[F16 1UB]

I wasn't sure where to put this but here goes. On several occasions I've seen people running their dogs on a leash while driving their golf carts. One guy likes to drive against traffic. Yes on the wrong side of the median on the path along 466A between Morse and Buena Vista. He's steering with his right hand and holds the leash with his left while his dog runs beside him UNTIL tonight. While I was standing in the grass talking to another fellow walking his dog I see this cart approaching fast with a dog running next to it. Then I hear tires squealing from the IDIOT locking up his brakes because he almost ran over his dog when his dog crossed in front of his cart. I casually mentioned to him that it was not in the dogs best interest to be ran along side the cart. The IDIOT continued on. The other fellow that was standing next to me called him a real genius. I called him a friendly individual. At least the words started with F & I. I got back in my cart heading home only to see the IDIOT driving on the left side of the island (median) with his dog in tow. I mentioned to him, because I'm in the proper lane running parallel, that he would have felt terrible if he'd ran over his dog. He slowed but continued on. I thought screw it. You can't fix "STUPID".

[missyomama]

The local vets that take care of the villages dogs will tell you that more of our pets are injured by golf carts than by cars. So much for taking poochie for a nice run. Please be careful out there.
Signed a doggie lover...

[tpop1]

can't fix "STUPID".

Lot's of that going around...must be catching.

[Talk Host]

One evening, we were in the mail station when a golf cart pulled in just about full speed. The driver had a dog on a leash and when he stopped, the poor dog tried to stop but skidded on all fours and finally rolled over and over til the leash ran out and he gagged.

[Mikitv]

I have seen that guy on cart path along 466 A or someone else doing the same thing. On top of that with more people here there is more traffic on that cart path now. Like you said you can't fix Stupid.

[K9-Lovers]

I'll bet it's the same guy I saw tonight! Big strong brown dog?

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by F16 1UB

I mentioned to him, because I'm in the proper lane running parallel, that he would have felt terrible if he'd ran over his dog. He slowed but continued on. I thought screw it. You can't fix "STUPID".

You can't fix stupid, it is true. But it breaks my heart to see dogs pay the price for the stupidity of their owners.

[getdul981]

Originally Posted by F16 1UB

You can't fix "STUPID".

How right you are and the sad thing is, they're breeding, or have in the past and creating a whole new generation of "STUPID".

We had a neighbor in Palm Harbor Florida who kept pit bulls in his garage.

He tried walking his dogs from his car.

He caused injury to one of the dog's paws when he must have sped up too suddenly with the dog being dragged along. A neighborhood boy saw the blood from the dog's injury which the cops when called followed the blood trail to my neighbor's home.

The Humane Society got involved and threatened to take his dogs away. The media got involved and it was not long until my neighbor was getting death threats from animal lovers.

This was covered by both the local Clearwater/St. Petersburg/Tampa TV and newspapers.

http://www.pet-abuse.com/cases/1273/FL/US/

This neighbor moved away not too soon after this.

[JenAjd]

Saw a guy doing this on the trail along Morse between Lake Sumter and Mallory gate. My first thought was the guy has a "mobility" issue OR is very lazy! If it's either---then hire someone to walk the pooch OR get rid of it if you can't take care of it properly. Beyond stupid is right!!!!

[zcaveman]

I usually see them driving along at a slow pace so the dog is pretty much walking. The other day, the guy was really moving and the dog was running pretty hard to keep up with him.

Sometimes you want to put the guy on a leash and see if he can keep up with the cart.

[disney07]

Originally Posted by F16 1UB

The IDIOT continued on. The other fellow that was standing next to me called him a real genius. I called him a friendly individual. At least the words started with F & I. You can't fix "STUPID".

Good Note and Topic. I really enjoy your description "Friendly Individual". Made me laugh. Could become a new catch phrase for TOTV.

[Pturner]

It is animal abuse! The guy should be arrested. How very sad for his dog.

[The Great Fumar]

This might not be the place for this but , how can you make carts go faster ?????huh huh ?????

As far as the doggie at the mail station that hit the curb and rolled over , He received four 9's and a 10 ....... which I think is pretty good....

coach fumar......

[Pturner]

Originally Posted by The Great Fumar

This might not be the place for this but , how can you make carts go faster ?????huh huh ?????

As far as the doggie at the mail station that hit the curb and rolled over , He received four 9's and a 10 ....... which I think is pretty good....

coach fumar......

Fumar, when I saw that you had posted in this thread, I was afraid to look. Unfortunately, I looked anyway.