SA_Brak

Probably not too many German Shepards named Adolph. Call some of the vets in the area and see if you can ID him that way.

vtjim

I was going to post what SA Brak posted. If the dog responded in that way to spoken German commands, it's a very special animal.

ripa

I called the police and will stop by the station to file a report. My wife and I also contacted our vet and asked if she could check around for us to see if they new of any one who owns a Sheppard with the name Adolf ( I doubt there are many out there). The good thing is the vet is a bike rider and she was not happy with what she heard. The guy has to be local, the area we were in is near a small lake on a public road. It’s between two subdivisions with in the community where we live and he took off towards the subdivision nearest to us. We also have leash laws plus we have specific dog parks that are designated areas where you can take your dog and then take them off their leash to run. The area is completely fenced in for this exact reason. If he knows there is a potential that his dog will break on a rider than keep him on the leash.

The dog seemed well trained but you can tell he hates bikes or at least he hates my wheel set.

Oh it hurts to laugh.

Mariner Fan

Man, I hope that's not a police dog.

banerjek

Now that's what I call careful owner -- leashed even behind the fence (though it's a bit high off the ground)......

BTW, your doggie looks like quite a sweetie.

mjdwyer23

I got chased down by a Shep in TN this summer (land of no leashes or fences). I was 35 miles into a 40 mile ride with over 7k feet of climbing under my belt and I hear this deep WOOF and I almost crapped myself. I took off up this hill and screamed at it for about 3 mins and finally it bugged out. Either of us easily could have gotten hit by a car. I love dogs and blame the owner. I also purchased a small can of mace shortly afterwards. Watch your back!

Patriot

When I used to live in the city, my neighbors (teenagers) used to flick lit cigarette butts at my German Shepherd. One day he got out of the yard, and charged the scum while she was sitting on the edge of his yard. He tore her jacket to shreds (down flying everywhere). Since then, she was very nice to him and never threw cigarette butts at him anymore. They got along just fine after that. He remembered.


I love my Sherman Gepherd.

fmw

I would hope it is. Then you can sue someone with deep pockets.

lotek 

you bet a GSD will remember, smartest damn dog I've ever owned.
Sassy will sit in front of a shopping bag for hours if she knows something is
in it for her (squeaky toy with life expectancy of .40 hours).

As I said, sounds like Adolph is Schitzhund trained, you might check with
the local schitzund club although they might not be willing to give up
one of their own (but then they might toss the owner for lack of control).

I've worked with retrievers (field trials), rescue groups, training etc.
and the one thing always stressed is that you (owner) must maintain
control over your dog. Adolf was not under his owners control, or the
owner didn't care (and that's kind of scary eh?).

Marty

CastIron

The guy had enough control over the dog stop it's attack AFTER you were down. Why not before? Just a curious point. The dog, sadly, needs to be put down. It's intolerable behavior. The owner, obviously, needs the same. Pity the legal issue there. In any case, GO AFTER THE JERK!

Dogs in general like to go after bikes as part of their instinctive prey drive. Personally, mine are taught to move away and sit when any of my two-wheeled steeds are mounted and moving.

cc_rider

The dog deserves another chance.
But for the dog's owner, no mercy.

peika

if you had one of these you could re live the nightmare over and over.www.boomstick360.com

cycle4life

Thanks, we're both flattered.

Actually, that's a park fence. My fence has no ground clearance, but it could be a little higher (it's about 4 - 5 ft. tall); Currently she's probably too ignorant to know she could jump it if she was inclined. I would be much more concerned of her safety than someone else's if she were to actually get loose. She's been well-socialized since puppyhood and has never had any problems around people even while I'm not around, but there's always the "you never know" factor. At any rate, it's highly unlikely she'll ever jump the fence. That would be a hell of a jump and she is a bit of a wuss, anyway.

Chucklehead

german dog. french wheels. haha.

cuda2k

Luckily I haven't had any close calls with dogs (yet) though I keep a very watchful eye on all dogs leashed or not. Sounds like this offender shouldn't be too hard to track down with a bit of presistance and a bit of luck.

On a side note - Marty, is there anything you haven't done?

banerjek

I wouldn't read too much into the owner's actions. Basically he panicked and tried to slough off his costs on the OP. My guess is that he does care, but he needs to own up to his responsibilities. He should be treated the same as anyone else who caused a crash and ran away.

Accidents happen and it's good to keep things in perspective. Even cyclists sometimes cause substantial injury and property damage to each other when they make bad decisions. But they ride again, and that's not necessarily a bad thing.

Despite the fact that the bike got attacked, this does not sound like a particularly aggressive dog though he obviously should have been controlled much better. A German shepherd can do an amazing amount of damage. In this case, it sounds like the injuries were sustained from the crash caused when the dog attacked the bike. When the rider was down, the dog went after the bike, not the rider.

C_Heath

wait till 10 pm, then burn his house down

yea, I said it.

Eyestrain

You took a picture of your dog squatting to pee . . . and then posted it in this forum?

jim-bob

Just be glad he's not posting pictures of his kids.

bikingshearer 

I am a great fan of working stuff out between folks in a neighborly fashion, both by temperment and because, as a lawyer, I have a pretty good idea how frustrating the litigation process can be.

But, as I see it, this guy blew his chance to do the right thing when he ran away. Look at it this way: the guy apologizes to you for the dog attacking you, all but admitting that he was at fault because he had Fang off-leash. When it is correctly pointed out to him that he has responsibilities to live up to here, he runs away. Morally speaking, how is this any different from a hit-and-run car accident? Answer: it isn't.

This guy has already shown his true colors. He is a coward and a slacker who does not seem to understand that he did something wrong and should bear the responsibility for it. You may be able to get him to do the right thing - i.e. pay the medical bills and bring your bike back to working order - but only when it is demonstarted to him that you can and will follow up with a civil suit and/or a criminal complaint. Put another way, he will do the right thing if and only if he is convinced that he will suffer more if he doesn't.

Also, have you considered getting your local animal control people involved? Yours may not be the first time this dog has attacked someone. Even if Fang has been perfectly behaved before, it is time he was on animal control's radar. If nothing else, it may encourage Mr. Coward Slacker Owner to be more circumspect about letting Fang off the leash.

lotek 

banerjek

what I meant was that the owner was not in control of his dog, or he didn't care
that the dog went haulassing after a bicycle.
yah I thought he overreacted, now I'm wondering if Adolf might not be
either a police dog, or training for it. I would hate that, I have a huge respect
for working dogs and the people who handle them. Clearly this kind of behaviour
out of control, unprovoked attack (albeit on the bike) would be sufficient to
wash the dog out of the program, and possibly the handler/owner.

cuda, there's lots of stuff I haven't done. . . yet.

marty

Jakey

If the dog responded to a german command it has probably had at least some schutzhund training https://www.gsdca-wda.org/schutzhund.htm

Either way, it should've been on a leash, and you should've called the police when it ran off.

classic1

Guten tag. Mien name ist Adolf. Next I vill invade Poland

rmfnla

Yeah, the dog didn't attack the wheels, the wheels surrendered!

The only thing left to do is rent American Flyers and watch it with a friend (who rides).

Chucklehead

haha! i love it! my new desktop image.