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Can anyone explain to me why he stopped? I would have just maybe whistled, said sit, piss off .. whatever... and Oh i dunno .. kept fucking riding on.

No need to stop and scream. Just gtfo
 
This is what I think happened.

The cyclist approached the dog's territory and naturally, one dog sees the man, then starts to bark just to alert the pack and every other dog comes to see who it is. I don't think they were ready to just bite and maul the guy right from the get go. Once the cyclist saw the dogs approaching him he started yelling at them and displayed his own aggressive behaviour towards the dogs. This would have threatened some of them, making the situation worse. If the cyclist had remained calm, I think the dogs would continue to bark, but some of the more aggressive behaviour you can see from some dogs may have been toned down.

Of course, I think most people are going to freak out when there's a huge pack of dogs running towards you, surrounding you and barking. But I think initially the dogs just saw a stranger and them barking was just trying to let their owner(s) know that there's someone around. I can't say I really blame the cyclist for reacting the way he did, I'd be pretty nervous and frightened in that situation too. It would just catch you off guard.

The owners are complete morons though, get the fuck out of here blaming the cyclist. It's a public road. The sheep nonsense is hilarious too.
 
Eppy Thatcher said:
Can anyone explain to me why he stopped? I would have just maybe whistled, said sit, piss off .. whatever... and Oh i dunno .. kept fucking riding on.

No need to stop and scream. Just gtfo
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I'm 99% sure he has ridden through there before, and just wanted to make a youtube video of all these dogs "attacking" him.
 
marrec said:
I know dogs and I'd still have been scared. You're downplaying this incident but the cyclist cannot be blamed for reacting the way he did to the farmers. If they'd gotten in their mind, those dogs could have easily killed him.
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Except that most dogs aren't killers, even if they have the physical ability for it. And those obviously were not.
I'm sorry but if you see any trace of danger in said situation, you don't know dogs. You may have met dogs, had (bad) experience with them, but you don't know them. Dogs can indeed be dangerous in some situations, but that wasn't one of them.
 
Alx said:
Except that most dogs aren't killers, even if they have the physical ability for it. And those obviously were not.
I'm sorry but if you see any trace of danger in said situation, you don't know dogs. You may have met dogs, had (bad) experience with them, but you don't know them. Dogs can indeed be dangerous in some situations, but that wasn't one of them.
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No, I know dogs, you are incorrect.

No, this situation turned out okay for the cyclist and those dogs probably didn't have it in mind to hurt him, but how the fuck would he know that. All he sees is a pack of angry dogs. I'm not trying to place blame on the dogs here, I'm saying the farmers are idiots for letting their dogs roam.

The only bad experiences I've had with dogs are from idiots who either keep the poor things on leashes in their front yards 24/7 or let them roam free with no immediate human interaction.
 
marrec said:
No, this situation turned out okay for the cyclist and those dogs probably didn't have it in mind to hurt him, but how the fuck would he know that. All he sees is a pack of angry dogs.
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That's what someone who doesn't know dogs would see. Someone else would see dogs being dogs, and doing their job.
 
Alx said:
That's what someone who doesn't know dogs would see. Someone else would see dogs being dogs, and doing their job.
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They shouldn't be doing that on a public road. Especially not when several of them are snarling and looking ready to attack.

Flo_Evans said:
LOL maybe if you are a baby or 80+ years old http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_dog_attacks_in_the_United_States
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Uhh, many of those people don't fall into those categories. An average sized adult human can easily be killed by a dog and if you're saying otherwise...well I'm sorry but you don't know what the hell you're talking about if you think otherwise.
 
Alx said:
That's what someone who doesn't know dogs would see. Someone else would see dogs being dogs, and doing their job.
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That's what someone who doesn't know dogs would say about someone they think doesn't know dogs.

It's obvious what's going on here.
 
Dogs in this situation are tricky because if you stop, you get what happened in the video. If you ride through, the dogs are almost guaranteed to chase. And when dogs are threatening and seemingly about to attack, turning to run is the best way to get them to attack you. It's lose-lose.

Also, the dogs blocked his way through. Did some of you not notice that they were encircling him immediately? 20 of them? And some of them were snarling, obviously not ready to play the "come here and pet me" game. The wanna-be badasses here who say they'd just ride through or ignore the dogs are talking out of their asses. You guys must be trolling cause you're bored at work or something, surely.
 
And besides, what if someone actually did have a child with them on that road? It's a public road. Those dogs shouldn't be there.
 
Valnen said:
And besides, what if someone actually did have a child with them on that road? It's a public road. Those dogs shouldn't be there.
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Obviously the best course is to first send the child to go play with the 20 nice, snarling, barking dogs. Since they're just curious and want to play.

Edit: And someone mentioned earlier that theres no difference if a man or a woman were put into this situation. There is. Not only regarding physical strength to defend oneself, but because many animals have a gender bias, whether it's about playing, barking, cuddling, or fighting. Both to others of the same species and to humans.
 
dokish said:
ONE MILLION SHEEPS.
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That's the dream, anyway...that's the dream...

sheep+on+the+road.jpg
 
FunkyMunkey said:
Also, the dogs blocked his way through. Did some of you not notice that they were encircling him immediately? 20 of them?
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Of course, they're herding dogs.

FunkyMunkey said:
And some of them were snarling, obviously not ready to play the "come here and pet me" game.
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Honestly, I watched the part with the dogs several times, and didn't notice any snarling one. And dogs are not to be played with and pet when you're not part of their "family". Dogs are dogs, not plushes, and they spend most of their time protecting their territory.
 
And besides, what if someone actually did have a child with them on that road? It's a public road. Those dogs shouldn't be there.
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Survival of the fittest.

But seriously: Those are freaking sheep dogs...They will not eat any women or children or cyclist(which is too bad, one less cyclist wouldn't hurt. I bet he even wore one of those ridiculous looking pink or yellow shirts*).

Reminds of the story (posted on GAF) where an entire town was living in fear of badgers (or was it racoons?) that apparently had nothing better to do than attacking runners for fun.

*disclaimer: I'm just kidding. Even cyclist shouldn't be eaten by sheep dogs. They probably taste awful anyway.

Of course, they're herding dogs.
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ahahha
 
Flo_Evans said:
Seems like a hyper sensitive bike riding weenie to me.

You're on a bike... you cant outrun dogs?

edit: your
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I can't tell if some of you are serious with these idiotic posts or just trolling. Either way, please stop it.
 
I think what we all can learn from this video is that you shouldn't leave your 25 dogs by themselves and that when you see a bunch of dogs you shouldn't start screaming and throwing your bike around like a mad man.
 
okdakor said:
It's obvious that you're terrified by dogs. It's not a bad thing, it happens, but please stop saying that you know dogs when you're sure that these ones were going to rip the guy's throat...
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I think you both are reading a little too much into each others' posts. Marrec is not terrified of dogs.
 
Flo_Evans said:
I can't either.

Oh no some dogs. Let me wet my pants. Or just go about my day. Tough choice.
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They were snarling, barking dogs on a public road. That is unacceptable. Period. I like how you didn't even properly address my point that dogs like those can easily kill people and your own link even proves as much. I think it's safe to say you're trolling at this point.
 
The dogs were just protecting their area and alerting the leader (owner). As soon as he arrived the dogs quickly relaxed. It is natural for these dogs to circle as they are bred to herd animals.
 
GaryD said:
The dogs were just protecting their area and alerting the leader (owner). As soon as he arrived the dogs quickly relaxed. It is natural for these dogs to circle as they are bred to herd animals.
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If the dogs consider the public road "theirs", those owners have fucked up.
 
Alx said:
Except that most dogs aren't killers, even if they have the physical ability for it. And those obviously were not.
I'm sorry but if you see any trace of danger in said situation, you don't know dogs. You may have met dogs, had (bad) experience with them, but you don't know them. Dogs can indeed be dangerous in some situations, but that wasn't one of them.
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Biggest load of shit I've read on here. Dogs are domesticated now, sure, but get a few of them in a pack, and they will revert to their wild selves and tear shit up if they can get away with it.
 
Valnen said:
They were snarling, barking dogs on a public road. That is unacceptable. Period.
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A "public" road out in the middle of nowhere next to a sheep farm. I ride my bike (motorcycle) all the time in such areas, random dogs are a fact of life. The dogs have just as much a right to be on a public road as a biker.

I worry more about other humans who are heavily armed that some silly dogs.
 
I am terrified of dogs I have to cross the street sometimes if I see an evil/large looking one coming towards me. I'm also allergic to their fur, so yeah.
 
Oh man, flashback to a time in Mexico when I was suddenly surrounded by 8 dogs. Fortunately there were some sizable stones at my feet and they seemed to well understand what I could do with them. That's when I started carrying a knife, even though that's just a desperate hope.
 
Honestly, I thought this was adorable. Over twenty incensed dogs instantly quieted the second their owners arrived. So cyute.


Oh, yeah - he almost was torn to shreds.


Still cyute.
 
Wow what a pussy.
At least these dogs were domesticated.
I was once chased by a pack of 10 wild, stray dogs.
I had to climb a high pile of rocks and wait over an hour for them to move on.
It was no biggie.
I just played some tunes and chilled.

I shit myself, scariest moment of my adult life for sure!
 
The cyclist had every right to be pissed. 25 snarling, barking dogs running up on you out of nowhere will freak anyone out. Anyone who say they wouldn't be scared and/or pissed if they were in the cyclist's situation is lying.
 
THIS FUCKING FARMER "Don't yell at me, I saved your life"

After endangering it by letting your dogs loose? He just admitted the danger with that line.
 
I can understand the guy freaking out like that. The dogs however aren't showing any real signs of being aggressive though. Yeah, lots of barking but it was far from aggressive.
 
GaryD said:
When you live in the country often no ones dog has a fence. The dogs in the video aren't pets either, their farming tools.
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Doesn't matter what you call them, the farmer still has a responsibility to make sure his dogs can't attack people on a public road.
 
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