160 pound bike lock for A. Homer Hilsen

[Doug Williams]

All new Rivendell owners worry about bike theft. Here is my solution: the 160 pound bike lock. A biological lock, the would be thief must pass simultaneous visual, auditory, and olfactory tests in order to gain access to my new A. Homer Hilsen. Failure to pass a test would result in...well, it won't be pretty.

Doug

[Deacon Patrick]

With the welcome mat, there is a wee bit of a mixed message! Grin.

With abandon,

Patrick

[Eric Norris]

Does your dog like steak?

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[Bill Lindsay]

That sweetheart would just lick my face.  Who are you trying to kid?

[Doug Williams]

Been tried…doesn’t work. Yes, he likes steak, but Tibetan Mastiffs won’t accept food from strangers. Really…no BS. They just won’t accept treats from people they don’t know and trust. I have had several “new friends” test this. Breed instinct. They were selectively breed to be guardians and any dog not passing this obvious test (come on now, very old trick) was not selected for breeding.

 

So no, you can’t get a Rivendell for the price of a steak or other form of dog bribery.  J

 

Doug

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[Doug Williams]

If you met him on the street, sure. But at his door...forget it. Again, that instinct thing. Tibetan Mastiffs were breed to be threshold guardians.

[David Hallerman]

Beautiful dog.

Two of my lifetime "three favorite things" -- dogs and bicycles.

On 5/21/15 8:04 PM, Doug Williams wrote:

All new Rivendell owners worry about bike theft. Here is my solution: the 160 pound bike lock. A biological lock, the would be thief must pass simultaneous visual, auditory, and olfactory tests in order to gain access to my new A. Homer Hilsen. Failure to pass a test would result in...well, it won't be pretty.

Doug

[Eunice Chang]

What about prey instinct? What would happen if I unleashed squirrels and bunnies?

-E. (who does not need a Homer, having one of her own, but is curious about Tibetan mastiffs and if they also come with their own vacuum cleaner)

[Jon Dukeman in the foothills of Colorado]

Guess your next purchase will be bike trailer to take your 160lb bike lock with you.:)

What a beautiful Dog. 

[ascpgh]

That doormat is bait, right?

Andy Cheatham

Pittsburgh

[bo richardson]

if i had a puppy which would grow up with such a luxuriant coat
i would name it "Dyson" after the vacuum cleaner

[dougP]

Bike lock?  That looks like a "whole house mobile security system!" 

dougP

On Thursday, May 21, 2015 at 5:04:26 PM UTC-7, Doug Williams wrote:

[Lungimsam]

Caption for the bike/dog pic:

"You toucha my bike, I breaka you face."

Remember that commercial from the 70's? 

[Lungimsam]

Here is a funny video of a dog guarding the owner's bike, and then climbing up onto the rack to ride off with the owner.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HB-DKO1Xmk

[Peter Adler]

Yeah, but it's a golden retriever - it wouldn't rough up a thief, it'd just lick the thief's face.

And that guy really needs to raise his saddle+bars before he wrecks his knees.

Peter 'the voice of sarcastic cynicism" Adler

Berkeley, CA/USA

[Lungimsam]

That's interesting. My wife is from China, and I see a lot of people there pedal with the saddles "too low" compared to our western ideas. She has several relatives who have ridden for years that way and their knees are fine, she says, so maybe we westerners are doing something wrong. 

[Philip Williamson]

I love your dog! My dog is a super sweetie... once she sees the family welcome you. Otherwise... None. Shall. Pass. 

Philip

www.biketinker.com

[grrlyrida]

I was just going to ask if that's a Tibetan Mastiff. I have a quirky Tibetan Terrier that was raised around Tibetan Mastiffs and like all Tibetan dogs she's suspicious of folks she doesn't know. Her breed was the watchdog at the monastery. They would walk back and forth on the monastery walls barking at suspected evil-doers. Unfortunately this extends to the suspected evil-doer dogs and owners that walk down my street. They love to bark.