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last night I nearly dumped my bike trying to miss some dogs that came out to chase my bike. It was in a really tight corner of what use to be a fun little twisty road. Why do people let their dogs run loose to start with?

Well Chad, maybe you don't know this, BUT there ARE a few dunderheaded fellow motorcycle riders out there who actually train their dogs to chase any motorcycle which doesn't make an ear-splitting "Po-ta-to, Po-ta-to, Po-ta-to" sound as it goes by their house!!!

(...however, far be it from me to single out any one particular group of offenders here!!!)

Probably a harly owner that dont like them snooty trumpets dragging pegs around those sharp corners.Did the dogs have doorags on?

Yep Mike! That's THEM alright!!!

And yep, word is many of their dogs DO sport them there doo-rags(though I think they're called doG-rags when their pets are wearin' 'em), AND I hear MANY of those folks even name their dogs after their preferred brand of motorcycle TOO.

(...how "original", huh???!!!)

Go by there later this week and whistle and call out here Fatboy! Then throw him an oily rag,the scent will throw him off cause he will think you are his master and will leave you alone.

There ya go, Chad! Seems Mike here has your problem solved!!!

Now aren't ya glad we're around here to help find answers to these sorts of complaints???!!!

(...and just think, if you didn't ride a Triumph, you'd have probably never found this website with members so helpful, huh?!)

It was getting dark so I didn't see if they had rags around there necks. one ran staight infront of me the others were on the right side of me barking and running straight at me. while I was banking left. I missed the dogs but it scared me some and really angered me. I am not going to do it but I want to take my pistola and go back through there.

I am glad I found yall. Your kind of like the characters in that book through the looking glass.

Both my pitbulls run loose but they stay in my back yard.

my two dogs run loose but they are contained my an electronic fence.

Hey Kenny!
A friend of mine has a golden retriever that kept getting
him tickets for allowing a dog to roam. So, he got one of
them electric fence things. The dog was so smart he figured
out that it made a warning tone before it shocked him. He
would go to the perimiter until the thing started beeping,
lie down, and wait for the battery to die.
Or, he would put his head down, run like crazy, and take
the hit. Smart Dog!

Here, we have a huge stray dog population.

Lots of people get puppies (they are soooo cute, right), then when they grow to bo too big to stay in their tiny apartment, they are just thrown on the street somewhere far from home.

Good thing rabies is not present here, or we'd have a huge problem!

Them dogs love to sleep on the warm asphalt at night ... and they don't move when you approach (I guess they are suicidal and want to end their "dog life"!) so you can picture this one: a few black dogs, sleeping in the middle of the unlit road, at night... hummm.

had a dog charge me one time...startled me but I didn't break my line....I did prep my left foot for a kick if needed. I would have hated to do that but if its me or the animal my goal is to win.

Well Jeff, maybe it would help if many of 'em over there were spayed or neutered, eh?!

(...and nope, I'm NOT talkin' about the dogs here!!!)

the only way to fix peole like that is to just shoot them and decrease the surplus population.

its been a while but I think thats from the jabberwocky

most people are ot capable of caring for dogs and shouldn't be allowed to have them.

My dogs are like family members and treated and loved as such.

Say what you like about dogs, but mine dog does an awesome job at keeping the generator going




The neighbor's dog, not so much

some people do a great job caring for their dogs others don't

I have a cat. His name is Trumpy.

Love the "treadmill" post, Martin!!!

Anybody who lets their dogs roam free ought to be smacked... I have a feeling many riders (more than we know) who aren't here now to say so, have been killed by trying to avoid a dog or hitting one and going down. It drives me crazy that people get dogs and dont take care of them or take responsibility for what happens to them or because of them... I have turned around and went back to a chaser and when he was close enough he got a boot in the face! better a boot in the face than a bumper samich...I do the underground fences and have been installing and training dogs to these systems for 16 years, they are very effective if done right, good system and good training... Oh and they cant lay on the wire and let the battery drain, not anymore anyway, years ago some of the cheaper systems had a tone only zone with no stop....those days are over
Anyway, people need to take care of these critters...
They are mans best friend...
They are doing studies now where we think they can detect cancer! I want to see what we find out in the next 1000 years about them

Good ol' Bob Dylan thought about this very topic many, many years back... this is what he had to say.

If Dogs Run Free

If dogs run free, then why not we
Across the swooping plain?
My ears hear a symphony
Of two mules, trains and rain
The best is always yet to come
That’s what they explain to me
Just do your thing, you’ll be king
If dogs run free

If dogs run free, why not me
Across the swamp of time?
My mind weaves a symphony
And tapestry of rhyme
Oh, winds which rush my tale to thee
So it may flow and be
To each his own, it’s all unknown
If dogs run free

If dogs run free, then what must be
Must be, and that is all
True love can make a blade of grass
Stand up straight and tall
In harmony with the cosmic sea
True love needs no company
It can cure the soul, it can make it whole
If dogs run free

I got to shoot a double barrel pistol,held 410 bird shot. Does wanders to the rear end of unwanted critters.Fits in the palm of your hand. When shot they can bloody up your hand besides other things,soooo be careful when firing.-Uhm, I would not know anybody that would do such an ------.

Anyone who thinks people who let dogs run free should be smacked should be smacked. I own 3 acres of mostly woods and my dogs keep to my back yard of about 3/4 or so of an acre and don't bother anyone that isn't where they don't belong. They can see people walk up the road out front and keep to the back yard. There are no fences of any kind except a privacy fence the has 2 drive through opening and ends at the edge of my woods on both sides.They don't chase wildlife that happens in the yard. So I see no reason to put them on a chain or leash. When I yell "in the house" They bolt for the back door and stand there and wait for me.

Hey cool your jets. Hes talking bout folks who allow there dogs out into the street so they can be run down by autos. If you got the room and the dogs don't go into the road or dig in the niehbors trash good. My Grandpa had a huge farm, and the puppies ran free but was not in any road danger. Nor could they damage the property of others

no harm no foul

My jets are cool, was just pointing out the blanket statement the illustrating that in many cases dogs can run free. I used to live on a busy highway with neighbors and my dogs still ran free.They knew not to go in the road or even near it. All my neighbors owned dogs and we all knew each other. Their dogs wear as likely to be found in my house lounging with my dogs as vise versa. Would have been better to say those who let their dogs run in the road or bother the neighbors. If I had dogs who went near the road or didn't listen then they would be restrained for their own safety.

Yep Ian, I suppose all is good, UNLESS you happen to live next door to dog owners like this family lives next door to....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boBn9R5Ye_A&feature=related

(...at the 6:19 mark of this video all will be revealed)

Well dang , why wait 6:19 when you can get it all in less than 1 second ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He82NBjJqf8

Even my cats dont run free. I built a cat park with tunnels and stuff so they go outside the house but are still enclosed and cant kill the native wildlife or become a nuisance on the street.

Hey Ian, are your dogs actually alive... I dont think ive ever seen a dog that wouldnt chase a chipmunk or other furry fun critter, and at your old house didnt you have any neighbors that lived across the street, you said all the dogs in the neighborhood would visit and visa verse, that would put your dogs in the street... People get very defensive about this subject, especially the people who do let their dogs loose..i have alot of customers who said my dogs never leaves the property, but those dogs are no longer with us, and that kid must have been teasing my dog for him to run out there and bite him, or that guy had no right to shoot my dog even if he was on his property.
Ive herd all the lines, i have been dealing with dogs and their owners for 25 years.
Bottom line is people need to take responsibility for their actions, if your dog causes an accident its YOUR fault not the dogs, what if someone died in that accident, i wouldn't want to live with that...
Maybe you can guaranty your dogs NEVER, EVER leave your property but most people cant make that statement.
If i ever go down on my bike because of a dog in the road, the owner really needs to hope that i cannot get up and make it to their house right then, there's a strong possibility they'd get a beating right on their front lawn. I know me pretty well, and have seen me do things like that...
It was a blanket statement, but people who let their dogs run loose more than likely will have or cause problems.