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"There are too many dogs around as it is."
Yep. That's why people should always try to rehome rather than going to a breeder.
That's what you meant isn't it, @i_scoff_cake?
I have a Lab Pointer and she is brilliant but daft as a brush. I would love to go out on my bike with her butlike ianc's old riding buddy she likes to run with a huge stick so I would spent most of the time worrying about if she was going to take me out.
too many dogs around
While people are prepared to spunk 2-3k on a dog, that situation is unlikely to change imo.
(And I carry lots of poo bags)
All my coat and trousers/shorts pockets have errant bags in them. It's how one recognises another dog owner.
@stevie750 about to take my lab pointer and the daft spaniel out for a ride. Dave will slot in behind the bike but the spaniel hates losing a race so will try to read the trail.
While people are prepared to spunk 2-3k on a dog, that situation is unlikely to change imo.
You can buy a decent bike for that!
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Didn't meet many folk. Both rescues.
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Gorgeous!
There are too many
dogspeople around as it is.
It's all a matter of perspective, really
With a cloudless night and a frosty morning we rode local with Fin. Surprisingly the trails have dried out very quickly. Always good when we are out together.
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I used to ride in groups that had “trail dogs”. The one dog, collie, was great. Only time you knew she was there was when the group stopped for a water break or chat. The other was a ****ing nightmare. The group was constantly stopping to allow it's owner to find or retrieve it, excellent recall apparently, or it would stop right in front of you, blinder in to you from the undergrowth, tried to bite tyres of pedals.
He wouldn’t take the hint that the dog wasn’t welcome, “trail dogs are brilliant!” He was a friend of a friend, so when there was a massive argument, when his dog took one of the group out and he and the dog ended up badly hurt, the group broke ties and I’ve never been back.
That dog would be too old now or dead from causing an accident.
I don't know why anyone would take a dog on a group ride. If you're going to do it, and with the right dog and knowledgeable owner, I think it's fine. Some lovely pics above! But it's got to be a couple of dogs and a couple of riders at the most, hasn't it?
Friend of the friend above sounds like a typical, selfish, I-want-it-all person, ie I want a dog, I want to ride, I want to ride with mates, let's mix the three, uh oh, it's ended in disaster. F-wit.
Yeah I don't ride with others if I'm with the dogs. I know what they'll do and they watch me. Other riders would confuse that.