Re: Re: Castle Rock Ride/dogs

["ruprecht" <ruprecht@tidepool.com>]

Ditto from me Dave and Tracey,

I have had both experiences,  Dogs on the trail seem to understand that they
are all going the distance with their owners.

However, (SOME) dogs on the beach and along the road, tend to be real
attackers.

And how about the ones in the back of their trucks that lunge bare their
teeth and scare the whatsit out of you and your horse,  who need it?

Joan

----- Original Message -----
From: David LeBlanc <dleblanc@mindspring.com>
To: Tracey <tracey@tbt.co.za>; owens <owensall@sierratel.com>
Cc: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 12:26 AM
Subject: RC: Re: Castle Rock Ride/dogs


> At 07:29 AM 5/26/00 +0200, Tracey wrote:
>
> >My problem is this : I have been told that it is my fault for taking my
dogs
> >with me when I ride - I should expect that they might be attacked, and it
> >was negligent of me to take them with me.
>
> Some people will find fault with anything.  Hindsight is always 20-20. We
> usually take our dogs riding with us, and they love it.  I used to have an
> old QH who wasn't afraid of dogs at all, and if some came out to hassle
us,
> we'd charge the dogs until the other riders and dogs had gone by.  There
> was a quote that someone I met on the net had in their .sig - I really
like
> it -
>
> "Insisting on perfect safety is for those that don't have the balls to
live
> in the real world."
>
> I believe it was attributed to a woman who ran NASA for a while.  If you
> always run around being afraid of what might happen, you'll never do
> anything.  Any time something goes wrong, there are going to be people who
> are quick to tell you that you screwed up.  Sometimes, s**t just happens.
> You didn't know beforehand those other dogs were mean.  If you knew the
> other dogs were going to be there, AND that they were mean, THEN you'd
have
> been negligent.
>
> I'm glad your dog is going to be OK - our's meet other dogs on the trail
> all the time, and we've been OK so far - thank goodness.
>
>
> David LeBlanc
> dleblanc@mindspring.com
>
>
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