http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Grumpy dogs on NCR1 en Thu, 21 May 2026 10:29:33 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2558#post-27484 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 17:08:37 +0000 Kirst 27484@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Two dogs = two new slippers. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2558#post-27476 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:19:41 +0000 Min 27476@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Dogs- that's what the end of your shoe is for. They don't like it up 'em you know. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2558#post-27468 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 13:50:41 +0000 Kirst 27468@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I was thinking that today, but I think the little git would wreck my pannier. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2558#post-27337 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 20:14:11 +0000 ExcitableBoy 27337@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I hate dogs, fortunately I have yet to come across these two.<br /> If you found the owner they would no doubt say "Oh, he's only having fun - he won't hurt you!"</p> <p>It would be very tempting to pop the smaller one in a pannier and dump him at the top of Arthur's Seat. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2558#post-27336 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 20:14:00 +0000 Min 27336@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Have you ever seen a cat running at 30mph? Funniest thing I have ever seen. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2558#post-27335 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 20:06:10 +0000 Cyclingmollie 27335@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>ruggtomcat: <em>a cat can do 30!. </em></p> <p>More, if you drop it from a plane. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2558#post-27332 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:11:46 +0000 Kirst 27332@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've had issues with those dogs recently too, as detailed in the other thread about them. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2558#post-27326 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:13:59 +0000 DaveC 27326@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I recall Barbra Woodhouse (right name) training dogs not to do this by getting the cyclists to throw water over them. Pop a plant squirter in your bottle rack a couple of days and sqirt them. They may stop. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2558#post-27316 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:34:47 +0000 ruggtomcat 27316@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@ross <a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2343">this is what I ment</a> and anyone would have a hard time shaking off a dog, those things can sprint up to and beyond 30mph. <a href="http://www.doghause.com/speeds.asp">a cat can do 30!</a>. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2558#post-27290 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 13:42:51 +0000 wingpig 27290@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/info/1211/animal_welfare_and_pest_control">Cooncil Pest Control</a> +441316662623 or <a href="mailto:pest.control@edinburgh.gov.uk">pest.control@edinburgh.gov.uk</a>. The specific <a href="http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/info/1093/dog_warden_service/769/dog_warden_service">Dog Warden Service</a> is on +441315293030 though is apparently also based in Mortonhall along with Pest Control and shares the same email address despite having a different area code.</p> <p>Perhaps we could Clarence them, pretending they're pot-holes. Can't imagine they'd be able to yap much after being covered in tarmac and lightly patted-down with the back of a shovel. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2558#post-27289 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 13:33:23 +0000 Mabs 27289@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Report the little bs to Environmental Services or if they are truly aggressive the police. The owners have a legal responsibility to be in control of their mutts. </p> <p>Big dog, little dog, the way they behave is no different and it means the same thing. It's just because of the wee one's size they get away with it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2558#post-27266 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 11:08:44 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 27266@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I think those two come from the traveller's site just beside the path there. I've not seen them in a wee while actually.</p> <p>p.s. nice site :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2558#post-27261 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 10:51:52 +0000 Dave 27261@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There's a golden dog just by Crammond Bridge that often chases you for a short distance. I have often thought about what would happen if it brought down a child. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2558#post-27255 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 10:40:23 +0000 wingpig 27255@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'd've thought the slightly greater faff in getting a recumbent through the chicane would allow the dog more time to approach and yap.</p> <p>Perhaps if a load of us all happen to complain on the same day (after perhaps all having been frightened into falling off slightly and lightly injuring ourselves) the relevant authority might pay attention. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2558#post-27253 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 10:39:04 +0000 Jackson Priest 27253@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've met that 1st mutt.</p> <p>There used to be bike shops that sold dog repellent spray, to remove troublesome canines from about your bike frame.</p> <p>Never seem to see it any more. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2558#post-27250 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 10:34:18 +0000 kaputnik 27250@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That's his way of saying "the dogs are scared of my bike"! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2558#post-27248 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 10:18:25 +0000 rosscbrown 27248@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote>never bothers me ;-)</blockquote></p> <p>That's obviously a polite way of saying you cycle faster than me :-( </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2558#post-27244 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 10:03:16 +0000 ruggtomcat 27244@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>never bothers me ;-)</p> <p>is it RSPCA we should call? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2558#post-27222 Sun, 20 Mar 2011 22:06:40 +0000 rosscbrown 27222@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@kaputnik - I think I was very well behaved to resist the temptation to run the wee dog over. The thought did cross my mind...</p> <p>And yes, this post is a shameless excuse to show off my new head camera :-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2558#post-27221 Sun, 20 Mar 2011 21:47:33 +0000 wingpig 27221@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Arf. Maybe scooping them up and lobbing them over the stream and wall to the north of the path (into the compound containing a big-sounding vicious barky secur-i-dog) might resolve the problem. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2558#post-27220 Sun, 20 Mar 2011 21:43:54 +0000 kaputnik 27220@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>nice little clip. You see that bit that attaches their heads to their bodies? If you cycle over it, they shut up! :D </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2558#post-27218 Sun, 20 Mar 2011 21:34:18 +0000 rosscbrown 27218@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBG7ElslqMg[/video]</p> <p>What's with these dogs? I swear this is the second time this has happened on the NCR1. </p>