Responsible dogs.

[Fiddlesticks]

I cycle. Not as much as I should. I've had people shouting abuse at me from passing cars. Close passes at speed. Buses pulling out on me. People flying up behind me and blasting their horns, causing me to cramp up.

 

Do I think all car drivers are aggressive morons? Of course not. Most of them are very decent, it's just the idiots you remember. I shake my head and get on with my day. If they don't understand that the road is a shared space it's hardly my fault. I get the fact that it's inconvenient to a car driver to be impeded in his progress by a peleton of cyclists. But then again, it would be equally inconvenient to happen across a fallen tree, and nobody would be angry at the tree. Things are what they are. Everyone has their own priorities, no point getting all antsy.

 

It did get me thinking about the nature of tribal loathing though. My theory is that it's always easier to direct one's rage against another group, rather than deal with the demons within. A kind of modern-day scapegoat, which is a bit too Old Testament for my liking.

 

Your mileage, as they say, may vary.

 

[S-Westerly]

Probably I should rephrase that to "London cyclists" and I'm sure they aren't all pestilential just the ones I've had the misfortune to meet.

[Bianco2564]

10 hours ago, onesea said:

 

The same could be said for joggers, the amount of times:

- I routinely moved out off the way, to let them past,

- The amount of times me my dogs have been covered in crud as they jog through the puddles (now I stand in the mud/ puddles so I don't get covered),

- The amount that have jogged passed oblivious to my dog,

- Sometimes I am shouted at to move (by People with ear buds in) because I didn't hear or see them coming,

 

5 years we have walked in the forest, 100's of joggers have passed.  Now because of 1 incident he now needs to be on a lead. 

 

I don't know why my dog didn't stop, change direction. I don't think he intended to hit the guy. 

 

I also don't know why the guy who saw the dog didn't break his pace / change direction seeing a dog heading in his direction at a run.

 

However it is all the dogs fault hence my fault 

 

Maybe those entitled dog owners have just earned another % who will be just a little less tolerant.

 

 

 

 

 

Personally I think all dogs should be on a lead in a public place. We had another incident with the grandkids, walking to the park, small dog, Jack Russel type appears around a corner of the path unleashed, shoots up to our 2 year old and sticks his snout into our boys face, happened so fast I didn't know if he had nipped him, scared the cr@p out of him.. Owner who saw what went on gave some feeble" he's normally good with children" excuse.

We don't and have never owned a dog but have looked after three different ones. The Westie we mostly look after ,is always on a lead when we take him out and dont let him run up to anyone.

[RideWithStyles]

Yep these joggers/ cyclists have the same care and duty to other people/ road users regardless, so say if some bud wear Ahole or lycra gimp knocks over some oap or piles into  some kids and really hurts them cos they're so far up the ulown righteousness, their responsible and would be held accountable. 
 If your the fook wit closing in on some behind at the far faster pace you better make sure it safe to go pass/ around someone... thats what we have to do on the road on bike and car, same duty on the pathway.

 

with benders comment yes by the time the biscuit patrol bothered to act the pedlo gimp would be very long gone and cant be disturbing thjammy dodger session if the perp moves.

[RideWithStyles]

7 hours ago, Fiddlesticks said:

I cycle. Not as much as I should. I've had people shouting abuse at me from passing cars. Close passes at speed. Buses pulling out on me. People flying up behind me and blasting their horns, causing me to cramp up.

 

Do I think all car drivers are aggressive morons? Of course not. Most of them are very decent, it's just the idiots you remember. I shake my head and get on with my day. If they don't understand that the road is a shared space it's hardly my fault. I get the fact that it's inconvenient to a car driver to be impeded in his progress by a peleton of cyclists. But then again, it would be equally inconvenient to happen across a fallen tree, and nobody would be angry at the tree. Things are what they are. Everyone has their own priorities, no point getting all antsy.

 

It did get me thinking about the nature of tribal loathing though. My theory is that it's always easier to direct one's rage against another group, rather than deal with the demons within. A kind of modern-day scapegoat, which is a bit too Old Testament for my liking.

 

Your mileage, as they say, may vary.

 

Mostly due to Ahos owning bigger cars (most are beyond obesity now) than necessary and their talent allows on roads that were made waaaaay back when transport were smaller and simpler.

sooo add your little amount that has every right to be there onto a tight road....

[Bender]

3 hours ago, Bianco2564 said:

Personally I think all dogs should be on a lead in a public place. We had another incident with the grandkids, walking to the park, small dog, Jack Russel type appears around a corner of the path unleashed, shoots up to our 2 year old and sticks his snout into our boys face, happened so fast I didn't know if he had nipped him, scared the cr@p out of him.. Owner who saw what went on gave some feeble" he's normally good with children" excuse.

We don't and have never owned a dog but have looked after three different ones. The Westie we mostly look after ,is always on a lead when we take him out and dont let him run up to anyone.

That's the thing they are predictable untill they aren't by which time it's too late, one of my oldest friends dad who was a weeny excuse of a man, his wife was bitten by a dog unexpectedly, he was so incensed he killed it with his own hands there and then, it never bit anyone again it wasn't a particularly small dog by all accounts.

[RideWithStyles]

 

There we go fliddles doing both yet still a menace to all

Edited January 29, 2024 by RideWithStyles

[Mawsley]

Yeh, I can fully understand how Fudge would strike fear into the heart of people. 
 

 

[S-Westerly]

53 minutes ago, Mawsley said:

Yeh, I can fully understand how Fudge would strike fear into the heart of people. 
 

 

Absolutely vicious looking beast. Like this one devouring his victim.

[Ian Frog]

Fear! Don't talk to me about fear ! Local council and police have insisted on knowing this one's whereabouts at all times. 

Cheers 

Ian 

[Ian Frog]

I think they are just worried about his potential for causing serious injury lol.

Cheers 

Ian

[Blackholesun]

I’m not really keen on dogs but that’s just me although I do find it odd and unhygienic to let dogs into places where people eat and drink like pubs and coffee shops 

[S-Westerly]

A lot of dogs are cleaner than some of the customers I've seen in some pubs. 

[curlylegend]

58 minutes ago, S-Westerly said:

A lot of dogs are cleaner than some of the customers I've seen in some pubs. 

Round here, in the sticks in West France, nobody turns a hair if someone brings a well behaved dog into most restaurants.  I couldn't say what happens in the snooty Michelin starred ones, because they're a bit thin on the ground here and they probably wouldn't let me in, let alone a dog.

[bonio]

Same here. In the shops too. And in the library you'll sometimes find a small pack socialising by Romantic Fiction.  

[Ian Frog]

I can see the use of some dogs in the workplace though.

Cheers

Ian

[Grumpy Old Git]

Dylan - RIP

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[Fozzie]

My family has an old king Charles spaniel, who has been deaf for the past 3 years or 4 years. Weirdly, he needs to be kept on a lead at all times now as he lunges for other dogs and tries to bite them. As a younger dog, he was terrified of everything and stayed away, so he was off lead, and while he couldn't bite through a stick of butter, he could set off a bad situation with the wrong dog, so he stays on lead at all times. Not sure what caused the personality shift, age?

 

I love animals, but pets aren't compatible with me. Part of it is long hours working, and often away, but the main thing is I am very allergic to most dogs. Cats I can manage, I've had a fair few. And a lot of small animals, as well as fish. I'd really like to keep birds, but my girlfriend has firmly said no so consequently there's no plans to have pets anytime soon .

My girlfriends mum always adopts her dogs from abroad, which obviously live in horrible conditions, her most recent came from Cyprus. Little fella, no idea what breed, but very clearly had a rough life. I understand her thinking, as a few years back I visited Turkey and there were thousands of strays, and often treated like vermin, seeming to rely a lot on tourists to feed them. 

[S-Westerly]

A not very responsible pooch caught in the act. Caught you!Who me?

[Mawsley]

Paint me like one of your French bulldog girls

 

 

[Mawsley]

No muzzles, no leads - I live the life irresponsible. Fortunately no bunnies were broken during the making of this photo. 

 

 

[Ian Frog]

we get 1st legal walkies following vaccinations tomorrow! 

Someone can't wait, the local population have been warned and all bunnies are quaking in their burrows lol.

Cheers 

Ian 

[Gerontious]

Lost mine yesterday - just shy of his 15th birthday. His decline was very quick - a week. One of the most common ways for an older dog to go. Kidney failure. I’m not sure what’s going to happen next. I’m still in a state of shock and to an extent denial, the habits of living with a dog don’t disappear over night. I’m very conscious of his presence and yet he’s no longer here. It’s very strange. I’m dealing at the moment with waves of grief due to the constant reminders, the daily rituals that have ended.

 

anyway, onwards and upwards. This state of mind will soon fade away and I think that at some point I’ll perhaps welcome the freedom from responsibility. I often tell people in this same state of grief. Don’t wait. But this time it’s me and right now I’m in no rush. It’s all too raw and shocking. So fast. I’m actually consoled by that. Some previous dogs in my life didn’t have that luxury.

[Bender]

Unfortunately it's a fact of pet ownership.

 

This is frank, we get to look after Frank one day a week, Frank for some reason unbeknown has picked me as his favourite , this is frank in a huff, he doesn't like it when I go to work.

[S-Westerly]

Sorry to hear that. We lost a terrier to kidney failure last year. Again it was a rapid decline which compared to what can happen is a blessing although it doesn't feel like it at the time.