The stray dogs issue

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It’s a nightmare. I am a new Ather user and whatever I do they start barking and I end up speeding with the dogs chasing me. :sob:

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Dont speed , it will end up in negative situation. Just calm , They are not an alien. Normal Dogs , Just wait few seconds. It worthy

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this is happening with me regularly dog come behind my bike barking when i stop it make u turn, what is the issue with the sound, may be that belt sound dogs dont like

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Last day i had a dog-run late in the evening, while taking my kids on a scooter stroll. I could neither speed up nor stop because of the kids on board. I just kept the steady 24 kmph pace i was on, and the dog backed off after a few meters of chase. Probably got bored or something.

The kids enjoyed the fiasco, though!

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Good kids though, otherwise it would have been a screaming session for you :joy:.

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So once again, who let the dogs out?

My charger bricked and while it is getting fixed, depending on fast chargers. Since better accessible places are down I rely on either French toast, bread world, which are next closest to home.

So there was a pack of dogs resting a few meters away from the bread world vytla charger which rose from their mid-night 4 AM nap in gracious awe to the whee. As usual, one of them started a half-minded bark which turned to be an all out ambush in a second. Two options left:

  1. :zap: away
  2. Stop and charge

I opted for 2 and moved along the pack, which is now starting to chase me. I slowed down because I have to turn to the charger. An autorickshaw follows and has to slow down either because of the dogs or because he’s curious about the outcome. I stop here and the dogs immediately follow behind. Instantly the barking stops. The pack is now confused as about what to do. The crowd disperses.

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Here is where the dogs lay, in the shadowy patch beyond the electric post.

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I wonder if this is a territorial issue. I live in a place with quite a lot of street dogs. ( I have counted to 50 once!). But I never had this problem in the past eight months. They barely even pay attention to me when I am riding. Mine is the first Ather in our neighborhood. . So it’s not like they’re used to it.

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If it was territorial, the pack would have stayed around. But I never got to see them after the incident.

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I’m facing same issues now… every time a dog following up behind the scooter… it get ferocious to bite when it hear bike sound… scared :flushed:

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They are scared about the wheel rotations. So if you see dogs chasing don’t run. Brake and wait. They’ll smell and go away.

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My Broooo :hushed: You are Completely Right and 99.99% of People Throttle up when seeing a Dog :smirk::cold_sweat:

Stoping is the Right Solution :white_check_mark:

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