Rude Dog Owners

dandog · Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 4:32 pm Post subject:

I'm lucky in the woodlands I walk in - I generally come across really nice people and dogs and Dan always says hello to the other dogs and comes back to me when I call him once he's said his hellos. There is one lady who walks where I do who has two dogs and one always on the lead. It is obviously really agressive as she has a struggle hanging on to it when it sees another dog in its vicinity. If I see her coming, I always get Dan on a lead as I feel it isn't fair to her struggling to hang on to a big dog as she is keeping her dog under control as its obviously bad with other dogs. I actually put him on a lead anyway if I see someone approaching with their dog on a lead as I feel there must be a reason and it wouldn't be fair if he charged over and it caused trouble.

He has been attacked twice - for no reason, the dogs came at him. Once by a greyhound and once by a chocolate lab (quite badly attacked). Our nightmare came true the other day when they both came round the corner together (being walked together by their owners), no leads and just homed in on him one after the other. I was yelling at the greyhound who had Dan pinned to the ground by his throat and almost hit it over the head with my stick (carried to ward off snakes and potential rapists and vicious greyhounds!) Once that had finished the ruddy lab came in. I was so furious - the man with the chocolate lab apologised (again!) but the lady with the greyhound did nothing and just kept telling me to walk on! Everytime Dan managed to get free and follow me, the bloody thing came at him again! It makes me mad that if your dog is aggressive with other dogs you should have it under control.

Am I ranting? I think I am! Time to go home I think!

doublep · Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 4:59 pm Post subject:

I do feel for you as Jamu is the same, being a friendly chap. As for the person who kicked that dog, he would be 6 feet under if he kicked Jamu. Treat people and animals how you will like to be treated yourself. I'm affraid to say I fight fire with fire. I have come close on a couple of times and I suggest you take no **** off people. At the end of the day they own a dog too so they should know what its like. There are alot of nasty people out there too, including dog owners. Anything should be reported to the police or rspca.

cheers paul

jetjinx · Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 7:52 pm Post subject: double trouble

I get the same problem with my two, both over friendly but will listen when called.

my partner took them for a walk the other day to the field, (both bitches) and there was alady there with a st bernard, she started yelling abuse at my partner telling her to keep them away as hers was in season, obviously not knowing the labs were bitches my patner explained but the lady was still abusive saying get them away as mine is in season...

Dont think the lady quite gets the grips of bitches and dogs.

she started to abuse my partner then at the same time.

my patner politly told her to read about the birds and the beas

homerk · Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 8:32 am Post subject:

I totally agree that some people show no consideration whatsoever - however on a lighter note ... in the days BF (Before Finn!) we borrowed my parents' three dogs every weekend (lab, plus 2 x-breed rescues) to walk (we still do now, but they don't understand the 'puppy length' walks they get with Finn). There is a greyhound in the village that should be muzzled as it killed a friend's cat and is generally very aggro. We were walking along the river bank, this dog was on the lane above - off the lead and unmuzzled Twisted Evil

- from a distance it saw Buster (JR cross) and charged down the bank at him growling and barking (owner ignoring it!). What the greyhound didn't see were our two bigger boys behind the hedge! They promptly leapt out in defence of their pal - I've never seen a dog double back so fast Laughing

Of course - the owner still made no attempt to reign in her dog - just ignored the whole situation. But, at least nothing serious happened, bar a case of hurt pride for the greyhound.

Jodie

labsallowed · Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2005 8:26 pm Post subject:

Hi

I thought it was only me who encountered rude and abusive people whilst dog walking. I thought I was getting totally paranoid and irrational about it. My 2 Jack and Henry are friendly chaps, both from recue who we have taken great pains to socialise particularly Jack who was unused to people, dogs, toys, love blah, blah, blah. I'm always careful to keep them under control whilst out, but obviously let them run free in appropriate places where we live. The other day 2 women with a pushchair, a small child and a dog on its lead were walking towards me. I put my 2 on the lead immediately, even though there were under control walking to heel, but you never know if they take it into the heads to toddle over and say hello. The older woman brandished a large stick and started shouted at me that they had wanted to walk down the lane and now they couldn't because I was there!! I said my 2 were on the lead and what was the problem but they turned around saying I had ruined their walk and they had to go home. Hello - did I miss something? This is just one of many examples. We just want a nice walk and to mind our own business, but theres no accounting for other people obviously. Mad

maxenergy · Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 1:51 pm Post subject:

Max is my 2nd rescue dog (a black lab) but before him we had Bess a collie cross who I only had for 7 months before I found out she had a tumour. I have never been able - so far - to walk my dogs off lead as Bess would bark at other dogs and Max is still adjusting to his new environment. I did however encounter many people who would insist on taking their dogs out off lead when quite clearly they should have been kept on, if not muzzled!

We had a Boxer come bounding up to us recently and instantly bite Bess on the face, the owner, also attached to a buggy and a toddler did put the dog on a lead and apologise but I was so mad I just ignored her and walked away.

On another note re Jetjinx's msg - Why would you take a bitch out for a walk around the neighbourhood if she is in season? We always kept our close. Or is it just me?!

Labshack · Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 8:00 pm Post subject:

When I take my dogs out together I try to go places where there is unlikely to be other dogs, purely because when Winston was a pup he was attacked and he has the mentality now to show a great deal of bravado when other dogs come near him (He is a lot better now through lots of behaviour training, and I mean A LOT! almost 2 years constant now) I always keep them on leads despite the fact they are pretty well trained on their recall just in case another dog suddenly comes round the corner. I'm afraid though I would actually be quite rude if a dog off the lead came bouncing up to Winston ignoring all attempts by the owner to recall. This would probably set him back by a couple of months in his behaviour training and also cost me £££'s more getting him back to his previous standard.

Of course I would never kick or harm a dog for coming to say hello, I just thought I should put down why I would be rude.