Dangerous "STUPID" Way To Walk Rover
 

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".

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...

These days...
 

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

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.

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.

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

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. :swear::cus::boxing2:

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".

This could be animal cruelty.
 

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.

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!!!!

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.

Good Note and Topic. I really enjoy your description "Friendly Individual". Made me laugh. Could become a new catch phrase for TOTV.:a040:

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

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......:eclipsee_gold_cup:

Fumar, when I saw that you had posted in this thread, I was afraid to look. Unfortunately, I looked anyway. :cryin2:

For Gods sake. You people have too much time on your hands. What would you have said if the guy was riding a bicycle with rover trotting along beside. NOTHING, that's what.

Yoda

If the guy was riding a bicycle at least he was getting some exercise also.

Just a thought... how about those people who push their dogs in strollers?

I don't want to offend anyone, but I just don't get it...don't we "walk" our dogs for exercise? Or, if anything, just to let them poop on Fumar's front lawn!

I'm just sayin'....:shocked:

What was the owner's response when this happened to his dog? Did he feel bad? Did anyone watching run over to see if the dog was OK?

dogs
 

I agree, way to much time on their hands.Pushing dogs in strollers,we just can"t figure that out. Sorta spooky.

I have a friend who uses a stroller for her dog. He's 19 years old, half blind and really can't walk, but he loves going out and sniffing the air. For him, a stroller makes perfect sense. I can also understand a stroller for a skittish dog and I definitely prefer dogs in strollers at the squares to those walking around.

So, whenever I see a dog in a stroller, I hope that it is because the dog needs it for some reason, not because the owner thinks it's "cute."

As to the idiots who drive their dogs, there are no words.

Thanks F16 maybe if more people would be willing to say something when they see someone doing something that is a hazard for all it would be a safer place.



If you aren't concerned about the dogs safety maybe the part about driving on the wrong side of the path might get your attention. That the dog was almost injured does concern many of us and also driving on the wrong side of the path and not being in complete control is a hazard to all on the paths.

has anyone considered that perhaps this guy is handicapped and doing the best he can do?

There are some people (and Fumar, I'm not mentioning any names here), who get offended at dogs walking in the squares. They think the dogs may bite them, or pee, or someone might trip over a dog or a leash.

Perhaps the "stroller people" are just trying to be good citizens.

I agree. It's a good way to take a small dog to the squares. Sure, Fido could be left at home, but if Fido loves to go, and he's in no one's way in the stroller, what's the objection?

If you really care about your dog, get him out of TV. More than 20% of the people here would cut off his legs for crapping on their lawn. Half of them would cut off yours.

Yoda

I have owned my home in TV for three years and thankfully haven't met that 20% of the population. My neighborhood is very dog friendly and I don't let my dogs use my neighbors yard as their toilet.

Since you are such a "Warm and Fuzzy Guy" I'm sure you are not including yourself in that 20%.

I knew that Warm and fuzzy was going to get me into trouble.