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May 2017
12:24pm, 8 May 2017
4,889 posts
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Wobbling
Did he hlance over his shoulder at you Max, with a look of mixed fear and disappointment?
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May 2017
12:24pm, 8 May 2017
4,890 posts
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Wobbling
Glance even.
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May 2017
12:27pm, 8 May 2017
2,906 posts
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Mazlin
He just looked disgusted.
It's probably because it was from 'Cats', not my singing at all. 
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May 2017
12:28pm, 8 May 2017
6,535 posts
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BaronessBL
That is so not on D2. And of course, despite being under control and on the lead had Indi so much as raised his hackles or snapped at them it wouldn't have been the fault of the yappy snappy dogs. I'm sure you can hear in your mind as well as I can, the sort of things those women might have said in such circumstances and who they might have considered 'at fault'.
Grrrrr indeed .....
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May 2017
2:54pm, 8 May 2017
23,090 posts
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halfpint
I find some people's attitude a bit of a mystery. I'm by no means a perfect dog owner but I try my damnedest to keep ernie under some sort of control. If you know your dog is going to yap and growl at someone else's dog then it should be on the lead when other dogs are around - at least until you get the lay of the land.
We met an interesting chap with a 10 month old shih tzu the other morning. From a distance I could see his dog was on a lead, so I recalled E and got him on his lead. As we approached he got his dog to sit and stay and took the lead off. I spoke as I passed and he engaged in conversation at which point his dog bounced over to see E. I asked if he'd mind me taking E off so they could play - he said not to. He had a real bee in his bonnet about other people not having their dog on a lead basically because his dog can't be trusted off lead and he's worried it goes off in all the excitement. I was a bit bamboozled to be honest. I kept E on lead but it was torture because his dog was so keen to play and kept doing fly pasts of E who really wanted to give chase. I couldn't extricate myself as the man was very keen to chat.
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May 2017
3:08pm, 8 May 2017
4,690 posts
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Helegant
How odd. I wonder what he thinks a lead is for?
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May 2017
3:37pm, 8 May 2017
6,536 posts
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BaronessBL
That's very odd. You sound like you were very polite and restrained hp. I think I'd have been tempted to say that if that was his view he should put his own dog straight back on the lead too - especially if he didn't ask you first if you'd minded it being off the lead given that your dog was on the lead!
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May 2017
3:42pm, 8 May 2017
11,471 posts
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Sharkie
I don't get that at all, it sounds weird. His dog can't be trusted off lead .... so he's off lead?
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May 2017
3:43pm, 8 May 2017
6,537 posts
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BaronessBL
I actually popped into the thread to give an update on Sky the Staffie I mentioned in my blog.
She is a little more comfortable around the rescuer's own dog but they are still keeping them apart in the house for the time being although they are walking them together. She has been to the vet this morning to enquire about being spayed and the vet has confirmed that she has very recently had puppies (which the girl suspected as Sky appeared to be looking for them constantly) so it will be a month or so before that can be done.
A few people in the Staffie facebook group have donated money on a crowdfunding page that she has set up to pay for Sky's treatment and I'm considering (although I'll need to ask the running club as obviously it's not a registered charity or anything) making a donation from the next trail run we are putting on in 2 weeks time if we get a good number of attendees.
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May 2017
3:45pm, 8 May 2017
21,622 posts
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Dave A
There is a woman on our regular walk who has two dogs who always charge other dogs on leads ( Cookie and Phoebe) then tells me her dogs always do that to other dogs on leads.
At some point she'll put hers on a lead.
Luckily we've only started seeing her in the past 6 months or so. If her dogs had charged Phoebe 3 years ago she wouldn't have dogs any more.
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