I was surprised to see the dog thread pop up again too.

You can read my dog-encounter story here

I should mention that I am a huge dog-lover and a Cattle Dog owner as well.

I don't really care about the intent of the dog who took me down; I only know that my bike and my body were damaged.

So far the owner is looking at a tab of at least $600 US. More if he or his insurance company fight the bill and we go to court.

Getting off (so far) only paying for damaged tires is lucky .

If your dog takes down and damages a full XTR rig, you could easily be looking at a bill of thousands of dollars. If your dog should ever injure a rider (even just "playing") your tab could skyrocket to five or six figures. Your premiums will go through the roof....

Wouldn't you really rather save the cash for bike chi-chi's???

Not flaming, just being practical as usual