Originally Posted by banerjek

Seems to me, riders getting tangled with spectators is fairly common. That they'd tangle with animals too is no surprise.

I didn't see this crash, but with the earlier one, I'd fault the rider. Dog and rider were both moving slowly, visibility was good, rider had plenty of space and time to react. No, it's not good to have dogs wandering about, but people need to be paying attention to what's going on. There are all kinds of hazards on the roads.