of me. Took him to the vet but he was DOA.

Apologised to the owners today and they said " Oh well we didnt like him anyway thats why he was allowed on the road". What is with some people??
Im not an animal lover but all means, but that made me sick, they practically signed its own death warrent.

Is there anything I can do, beacause all they can do is deny it and there is no other pet to use as proof??
Im glad that I wont have to slow down around a certain corner at 7pm on days but sickened by the attitude of those people.

What happens if they dont like their children??

[Joni]

Hmm, that upsets me very much.
Arseholes!

[jrandom]

Apologised to the owners today and they said " Oh well we didnt like him anyway thats why he was allowed on the road". What is with some people??
Im not an animal lover but all means, but that made me sick, they practically signed its own death warrent.

In the case of people like that, who are too cheap to put their unwanted pet down, I like to discreetly point out that I'm quite happy to humanely dispose of the animal for them without cost.

Beats letting it starve to death, or get sick, or die in a gutter after being mauled by a truck.

Then again, there are plenty of pet owners with animals that I *ITCH* to dispose of, humanely or otherwise. Some cats and dogs are just... unpleasant.

Meh. Who cares. Compassion... failing...

I'll just be in the corner, over there, eating a veal steak ------>

[Motu]

You often find people who treat animals this way have childen - that they treat to the same indifference...

[cliffy]

so then you gotta wonder just how lazy these people are that they could'nt even take a dog they dislike to the spca.
geeze i hope they like all the children they do or don't have ........ maybe you better take it easy on that corner just incase thier dislike issue shifts to one of thier children. .... banjo playing inbreds! :spudguita

[StoneChucker]

I feel very very strongly about animals, and their treatment or mistreatment as the case may be. People who knowingly let their animals run the streets make me sick. There should be a law against it, which is enforced! I'm sorry to hear you ended up hitting it I would be really upset if I had that happen to me.

Someone I know accidentally ran over their dog while backing out of the driveway. If I ever did that, I would never forgive myself, or forget. I seriously see my dogs as family.

But then again, you have to look at the type of people who mistreat animals (that is, let them run free, abuse, don't feed...etc) Those people aren't exactly the crem de la crem (sp.?) of society anyway, so I would rather hit one of them with my car, than their loyal animals. (and thats the sad part, people abuse their animals, yet the animals are always happy to see their owners, giving them unquestionable love).

Man, this is one topic that could drive me to commit a capital crime

[Biff]

That's plain wrong.
Hope you're not too shaken up mate.

[Riff Raff]

This fucks me off big time!!! I adore animals and it hurts when I see them being unloved. A dogs behaviour will be influenced by the indifference of its owner. These people are fuckwits and should be put down for the good of the species!!!!!

[sedge]

Then again, there are plenty of pet owners with animals that I *ITCH* to dispose of, humanely or otherwise. Some cats and dogs are just... unpleasant.

In the case of dogs it's the owners fault, there are no bad dogs, just bad owners. I often wonder why they don't make obedience school compulsory, I did it with my old dog I got from the SPCA and he went from being a shite to a really awesome mutt.

Cats on the other hand will puke in your shoes for a laugh, I swear mine always yaks up in the spot I'm guaranteed to step in in the morning, frecking thing. Ah, call me a big baby but I can't sleep without the little fecker on the bed now.

Sedge (big baby)

[Grumpy]

I did the volunteer thing at the SPCA for 6 years. Can't say that I met one dog in there that I didn't like.

However after seeing the state of some of the dogs that were brought in and hearing the story that came with them, there are a few people out there that I would sure have liked to meet.

[Jackrat]

My litte mates wait for me everyday on the right side of the front gate.
If I don't come home that day, their both out there again the next day.
How people treat dogs bad is beyond me.
Just to fucking stupid to see what they've got.

[ching_ching]

Put airmans cap and goggles on then Dougal Dog look like Snoopy.

[scumdog]

Dogs are great eh, don't care if your pissed, smelly, unshaven or what, they just love you for who you are.

A few people could earn a lot from dogs.

Not so keen on them pissing on my Centreline mags though!

Or eating the tail off my whitetail deer-skin rug either!

But they're still great.

[thehollowmen]

I have problems with dogs... unless I know and trust the owner I'm afraid of them.

I shoot (archery) at a park here. Local bylaws say no dog is allowed off a leash in the park, and no dog is allowed on a marked sports ground.

So, a few months ago I was shooting in a marked sports ground (big signs saying "DANGER" everywhere, and an archery club set up there perminantly) in the middle of a park, and a dog comes running onto the range. This isn't too uncommon, I can let it slide because of how often it does occur, and they aren't really high enough to get in the danger path of arrows.

Be aware I'm at full draw, release aid ready to fire and have no control as to when it WILL go off.

But one of the owners, leash in hand, runs out (from my blind side) and screams "Bad dog! Don't go over there." I shift my aim a bit over because he is high enough to be hit by an arrow, and aim a good 30 degrees to the side where there is a huge patch of grass... good landing spot for an arrow... when this guys wife (s/o?) runs across my old line of fire, into my NEW line of fire about 10 meters off and yells "Don't shoot, you can't shoot here in a public park" and I tried pulling the bow to the side.

There was a sudden almighty click-TUMP-WHOOOSH-SWISH (in that order) and I was sure my heart stopped.

I was sure the boys in blue would have to be called, and since this was going about head height I was sure this lady was gonna be dead.

well... in the 3 days (or so it seemed) until time started to move again, I realised I hadn't quite been aiming straight for her, but there was a neat triangle hole in the edge of her straw hat.

.. These two were irate that I was shooting on a marked sports ground for a marked shooting club, yet they were in violation of two bylaws themselves.


If I can't trust joe-average dog owner to look after themselves and keep themselves alive and properly trained to society's expectations, how can I expect them to keep their dog trained and (edit: Their dog AND other people) safe?

What happens if you'd been driving your bike down the road and hit the dog? I doubt the owners would have paid for the repairs / hospital bill / funeral. Did you go through the paperwork of notifying a police officer within 48 hours?

Lesson learned #1: Most of society seem to be fuckwits and you can't trust them.

Lesson learned #2: Aformentioned fuckwits can't teach animals to be behaved either.


In my opinion, people who do something this stupid, and cause this much trouble at a risk to life should be put down.


To one of the nice k/b boys in blue who read this... can someone be taken to court for intending to cause an accident? (actually IMHO here they did cause the accident)

[dangerous]

In the case of dogs it's the owners fault, there are no bad dogs, just bad owners. I often wonder why they don't make compulsory

True statment, but I dont belive there is a need for all dog owners to go to obedience school, I never did all the training was mine and worked out great, I however did learn a few things from the dogs aswell and next time will look at it with a few wee changes.

Like you said its not the dog that necaserly needs to go to school but the owner..... like why the hell do pet shops sell those stupid forking extenable leads, like the anamil is 5m out frount of them able to run out on the rd or up a drive.
I trained mine to stay beside me on a slack lead (which is bloody hard work with some dogs) on a choker.... not sure if I'd use one of them next time tho.

The bigest thing that needs adressing is the licencing..... the bastards that dont reg ther dogs and let them wounder loose (eg skin heads with Bull terriers) will never be con frounted about it as the council isent about to knock on their dor are they... yet I'm now not aloward to go down to the local park and bat a ball around like man has been doing with dog since year one.