Pulling up at a friend's house you are greeted enthusiastically by his dog, which jumps up onto the boot and badly scratches it, the roof and rear wing. Friend was not present to witness this, and is unaware.
Do you:
A - Think nothing of it. Dogs are like that, and the paintwork was not brilliant anyway
B - Give him the bill for a respray, and probably end a valued friendship
C - Mention it to him, emphasise that whilst for yourself it is not that important because of the general condition of the car's paintwork, he ought to be aware in case the dog does the same to a new car or one that has just been expensively restored.
D - Say nothing, claim on the insurance, lose excess and NCB, and make an excuse never to go there again.
Or some combination, or something else?
Anyone any advice? I have done nothing yet, but am annoyed, because I hate dogs and love Triumph 2000s.
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Answer C. Your friend may of course feel guilty about said dog doing damage and offer to try and polish out any of the scratches or make good the damage. One of those coloured waxes may disguise the marks so it may not be expensive to put right.
teabelly
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C - find out how good the friend is.
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A) Life is too short.
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These are my own opinions, and not necessarily those of all Toads.
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Next time you visit, run over the dog.
Shark Ahoy!
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Def C: and get some aversion therapy for the dog!
Maybe Mrs Mark (RLBS) can advise... what is the best way to stop dogs hopping onto cars?
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"what is the best way to stop dogs hopping onto cars"
Buy the tallest 4x4 you can find?
madf
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Given that I saw what she did to the dogs, and all they did was make eyes at the female dogs next door, I really shudder to think what her idea of aversion therapy might be.
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Toad's probably got this one right (A), but I'd think about C too.
This happened to me when visiting my future outlaws some thirty odd years ago. I'd just repsrayed my (then) beloved VW Beetle and the dog "pawed" it down the driver's door. From then on, every time I puled up at their cottage I would blow the horn and drive round and round the barn until future FIL came out to restrain the dog.
With the gross lack of tolerance these days it probably won't be long before your friend's dog damages a really treasured (or valuable) car and he's faced with some serious hostility
Ian Cook
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It's the stench they leave inside cars I can't stomach. Worse than farts and cigars. Just spent Sunday de-stinking and de-hairing the inside of my latest acquisition. Nevertheless, dogs are flesh and blood and cars aren't.
HJ
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The last time we changed our car, from a saloon to an estate, it was mainly to accomodate a dog.
We now have two labradors who go in a cage in the boot. They love it and can't wait to get in.
The cage not only restrains them better than any harness but also keeps them off the seats (particularly essential when they are wet or muddy) and traps any hair.
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It's the stench they leave inside cars I can't stomach. Worse than farts and cigars.
I'm surprised you let the dogs smoke cigars, HJ. :)
However, you're right - there is nothing worse than stench of wet dog - except maybe wet dog which has been rolling in cowpats.
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"- there is nothing worse than stench of wet dog - except maybe wet dog which has been rolling in cowpats"
One of ours prefers fox's poo. MUCH worse than cow pats!
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I come here with a helpful, proven, tip and it gets pulled.
Boo...........
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Years ago when I was a civil servant working for the DoE, I went with a colleague to a farm to inspect some work we had paid for restoring dry stone walls. This farm was also a donkey sanctuary, it was pouring with rain, and the yard was full of liquid donkey excrement. We parked the rental car (a Rover 600 with cream leather), and I opened the rear passenger door to pick up my files. At this point two very filthy sheep dogs jumped into the drivers' seat, and proceeded to leap all over the inside of the car in a truly spectacular fashion. The seats, the carpet, the dashboard, dials, and even the headlining were covered in the smelly stuff, as were my files - I was laughing too much to rescue them. British Car Rentals charged nothing for the valeting, and I was impressed. But I wonder if someone bought that car the next week.
Chris
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Did anyone notice you, when you got home?
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at a local council run sports hall every few weekends the whole hall is taken over by dog owners "showing" their dogs in the hall
seems the council can make more money renting out the hall to dog owners than it can make keeping the kids off the street using it as a sports hall - funny priorities, when did we vote to spend council tax on sports halls so that dog owners can use them
if i was the local youth leaders id be upset at not being able to play badmington etc
anyways, wandering around the car park looking at the cars these people have, its amazing to see how many interiors of even quite expensive new machinary has been ruined by these dogs ,id hate to be the mug who buys one of these second hand
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Had our car attacked by two peacocks once, 'pets' of a relative. They clawed and pecked the side of it. Apparently they see their relection as a threat. Stopped polishing it on the run up to subsequent visits!
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Not entitled to an opinion, eh!
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This is an interesting one. A similar thing happened to me when I had a cheap Escort (the car wasn't much better either :))). An alsation jumped up to me when I had just parked it. The owner was walking it on a lead when it did this and was very embarressed. Probably due to the overall condition of the car he did not stop to see if there was any damage (you would never have noticed if there was anyway).
I suspect your friend would have felt guilty for not exercising proper control over his dog. He may indeed have the hound insured and would therefore be covered for third party damage.
My view would be to mention it to him but don't ask for payment. If he offers - fine.
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