I Hit a Dog

[HopedaleHills]

Yep, Tuesday night right near the end of my nightly 10-miler, only about .5 miles from home, a little lap dog ran out from between two cars in a driveway and I caught his rear quarter with my front wheel. I never even saw it coming. Luckily I was just at the top of a hill and only doing about 9mph. He/she yelped, rolled over a couple times then got up and ran across the street. I managed to keep the bike upright, get unclipped and get a foot down before loosing control. My only injury was that the seat slammed into my butt as I was trying to get a foot down and brake at the same time.

The funny thing was that the people across the street, who were out in their yard were like "poor doggie, why couldn't you stop in time". The owner OTOH was apologizing like crazy because her kids let the dog out of the back gate and asked if I was OK.

It was a tense few seconds.

[tsl]

Ever notice that pet people never say, "Aw poor human"?

Glad you kept it upright and weren't seriously hurt.

[BSLeVan]

The funny thing was that the people across the street, who were out in their yard were like "poor doggie, why couldn't you stop in time".


Appropriate response to such a comment: "For the same reason you didn't leap in front of me, swoop up the poor little thing and lift it out of harms way." This, of course with a smile on your face. Gald you weren't hurt, and it sounds like the dog will be OK too. I hate these kinds of experiences, because, as you describe they are tense, and I really like dogs.

[Beverly]

Glad to hear you and the dog escaped serious injuries.

[Baroque]

Scary situation! Not your fault that the dog was in the road to begin with, but of course you don't want to hit it, and could have been badly injured trying to avoid it. Happy that it wasn't any worse for both of you.

[Yen]

I'm glad that neither of you was seriously injured... those things can happen very quickly and those little critters are really fast and appear out of nowhere.

Something else I will remember to look out for.... little animals darting into my path. :eek:

[SaiKaiTai]

Wow! You must've felt just awful there for a second until the little guy scurried off. Glad it turned out OK

One correction, though... anything under 40 lbs is not technically a dog (unless it's a doxie or a Jack Russell... ok, maybe Australian Shepherds, too)

[Artkansas]

One correction, though... anything under 40 lbs is not technically a dog (unless it's a doxie or a Jack Russell... ok, maybe Australian Shepherds, too)

Having owned two Jack Russells, I don't think they qualify as dogs. :p Aliens from space maybe. :eek:

[SaiKaiTai]

Sharp little buggers. I have always sworn, I will not have a dog that's smarter than I am.

[stapfam]

as I haven't any fresh bike pics with dogs- I'll show Our Critter. 30 lbs of Dynamite that can beat me up every offroad hill- but I do get him on the Downhills.

[JanMM]

Ran over a small dog almost 30 years ago - the old Hercules 3-sp kept going forward and the dog scurried back the direction it came from.

[wrafl]

Good to know you were not seriously hurt.

[cgallagh]

Many years ago, when I was wet behind the ears teenager, I was on my bicycle and a friend was on his Honda 50 scooter. We were going down the street to my house when a medium sized dog ran out into the street after us. I saw him first and quickly sped up to elude him. My friend did not see him coming til the last second. In trying to avoid him he wound up hitting him broadside. The dog went in between the front wheel and the frame, sending scooter, rider and dog crashing to the road. The dog jumped up, ran to his front yard and turned, barking furiously at my friend who lay in the street with a broken scooter, broken arm and road rash. The dog was unhurt and the owner came out and chastised my friend for hitting his dog. Some people.

[Terrierman]

Having owned two Jack Russells, I don't think they qualify as dogs. :p Aliens from space maybe. :eek:

Evil aliens from space, sent to take over the earth. They are well on their way at my house. They now outnumber us 3 to 1 and we work our asses off to take care of them. Need a puppy?

[luv2cruz]

Just be glad it was a small dog, a friend of mine hit a rather large Lab mix, trashed his bike, broke his collarbone and wrist. The dog was fine.

And around here, Jack Russells are known as Jack Russell TERRORISTS!!

[The Weak Link]

I almost hit a bunny rabbit this week. Scared the crap out of me. Probably didn't do much for the bunny rabbit either.

[Tom Bombadil]

a little lap dog ran out from between two cars in a driveway and I caught his rear quarter with my front wheel.

BEAST!!!

[roccobike]

I'm glad your OK. There's not much you can do in those instances, just try to get through it as best you can. I'll bet that dog doesn't chase or run after bikes again.