Do your dogs challenge the lawnmower??

**Pam** · 07-27-2005, 03:55 PM

Par your story points up just how quickly freak accidents can happen. For that reason my dogs are inside when mowing is being done. Years ago a friend of mine told me a very sad story. Her brother had been mowing the lawn and a stone flew out from under the mower, hit the pole on their cyclone fencing and ricocheted back into his eye. It cost him his sight. I know those kind of things are freaky but they do happen.

My two each behave differently around the vacuum cleaner. Bella pays it no attention at all. Ripley often tries to bite at the light and barks. LOL!

**Chilli** · 07-27-2005, 03:55 PM

We usually don't have the dogs outside, mainly because they like to pester anyone who is walking around the neighborhood. Frisk is just fine with it, we have both a riding and a push mower. I'm only allowed to use the riding lawnmower because I am banned from the push because of what I did with it last time.. Anyway, Frisk always wants to get in my lap and ride with me on the lawnmower, he loves it!

We have never had Ethan out while we were mowing, but he would most likely be terrified of the noise.

**JenBKR** · 07-27-2005, 03:56 PM

Originally posted by ParNone
No, I don't mow with mine outside anymore. I use to when Murph and Maddie were younger, because they'd just hang out on the patio, out of harms way. Or so I thought.

One day I mowed over a rubber red ball, that I hadn't seen, when picking up their toys in the yard. It went flying out of the mower at warp speed. I had just enough time to notice Murph ducking as it went over his head, before I had to hit the dirt too. Because after it sailed over his head, it ricocheted off the house and headed straight for me. Just missed me.

If it had hit Murph, it probably would have killed him, so no more mowing with the dogs outside for me.

Par...

Aaah that's scary!