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First incident today
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Qwerty Dub wrote: »Cheers for the reply. Like i said above, i totally understand that someone doesnt know my dog at all, but she is a Labrador pup and not even 1yr old. She really isnt that big. Small enough for her age to be honest.
Anyway my issue was not with him picking up his dog. My issue is that my dog never even went near him, just in his general direction and yet he felt the need to throw me a dirty look because HE felt he had to pick up his dog.
If he wants to pick his dog up then go ahead. But dont throw me a dirty look because my pup is curious and sniffing about the place no more than 20ft from me at anytime.
What does he expect in a public park where 90% of dogs are off lead. Id say he spends more time carrying it than walking it. Maybe he should get himself a carrier for his back or a pram perhaps. :-)
Well that guy’s behaviour is just stupid, in a pet shop in blanchardstown SC they actually sell prams for dogs!! :pac: Maybe he should invest if that’s his attitude.
He’s actually harming his dog and instilling fear in it by not allowing it to interact with other dogs. It’s so important for dogs to be socialised from as early as possible. Once a dog shows that its friendly and just wants to have a sniff or play I’ve no problem letting her interact. But unfortunately there are always a couple of brats.
I agree that if you don’t want your dogs around unleashed dogs then don’t go to an area with lots of them. Right behind my house at the same time every night a group of people meet up to allow there dogs to play, a couple of them are aggressive and there owner have zero control over them…I just don’t walk there at that time. Simples
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Well that guy’s behaviour is just stupid, in a pet shop in blanchardstown SC they actually sell prams for dogs!! :pac: Maybe he should invest if that’s his attitude.
He’s actually harming his dog and instilling fear in it by not allowing it to interact with other dogs. It’s so important for dogs to be socialised from as early as possible. Once a dog shows that its friendly and just wants to have a sniff or play I’ve no problem letting her interact. But unfortunately there are always a couple of brats.
I agree that if you don’t want your dogs around unleashed dogs then don’t go to an area with lots of them. Right behind my house at the same time every night a group of people meet up to allow there dogs to play, a couple of them are aggressive and there owner have zero control over them…I just don’t walk there at that time. Simples
Wouldnt mind but my Lab would be more afraid of the Yorkshire Terrier Id say. She will approach pretty much any dog with the exception of pitbull, german shephard or akita type dogs. She gets so far and just stops and says 'nah not going there'. But even if she does approach another dog the head is straight down and tail between the legs, regardless of the size. After a few seconds she is fine and will run around and play away, but initially she is submissive. Such a coward :-)
She has been well socialised from an early age and often attends Positve Dog Training and mixes with 20+ dogs at the same time of all kinds of breeds for 10 or 11hrs with no problem. Maybe it will pass but my friend has a lab and the dogs have spent nights together and get on really well and she will be so excited to see the other lab, but as soon as you let her out to her again the head goes down and tail between the legs. Bar that initial few seconds she would not be shy or nervous at all. Strange.0 -
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Qwerty Dub wrote: »Wouldnt mind but my Lab would be more afraid of the Yorkshire Terrier Id say. She will approach pretty much any dog with the exception of pitbull, german shephard or akita type dogs. She gets so far and just stops and says 'nah not going there'. But even if she does approach another dog the head is straight down and tail between the legs, regardless of the size. After a few seconds she is fine and will run around and play away, but initially she is submissive. Such a coward :-)
She has been well socialised from an early age and often attends Positve Dog Training and mixes with 20+ dogs at the same time of all kinds of breeds for 10 or 11hrs with no problem. Maybe it will pass but my friend has a lab and the dogs have spent nights together and get on really well and she will be so excited to see the other lab, but as soon as you let her out to her again the head goes down and tail between the legs. Bar that initial few seconds she would not be shy or nervous at all. Strange.
Mine does the same thing, even though she may have meet the same dog before, her inital reaction is to shy for a minute or two. I think its a sign of there age, with time they'll become more confidant 0 -
Mine does the same thing, even though she may have meet the same dog before, her inital reaction is to shy for a minute or two. I think its a sign of there age, with time they'll become more confidant
Hopefully anyway. Bar pulling on the lead a tad and being distracted when in public a bit for commands she is brilliant. I never had a dog growing up so she was my first. I put a but of work in with her at the start and its paid off. She has really calmed down and is very clever to the point where she knows the different rooms in the house and if i ask for a specific toy she will leave the room and come back with it.
She is very mannerly at home. She wont touch her food until she is told and can put treats on her paws and she wont touch them until shes told but just when outside it can be hard to get her attention at times. Its a real 'Im doing my own thing, leave me be' type attitude at times.
Last week there was a baby in the park. Can only assume it was around 1 because the child was holding the pram and barely able to walk. Pup goes over to say hi and the child lets go of the pram and unsteadily walks towards the dog and places her hands on each side of the dogs face and touches noses. Pup just sits down real calm and until the child trots off. From 20ft away I could only watch. Didnt wanna call the dog in case she knocked the child over. The mother was standing there and didnt mind at all saying "say hello to the doggy". Now i trust my dog 100% but the mother had never seen her before. Dont think I would be as trusting. In saying that I was quite happy with how Pup reacted. That was her first time dealing with a child so young in such close quarters.0 -
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Qwerty Dub wrote: »Hopefully anyway. Bar pulling on the lead a tad and being distracted when in public a bit for commands she is brilliant. I never had a dog growing up so she was my first. I put a but of work in with her at the start and its paid off. She has really calmed down and is very clever to the point where she knows the different rooms in the house and if i ask for a specific toy she will leave the room and come back with it.
She is very mannerly at home. She wont touch her food until she is told and can put treats on her paws and she wont touch them until shes told but just when outside it can be hard to get her attention at times. Its a real 'Im doing my own thing, leave me be' type attitude at times.
Last week there was a baby in the park. Can only assume it was around 1 because the child was holding the pram and barely able to walk. Pup goes over to say hi and the child lets go of the pram and unsteadily walks towards the dog and places her hands on each side of the dogs face and touches noses. Pup just sits down real calm and until the child trots off. From 20ft away I could only watch. Didnt wanna call the dog in case she knocked the child over. The mother was standing there and didnt mind at all saying "say hello to the doggy". Now i trust my dog 100% but the mother had never seen her before. Dont think I would be as trusting. In saying that I was quite happy with how Pup reacted. That was her first time dealing with a child so young in such close quarters.
Sounds like you have a very good natured dog 0 -
SIGH got read the riot act in the park there. My friends über-placid dog barked at somebody as we were walking by them and ran off and then my guy barked too but she freaked out so he started running around her barking and playbowing etc Grabbed him and apologised by she kept giving out and I eventually snapped...which I DO regret but FFS it was like she had a speech ready about bad dog owners (which makes me assume dogs bark at her a lot) and I put in so much time training him and not having him go near people because he's big in their eyes and they might be afriad etc etc so I don't think I'm a crappy irresponsible owner! Told me it wasn't a nice attitude to have as I was walking away ..told her they were clearly picking up on her vibes and knew well she didn't like dogs and that he was barking at her because she was shouting the odds at me...then I walked away ignoring whatever she was saying.
GAH! At least the other dog barked too or I'd be stressing about my guy being a stress head - like his mammy lol!!!
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I thought it was a requirement in all parks (unless specified lead-free) to keep your dog on a lead. Am I incorrect?
Yes you're incorrect. It's a requirement that you keep your dog under control (except in cases where you have a RB). Seems people have different feelings on what "under control" means though. 0 -
Yes you're incorrect. It's a requirement that you keep your dog under control (except in cases where you have a RB). Seems people have different feelings on what "under control" means though.
Fair enough. My local parks (SDCC) all have signs for dogs must be kept on leash. I presumed it was thus generally.0
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