Originally Posted by
livedarklions
I guess, but I've seen a fair number of dogs at LBS, and they don't seem to respond when someone spins a bike on the stand.
This just doesn't make a lot of sense to me-- why is a high pitch sound randomly setting off a small subset of dogs? Also, pretty much any machine with high rpms would make sounds dogs hear that we don't. Dogs don't attack generators, for example.
Dogs are territorial and when you pass their territory they can feel threatened or protective of their owners. It's instinctive. When the owner is there with them and the dog sees no threat to them they relax.
Loose dogs have no defined territory They are also pack animals.