Comments on: New controversy surrounding dog bicycle leashes http://www.dogjaunt.com/2009/10/new-controversy-surrounding-dog-bicycle-leashes/ Traveling with a small dog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:35:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mary-Alice http://www.dogjaunt.com/2009/10/new-controversy-surrounding-dog-bicycle-leashes/comment-page-1/#comment-8300 Mary-Alice Wed, 13 Oct 2010 20:02:01 +0000 http://www.dogjaunt.com/?p=3949#comment-8300 Oh my heavens! I too am very glad it was not worse, but how painful, and how frightening. Thank you so much for sharing your experience. Oh my heavens! I too am very glad it was not worse, but how painful, and how frightening. Thank you so much for sharing your experience.

]]> By: Also pulled by a tether http://www.dogjaunt.com/2009/10/new-controversy-surrounding-dog-bicycle-leashes/comment-page-1/#comment-8290 Also pulled by a tether Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:14:52 +0000 http://www.dogjaunt.com/?p=3949#comment-8290 I was just in the emergency room for a similar event. I was walking on a fireroad/trail when from behind me, a bicyclist with a dog tethered on a LONG leash came up behind me at a pretty good clip. The cyclist did not let go of the leash. The tension and speed pulled my feet from under me, causing me to split open my upper forearm -- with a gash that required 7 stitches, a goose egg to my head and a sprained left wrist. The force also pulled the cyclist off his bicycle causing him to get pulled back and his glasses to be temporarily lost. I had a mild concussion. Very glad it was not worse, but would have been even happier had it never happened. If people MUST ride this way, they should do so with their dogs close to their bikes. If the dog corrals a person, PLEASE drop your leash! I was just in the emergency room for a similar event. I was walking on a fireroad/trail when from behind me, a bicyclist with a dog tethered on a LONG leash came up behind me at a pretty good clip. The cyclist did not let go of the leash. The tension and speed pulled my feet from under me, causing me to split open my upper forearm — with a gash that required 7 stitches, a goose egg to my head and a sprained left wrist. The force also pulled the cyclist off his bicycle causing him to get pulled back and his glasses to be temporarily lost. I had a mild concussion. Very glad it was not worse, but would have been even happier had it never happened.

If people MUST ride this way, they should do so with their dogs close to their bikes. If the dog corrals a person, PLEASE drop your leash!

]]> By: m-a http://www.dogjaunt.com/2009/10/new-controversy-surrounding-dog-bicycle-leashes/comment-page-1/#comment-1164 m-a Sun, 24 Jan 2010 01:38:44 +0000 http://www.dogjaunt.com/?p=3949#comment-1164 Hi, Edie! That DOES sound like a recipe for disaster. I can only imagine bike riding with a dog working with a bike tether, which holds the dog's (short) leash at a distance from the bikes' wheels. The problem then, of course, is that the whole package (bike plus tether plus dog) is very wide -- perhaps wider than the bike rider may realize at first -- which puts a lot of pressure on other people trying to use a path. Hi, Edie! That DOES sound like a recipe for disaster. I can only imagine bike riding with a dog working with a bike tether, which holds the dog’s (short) leash at a distance from the bikes’ wheels. The problem then, of course, is that the whole package (bike plus tether plus dog) is very wide — perhaps wider than the bike rider may realize at first — which puts a lot of pressure on other people trying to use a path.

]]> By: Edie http://www.dogjaunt.com/2009/10/new-controversy-surrounding-dog-bicycle-leashes/comment-page-1/#comment-1158 Edie Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:55:50 +0000 http://www.dogjaunt.com/?p=3949#comment-1158 A neighbor had an accident when his own dog's leash entangled with his bicycle. He was holding a long leash in his hand while riding; the dog ran in front of him as he was rolling downhill. Stitches to his face were required. A neighbor had an accident when his own dog’s leash entangled with his bicycle. He was holding a long leash in his hand while riding; the dog ran in front of him as he was rolling downhill. Stitches to his face were required.

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