Hi folks,
Murphy is now 17 weeks old and in his 2nd week of kennel club training and is picking things up very quickly.
We have started to take him to a local woods which is very popular with dog walkers, although it’s still a short walk for Murphy we still bump in to other dog walkers and the majority are friendly and responsible, unfortunately we have had 2 run ins in 3 days.
Friday a lady was walking 3 dogs put 2 on the lead as we approached each other but left the 3rd off ( a black Labrador 5 years old) at 20 feet away she says he’s alright and that’s what yours will be look like in four years, the lab comes within 2 feet and goes for Murphy showing teeth and growling luckily I got there 1st. And told the woman if you can not control your dog keep him on the lead, in which she replies he’s only like that with younger dogs ��*♂
We have just got back in the house where 4 dogs were barking and bounded towards Murphy( 1 was a Labrador other 3 a right mix and match of large dogs) I quickly scooped Murphy up and as they was jumping up me I yelled to the owner to call his dogs back ( who was a minimum of 100 feet away) who replied don’t pick your dog he needs to socialise, once again I replied if you can’t control your dogs keep them on a lead.
Why do people automatically think because you have a puppy it’s your 1st ever dog! Murphy was not phased by any of this an continued on his walk happy as can be
I guess the question is what is the correct thing to do in this situation, I don’t want a bad experience to have a bad lasting influence on Murphy, yet I don’t want to do the wrong thing.
Also if the worst does happen how do you protect your dog
Thanks Mark.
Murphy is now 17 weeks old and in his 2nd week of kennel club training and is picking things up very quickly.
We have started to take him to a local woods which is very popular with dog walkers, although it’s still a short walk for Murphy we still bump in to other dog walkers and the majority are friendly and responsible, unfortunately we have had 2 run ins in 3 days.
Friday a lady was walking 3 dogs put 2 on the lead as we approached each other but left the 3rd off ( a black Labrador 5 years old) at 20 feet away she says he’s alright and that’s what yours will be look like in four years, the lab comes within 2 feet and goes for Murphy showing teeth and growling luckily I got there 1st. And told the woman if you can not control your dog keep him on the lead, in which she replies he’s only like that with younger dogs ��*♂
We have just got back in the house where 4 dogs were barking and bounded towards Murphy( 1 was a Labrador other 3 a right mix and match of large dogs) I quickly scooped Murphy up and as they was jumping up me I yelled to the owner to call his dogs back ( who was a minimum of 100 feet away) who replied don’t pick your dog he needs to socialise, once again I replied if you can’t control your dogs keep them on a lead.
Why do people automatically think because you have a puppy it’s your 1st ever dog! Murphy was not phased by any of this an continued on his walk happy as can be
I guess the question is what is the correct thing to do in this situation, I don’t want a bad experience to have a bad lasting influence on Murphy, yet I don’t want to do the wrong thing.
Also if the worst does happen how do you protect your dog
Thanks Mark.