Dogs should really be taught not to jump on cars

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toml

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I drove in to work today, and the next door neighbor was walking his dog without a leash. And you can guess what happened ... yes, the dog ran up and jumped up with his front feet and started pawing on the driver's door. And this dog had nails. The owner called the dog away, and we looked at the damage. I must have 15-20 scratches right around the door handle (one or two on the handle itself). :angry



At least the owner offered to take it to his shop and get it buffed out. Not knowing what kind of shop or the quality of work, I told him I'd try to buff it out myself. Hopefully the PC with a 6" pad and either some Megs 80, 83 or SSR 2.5 will take those scratches down.



I know stuff happens, but this shouldn't have happened. That's twice now that my car has been damaged visibly by someone else. And now I'm looking at several hours of work. And just yesterday, I was thinking how sweet my car really looked ... two coats of CMW really gave it the depth and wetness I was looking for.



Oh well ... this was NOT the occasion I was looking for to get more familiar with SSR 2.5 and 83.
 
:angry I had the same thing happen to me a while ago. The thing that killed me was that the owner was walking the dog on her leash and came over to say "HI". She LET the dog jump up and say"HI".

I guess he thought that was cute! :confused: :angry

Some people just dont get it!
 
Sorry to hear about that...yeah, unruly dogs really :furious: me. It's not hard to teach 'em to stay off vehicles but most people don't really *train* their dogs...
 
atticdog said:
that sux!

take some before and afters so we can see what you can do with a pc
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I'll see what I can do. No digital ...



Kinda jumping forums here ... some of the scratches are between the door handle and the window, and I've got a couple on the handle itself (painted to match the car). My game plan is to use basically half of the 6" pad for the area between the handle and the window and just set the pad on the handle itself to buff out the scratches on the handle. Does that sound like it'll work?
 
toml said:
... My game plan is to use basically half of the 6" pad for the area between the handle and the window...
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You can also try using the edge of the pad for the tight spot between the handle and the window. Just be a little careful and it won't be too risky.
 
Sorry to hear about that. Some people dont really understand how some people feel about their cars. What if we went into their house and chipped their fine china or split red wine on their light carpet. Although it was not intentional, Im sure they knew their dog was a little high strung and should have been leashed. At least they offered to fix the problem they created.
 
Accumulator said:
You can also try using the edge of the pad for the tight spot between the handle and the window. Just be a little careful and it won't be too risky.
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Thanks for the suggestion! I think I'll also tape up part of the window just to be on the safe side. That way, I could have the whole pad on a surface and not have to worry too much about polish slinging off.





Throttlethumb ... yes, at least he did offer to fix the problem. And I do know where to find him if I can't get the scratches out :)
 
Don't even get me started on idiot dog owners. :angry



I see it all the time at the park and my biggest gripe is the morons who walk their dogs on the left instead of the right. And by left, I mean the leash is all the way across the path and is blocking the entire path, or the dog will move out towards passing on oncoming people. If people would walk their dogs on the right, then the dog would have to cross the owner's body to get in anyone's way and the owner would have a much better chance of preventing it. BTW, people who walk with the toddlers on the left are even dumber. Invariably, I'll be skating along at 12-15 mph, announce "passing on the left" and the moronic parents will move to the right and leave their 2-3 year old right in the middle of the path. Unbelieveable! You'd think their first instinct would be their child.



/rant-I do not suffer fools lightly.
 
Scottwax said:
I see it all the time at the park and my biggest gripe is the morons who walk their dogs on the left instead of the right... .
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Well, remember that the normal "heel postion" is on the handler's left side. It took me a while to train my #1 dog to heel on both sides, I was surprised at how much work it required. I never did teach my #2 dog to do it :o But yeah, blocking the path is just rude.
 
Accumulator said:
Well, remember that the normal "heel postion" is on the handler's left side. It took me a while to train my #1 dog to heel on both sides, I was surprised at how much work it required. I never did teach my #2 dog to do it :o But yeah, blocking the path is just rude.
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Maybe but if you are going to walk your dog on a public path, then walking them on the right should be common sense. :idea
 
Scottwax said:
Maybe but if you are going to walk your dog on a public path, then walking them on the right should be common sense. :idea
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I dont have too many problems with dogs. I actually am a dog lover. Although my girlfriend has a black lab that I affectionatly call a Bumpus hound (the dogs from a christmas story). This moron doesnt know how to behave(the dog ...not the gf) I told Mary that her dog has officially enrolled in Hungarian (me) doggie boot camp. I will whip her canine butt into shape. My family used to breed and show champion Siberian huskies so I have had great success in dog training. I can definately say that it is no easy chore to train a husky to compete in obedience. Huskies are natural born runners and dont listen very easily.
 
I would have had heart failure and probally punched the hell out of the dog if that would have happened.





Granted I love dogs but thats bs.



EDIT: Then I'd tell the neighbor to pay up. Take your hourly rate @ work x2 and the amount of time you spent on it, charge em and write a bill of some sort. :furious:
 
Scottwax said:
Maybe but if you are going to walk your dog on a public path, then walking them on the right should be common sense. :idea
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Heh heh, but then "common sense" isn't all that common these days huh? I figure the easy answer is for the dog handler could just step off the path and yield to the other people, which I what I usually do when it's gonna be a tight squeeze. People seem to appreciate that the dogs are out of their way; some folks get sorta :nervous: about passing close to dogs they don't know, especially if they have their kids with them.



This issue (and the matter of people not cleaning up after their dogs) has become such a biggie around here that most of our walking paths forbid dogs period :(
 
Yeah George, the death of common sense and good manners seems to have occured a few years ago. It just stuns me that people let their dogs take a dump right in the middle of the paved path and just leave it. There seems to be only one really conscienscious dog owner I regularly see. His dogs are so well trained he can walk them off the leash and they stay right next to him, even if he loops. He really takes pride in how obedient his dogs (German Shepards) are. In addition, they are very gentle when small kids approach. Too bad he isn't rubbing off on anyone else. I love dogs, I just dislike most of the people who own them. ;)
 
ScottWax- Heh heh, just get me going on my fellow dog owners :rolleyes:



Remembering how you like to rollerblade, I bet the [stuff] on the path just drives you nuts! I'm no public waste service, but I've cleaned up after other people's dogs when I've seen something really awful just left there as I just can't imagine everybody having to go around it for days on end. Not a biggie as I always have the baggies with me anyhow and there's no exuse for people not cleaning up as our park system has a baggie dispenser right there for people who don't bring their own.



If it isn't a big hassle, some time you might compliment the guy with the two GSDs. He reminds me a bit of myself as I take the Beaucerons off-lead to places like that without problems and they know better than to relieve themselves on paths, and they too are incredibly gentle with the kids who always want to pet them. I know I always appreciate it when somebody compliments their behavior (especially the LEOs who are supposed to make me put 'em on lead but never do ;) ) and I bet that guy would too.
 
Accumulator said:
If it isn't a big hassle, some time you might compliment the guy with the two GSDs. He reminds me a bit of myself as I take the Beaucerons off-lead to places like that without problems and they know better than to relieve themselves on paths, and they too are incredibly gentle with the kids who always want to pet them. I know I always appreciate it when somebody compliments their behavior (especially the LEOs who are supposed to make me put 'em on lead but never do ;) ) and I bet that guy would too.
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I talk to him regularly. Really nice guy. I've let him know more than once that I appreciate his well trained dogs. Absolutely beautiful dogs too. BTW, he despises those who don't properly train their dogs either.
 
ScottWax- Cool, I should've known you'd have spoken with him. Now if others would just follow his example...



More on-topic, I wonder how well Autopians have done at getting their dogs trained to behave around vehicles. I've always had a beater to train them with, and I keep their nails really short anyhow. Our standard "make friends" procedure involves having the dogs meet new people *at the vehicle* (as opposed to waiting until they get to the door) so they have to be good about this. Sometimes when they're *really* curious they'll stand up on their hind legs to see in the windows, but they never actually touch the vehicle.
 
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