Dogs running along side of Golf Carts - Don't!
 

Dog owners - Please, please under no circumstances let your dog run next to your golf cart! My husband just witnessed someone who ran over her dog and yes, it died. We're both devastated. I knew someone this happened to about a year ago. It happens more often than you would think. If you are not strong enough to walk your dog, drive to a local dog park and sit on the bench or hire a dog walker.

I am shocked at how often I see someone having their dog run next to a golf cart and it is an accident waiting to happen.

I cannot say I have ever seen this? I assume you mean they do this on the golf cart path?

I have seen it happed more than once.

I've seen it on a street or one of the many open fields around the villages. I have not seen it on a golf cart path.

I've seen it many times on the path by Walnut Grove. Very scary to watch.

Seen it on the MMPs on streets several times. Animal endangering and abuse on display.

I hope it is illegal (especially on public roads) but who will ever be caught, and by whom?

Maybe the owners don't understand that most of the pleasure that dogs get from their outings is to be able to interact with other dogs and smells, NOT the exercise factor. The dog would find even a short walk much preferable to being forced to run alongside a golf-cart.

THANK you for posting this. I watched one guy on Paradise, driving his golf cart with a dog tied to the support of the cart's sunbrella. The leash was probably around 25' long and the dog was darting back and forth on the grass and on the road, crossing BEHIND the cart at times. Thanks to the yahoos here on ToTV who brag about being armed 24/7 and the attitudes toward telling people what they can and cannot do with their own pets, I didn't say anything at the time.

But I wanted to tell him that I'll be posting the video of him, and uploading it to every social media I subscribe to, so everyone could see what an utter POS he is.

So why are you posting on here and telling everyone that “you wanted to tell him that you’ll be posting a video of him”? You could have; he doesn’t have any idea who you are?

I've seen it several times near Mulberry Dog Park. It's scary to see them do this. You never know when a dog will dart in front of the cart.

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I think you didn't read the whole post. Either that or you're unaware of any social media other than ToTV. Or you're cherry-picking.

Regardless of what you did - do please read what I posted, in context.

Not my dog, not my cart.

Been in TV 25 years and never, never heard of dog being run over, believe this story made up just to get attention .

What does this comment have anything to do with the subject originally posted? Am I missing something in the original post or are people with arms offensive? I have two arms and I enjoy waving to people with them.

It’s a shame that people don’t realize how often dogs trip or stumble. As a lifetime dog owner I can attest that dogs stumble quite often. If poor doggie stumbles in direction of cart it most likely gets run over.

You sound nice......

Just when you think people can't get any dumber...

I'd love a dog but I have mobility issues (have a rollator) so I KNOW the responsibility it would take to have one. I've seen people walking their dogs and the human is elderly and seems to have issues walking. I've also seen people in their carts who allow their poochie to run beside it as well. IF you have a pet realize they have a life expectancy and with that, they also can have health issues. So will YOU outlive the pet?? This can be for house-cats AND dogs!! IF you see someone like the OP observed---try to have a non-combative discussion with the person. I agree with what most folks have stated on here!!

I've seen it a bunch of times. Mostly it was on the golf cart path and grassy areas that split the golf course between Belle meade Cir and the Mulberry rec center. In fact, a lady heading south on the path was letting her dog run loose alongside her cart. I was going north on my recumbent trike at about 15 miles an hour, coming down a hill, and the dog turned like it was going to run right at me. If I would've hit it both of us would've probably been injured, probably the dog more than me.

I saw a couple in their cart turning a curve, the wife had her pup in her lap and the pup was accidentally thrown against the curb and killed instantly.
Heartbreaking 💔.

Some people shouldn’t own pets. This is very sad.

Thank you for letting us know! I feel much better now.

How sad. I also feel bad that a dog has no option to stop or slow down when running on leash by the golf cart. Seems cruel to me. .

Maybe, just Maybe, you aren't paying attention. I've only been here 11 years, yet I have seen it many times.

I see it all the time. There is a lady in our neighborhood that rides in the street and has her dog run next to her barely being able to kerp up
More than once I wanted to tell her to stop but I admit I'm too chicken. I'm not even sure how we can report these people. To me it's animal cruelty

I feel the same. If someone is that cruel to their pets how they going to react to a stranger pointing out how cruel they are? Not even nicely.

Some dogs are smart. Some dogs are not. Darwin at work.

Sorry to hear that. Dogs getting hurt or killed by cars or golf carts were the chief cause of death by accident among those pooches lost to us at the local dog park . Old age was the usual reason .

Lazy
 

Too lazy to walk the dog properly. Hire a dog walker. Do the right thing for these wonderful animals.

We live at Linden and the cart path is along the retention pond. While sitting on the Lanai it happens every day. It is not good in the hot sun or anytime since dogs do not sweat and need to pant once in a while.

Teddy bears aren't just for children. We enjoy cuddles and play without the cost, smells, restrictions associated with real animals. No vet bills, pet sitters or boarding when we travel, no "accidents"; no clawing, chewing the furnishings, etc. The perfect (non-living) "pet". Welcome at all hotels, fit in a suitcase or backpack, and no quarantine requirements.
Oh! They never pee or poop on the neighbors lawn. 👍👍👍

Or have children. But that is for another thread.

We have someone in our neighborhood who does this. He has a small dog and drives pretty slow. First time I saw it I thought it was a neat idea. The dog is getting needed exercise and figure the dog could jump in if he gets tired. But I can see how one wrong move by the dog or the cart could end up being terrible. It only takes a split second for something to happen.

Just like the rare instance you hear about a villager being killed in a golf cart. You never know unless you hear it from a neighbor, the "other" news rag leaks the story out, or you happen to see the FHP investigator's markings on the pavement.

If it's about exercise, put 'em on a tread mill (or a large hamster wheel). If it's about socializing, take 'em to a dog park.

The dog can't just jump in to a moving vehicle when he gets tired. By the time he's tired enough to do that, he's too tired to expend the energy necessary to perform a jump into a moving vehicle.

If the cart driver really gave a dam about his dog's need to exercise, he'd maybe put a harness on him and attach the harness to a little red wagon. Then, he can sit in the wagon and pretend to be a sled driver and his dog is a sled dog. WHEEEE! Dog gets exercise, cart driver gets a free ride around the park, everyone's happy.

Orrrrrr - the owner can get some exercise too and, y'know, WALK his dog. He can even use a metal walker or transport chair if the human can't walk easily. He could get creative and get on roller skates and have the dog pull him around.

There is no reason for anyone to attach a leash to a golf cart and force the dog to run alongside the golf cart.

In my neighborhood there is a man that lets his dog sit up close to the windshield of his golf cart. And the dog barks LOUDLY and constantly. I fail to understand WHY the driver allows this to happen. Maybe he is hard of hearing. Seeing this happen and I have also seen dogs on a lease running beside a golf cart (that is pretty rare where I live) - makes me realize that there are many really strange and unthinking people in TV Land. You would EXPECT older retired people to be smarter. The other day I was out in my yard and I saw a man in a golf cart go through a stop sign at a speed so high that the golf cart suspension lifted (close to a point of overturning) and his speed and quick turn forced him over to the opposite side of the road for about 30 feet before he straightened the cart up. He then continued down a 20 MPH residential street at 35 or 40 MPH (I could hear his engine straining). And he was screaming, "yeeeehhaaa") all the way. This was about 4 PM, not late after happy hour. Too bad there were no Police around to give him a sobriety test.
.....Anyway, the point is that people are walking, running, and biking on the smaller residential streets and expecting a degree of safety (that they should have, bur DON'T) just because they live in a retirement Village. Unfortunately, things are NOT as SAFE as you would think, or hope.

My last dog was just over 250 lb. If I fell while on skates, he would have dragged for miles. I would prefer the little red wagon suggestion. That sounds like fun.
Riddle (not realy). How many pomeranian does it take to pull a 170lb man in a red wagon? Bigger question is how to get them to shut up and listen. (Wonder if Sgt. Peston ever had that problem? )