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Got bit today. Don't remember the last time. The dog's owner watched
the whole thing from her driveway. Country road in New Jersey. Should I have called the cops? Not much of a bite, but I can imagine this little dog taking a chunk out of some dumb kid. As it was, I stopped, bellowed " Your dog bit me" , paused for effect, and then rode on. I used to carry pepper spray, but I usually forget it, and I really don't want to hurt the dog, 'cause I believe, as a dog owner myself, that it's the owners fault. The dog was just being a dog. Comments? Aplologies if this subject has beeen visited lately. BT |
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Bill Taylor wrote:
Got bit today. Don't remember the last time. The dog's owner watched the whole thing from her driveway. Country road in New Jersey. Should I have called the cops? Not much of a bite, but I can imagine this little dog taking a chunk out of some dumb kid. As it was, I stopped, bellowed " Your dog bit me" , paused for effect, and then rode on. I used to carry pepper spray, but I usually forget it, and I really don't want to hurt the dog, 'cause I believe, as a dog owner myself, that it's the owners fault. The dog was just being a dog. Comments? Aplologies if this subject has beeen visited lately. BT Where did this happen? (I ride country roads in NJ) My bear deterrent (capsacin) is on order. http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/journ...ext=a ll#4034 -bdbafh |
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You should have reported it. After all, the next time the dog might do worse
to a kid. And, the owner will be able to say, "My dog has no history of biting at all!" And, let's hope you don't come down with rabies. You don't know if that dog was vaccinated.... Pat in TX |
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On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:46:58 -0400 in rec.bicycles.rides, Bill
Taylor wrote: Got bit today. Don't remember the last time. The dog's owner watched the whole thing from her driveway. Country road in New Jersey. Should I have called the cops? yes. when you do, ask that the dog be impounded and tested for rabies. if the test is positive, the owner should pay for your series of rabies shots as well as your pain and suffering. a rabies series is no fun. |
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On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:46:58 -0400, Bill Taylor wrote:
Got bit today. Don't remember the last time. The dog's owner watched the whole thing from her driveway. Country road in New Jersey. Should I have called the cops? Not much of a bite, but I can imagine this little dog taking a chunk out of some dumb kid. As it was, I stopped, bellowed " Your dog bit me" , paused for effect, and then rode on. I used to carry pepper spray, but I usually forget it, and I really don't want to hurt the dog, 'cause I believe, as a dog owner myself, that it's the owners fault. The dog was just being a dog. Comments? Aplologies if this subject has beeen visited lately. BT Report it, ASAP! Others have given good reasons. Your biggest responsibility is helping to establish a history if the dog is already a nuisance. Chances are there's a loose dog law in effect, with a fine, etc. If the owner is cited, they may think twice about letting their dog run loose again. Rabies may be rare, but loose dogs are still dangerous. Of course people can be bitten. But for cyclists, the biggest danger is actually the dog getting under your wheels and causing you to crash, perhaps seriously. Consider yourself lucky to have escaped with a (minor, hopefully) bite. Finally, letting a dog run loose where it could be hit by a car or befall some other mishap is cruel to the dog. Matt O. |
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I remember a few years ago when traveling via my hitch hiking thumb as I got
closer to edges of little villages or what they now called suburban outskirts. Packs of dogs would be roaming the area. It was a lesson in survival. You stay awake until the mid morning and if you couldn't you needed to find a telephone booth that had a closable door. You placed your pack on the floor of the phone booth and that covered the little open area where the glass didn't meet the ground. Sit on top of that and sleep until its safe to move on. Then when riding through similar areas while on a bicycle 30 years later I encountered the same problem with packs of dogs late at night and early in the morning before dawn. One dog would scout while the others sit back and watched. Then when all is favorable that one dog would race out and try to snap at your calf. Well if you decided to pedal fast and try to out run him the rest would join in. Of course the other method which I to this day enjoy doing is getting off the bicycle and attacking the dog with my bicycle and pullout my ulock and defend my ground. Sometimes I forget myself and yell out load I dare you to get out of your car!!.... Jean Andre Vallery Sarasota Florida "Matt O'Toole" wrote in message news On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:46:58 -0400, Bill Taylor wrote: Got bit today. Don't remember the last time. The dog's owner watched the whole thing from her driveway. Country road in New Jersey. Should I have called the cops? Not much of a bite, but I can imagine this little dog taking a chunk out of some dumb kid. As it was, I stopped, bellowed " Your dog bit me" , paused for effect, and then rode on. I used to carry pepper spray, but I usually forget it, and I really don't want to hurt the dog, 'cause I believe, as a dog owner myself, that it's the owners fault. The dog was just being a dog. Comments? Aplologies if this subject has beeen visited lately. BT Report it, ASAP! Others have given good reasons. Your biggest responsibility is helping to establish a history if the dog is already a nuisance. Chances are there's a loose dog law in effect, with a fine, etc. If the owner is cited, they may think twice about letting their dog run loose again. Rabies may be rare, but loose dogs are still dangerous. Of course people can be bitten. But for cyclists, the biggest danger is actually the dog getting under your wheels and causing you to crash, perhaps seriously. Consider yourself lucky to have escaped with a (minor, hopefully) bite. Finally, letting a dog run loose where it could be hit by a car or befall some other mishap is cruel to the dog. Matt O. |
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I remember a few years ago when traveling via my hitch hiking thumb as I got
closer to edges of little villages or what they now called suburban outskirts. Packs of dogs would be roaming the area. It was a lesson in survival. You stay awake until the mid morning and if you couldn't you needed to find a telephone booth that had a closable door. You placed your pack on the floor of the phone booth and that covered the little open area where the glass didn't meet the ground. Sit on top of that and sleep until its safe to move on. Then when riding through similar areas while on a bicycle 30 years later I encountered the same problem with packs of dogs late at night and early in the morning before dawn. One dog would scout while the others sit back and watched. Then when all is favorable that one dog would race out and try to snap at your calf. Well if you decided to pedal fast and try to out run him the rest would join in. Of course the other method which I to this day enjoy doing is getting off the bicycle and attacking the dog with my bicycle and pullout my ulock and defend my ground. Sometimes I forget myself and yell out load I dare you to get out of your car!!.... Jean Andre Vallery Sarasota Florida bicyclejournals.net "Bill Taylor" wrote in message . .. Got bit today. Don't remember the last time. The dog's owner watched the whole thing from her driveway. Country road in New Jersey. Should I have called the cops? Not much of a bite, but I can imagine this little dog taking a chunk out of some dumb kid. As it was, I stopped, bellowed " Your dog bit me" , paused for effect, and then rode on. I used to carry pepper spray, but I usually forget it, and I really don't want to hurt the dog, 'cause I believe, as a dog owner myself, that it's the owners fault. The dog was just being a dog. Comments? Aplologies if this subject has beeen visited lately. BT |
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