American Dawgs History

It all began in the fall of 1996 when two men who worked together found out they both had the love of riding motorcycles in common. Jeff, alias "Hound Dawg", and Shawn, alias "Sugar-T" along with their wives, got together on one fall weekend to do a color run. This was the beginning of a friendship that will last through time. During the off-season, Hound and Sugar-T discussed the idea of starting a riding club. This was something both men always wanted to do, but did not want to start one on their own. It was at this time that Hound found another job, and began to meet other riders.

In the spring of 1997, Hound and Sugar-T started riding together more often. Later on in that year Sugar-T invited Hound Dawg out to a pig roast that was being sponsored by one of the other local MC clubs. This is where they met up with a guy by the name of Garry, alias "Paw Dawg", who had retired from the same company that Hound Dawg was currently working for. They started sharing stories about the “good ole days” and discovered their love of music. Paw is a musician and Hound just loves all kinds of music. Paw was thrilled to see that someone else was riding something other than a Harley, that being Sugar-T’s Honda. Hound was riding Ruby, his red Road King. The rest of the day, the three “3” of them spent time getting to know each other.

Hound and Paw lived fairly close to each other, and started riding regularly in the evenings. This is when Hound introduced Paw to Bill, alias "Snoop Dawg". Snoop had just bought his first bike. Hound then introduced Snoop to Sugar-T. And now there were four Dawgs riding the wind. Hound noticed another man riding his Sportster to work and approached him about riding along sometime with the group. Sure enough Tom, alias "Red Dawg", became the next original member, bringing the total to five.

During the next off-season, the five, along with their wives, would meet every other weekend and spend time getting to know each other. That friendship was based on the love of motorcycling. It was during this winter that the Road Dawgs were born. The “original” five, Hound, Sugar-T, Snoop, Paw and Red, all decided to form a bike club. Every other weekend they would all get together and set out for some distant land. Hound had the knack of choosing some great riding destinations, leading the pack down long country roads and winding their way through wooded hills and small country towns. Only to end up at their favorite watering holes. There was no leader and no followers...just some awesome adventures.

Later that year, Sugar-T asked the group if his son Michael, alias "Guard Dawg", could join them. Of course there were no negative responses and Guard Dawg became the sixth member. However Guard Dawg was the only member with out wheels. Too young to drive, he rode on the back with his dad. But Guard gets his name from being too young to go into the bars, so he would sit outside and guard the bikes.

Today the pack continues to grow. We gain new members every year. It was at Guard Dawgs high school graduation, when all the members decided to take a vote on the Road Dawgs becoming a full-fledged MC. We elected officers and appointed enforcers and road captains. We have built the foundation of our organization on the belief that we are a family orientated club. Family comes first, everything else comes next.

In the first six months after becoming organized, the club has made several steps in becoming a very respectable club. All members belong to the national motorcycle rights organization, ABATE and the American Motorcycle Organization, AMA.

The American Dawgs started as a virtual dream in the minds of two bikers. Now the American Dawgs are known all over the state of Ohio and on the World Wide Web. Members have vacationed together at annual biker rallies in Sturgis South Dakota as well as other places. The club will continue to grow and remain “family oriented”. We love to ride and try to get together every weekend even during the off-season. In the winter we plan the next years events and rides. The most important part of being a Dawg is the love of riding. Anyone can own a bike, but that does not make him or her an American Dawg.