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18-04-2019, 09:24 AM
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Re: Dogs on leads whilst out walking

Originally Posted by Bratti ->
Good luck to you Margaret.
I love when threads like this actually become helpful to others
Thank you Bratti - I'll give it a try and report back in a few weeks.
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18-04-2019, 09:28 AM
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Re: Dogs on leads whilst out walking

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i'm afraid i think there is a little more to it than just knowing your dog, because no matter how well you know yours, you don't know a darn thing about the other dog!
This is precisely what we are on about.

Some may not want a strange dog wandering over, whether he is well behaved or not.
For example, you can get someone with a 'reactive' dog, that hates other dogs, and so the owners try to keep their dog out of people's way, or walk in quieter places to avoid other dogs, and someone else thinking their dog is well mannered doesn't help the unsociable one one iota.

I remember once i had a bitch in season who was climbing the walls for a good run, and in the end i took her out across the fields to what i thought was miles away from anyone else, so she could stretch her legs. Guess what?
A well meaning dog owner thought it would be nice for his dog to come and play! Fortunately mine had an excellent recall.
You would think the fact that i had called mine and slipped her lead on quick would have sent a message to the bloke - but no.
His dog being 'well behaved', didn't stop him wanting to hump my girl!
I was furious, because we had deliberately tried to keep away well out the way.

So this is why i say it is not all about your dog. There are two dogs involved here, not just yours.

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talking of pat dogs, many are happy to receive a visit from these lovely dogs, but it was only recently i realised all the paperwork involved with doing these visits to places.
Nor that the dogs owner has to wear a photo id at all times.
I fully understand the need for the crb checks though.

Do you mind me asking whether he was registered before you rehomed him, or if you had his assessed done yourself?
Is it done in one visit, or several?

I was fussing an enormous newfoundland pat dog at the local hospital recently, he was the size of a donkey and such a beautiful boy.
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18-04-2019, 09:55 AM
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I was very interested in reading this thread as it does impact on me at the moment.
Unfortunately the dogs I am looking after at the moment as not very well behaved as they have not been socialised properly by my daughter and her ex partner which I am annoyed about, but I have also been told that my life is being made harder by the fact I am trying to control two barking, growling little terriers who are just egging each other on. To be honest taking them out now is an absolute nightmare.

What really annoys me is that I walk them on their short leads and even pull them to one side and found that if I just show them the water plant spray bottle I carry, they stay quiet to allow other dog owners to pass me without problems.
However other owners don't care to even call their dogs away never mind put them on a lead and I end up with two frightened little dogs squirming round my legs trying to get away from these loose dogs.
I even had one idiot who despite seeing that I was struggling extended his extension lead to let his dog get nearer as he saw me struggling and thought it was funny.

I never let any of my previous dogs bother other people or their dogs and put them on leads when I saw other people using leads.

There seem to be so many bad owners out there these days and they are not cleaning up after their dogs either.
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18-04-2019, 12:43 PM
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Re: Dogs on leads whilst out walking

Teddy was attacked recently while off the lead. He was minding his own business but a large and curious young samoyed insisted on a stand off and interaction. The samoyed came from quite a distance and was not obeying his owner.

All was well with bottom sniffing until he tried to dominate Teddy who does not take well to that being quite dominant himself. The owner hopefully learned a lesson because I told him he should keep his dog on a lead and I saw later that he had obliged.

I keep Teddy away from dogs because he doesn't like to be bossed about but some owners want him to come play because he is so cute. It's frustrating because they don't always understand the psychology.
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Re: Dogs on leads whilst out walking

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Teddy was attacked recently while off the lead. He was minding his own business but a large and curious young samoyed insisted on a stand off and interaction. The samoyed came from quite a distance and was not obeying his owner.

All was well with bottom sniffing until he tried to dominate Teddy who does not take well to that being quite dominant himself. The owner hopefully learned a lesson because I told him he should keep his dog on a lead and I saw later that he had obliged.

I keep Teddy away from dogs because he doesn't like to be bossed about but some owners want him to come play because he is so cute. It's frustrating because they don't always understand the psychology.
I don't think some owners realise that not all dogs are like the one they own Annie! Majority of folks who keep their dogs on leads do so for a very good reason. Whilst I was walking Daisy the other Sunday two young lads came into the field each with a chocolate labrador - one on a lead and one off. The one off the lead made a bee-line for Daisy and it didn't make any difference how much the lads called it ignored them. Daisy got into a real panic because she couldn't see the dog until it was bouncing around her. In the commotion she slipped her collar and if I hadn't have been able to grab her she would have fled. The boys apologised but it was too late, Daisy was in such a state I thought I was going to have to carry her home - I did though manage to calm her eventually. The two boys were much too young to be in charge of such boisterous dogs in my view - lovely as chocolate labradors are.
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18-04-2019, 02:01 PM
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Re: Dogs on leads whilst out walking

I was watching a news item the other day where a couple were walking along the sea front and were laughing about the fact their little Jack Russell was was getting covered by waves crashing in from the sea. The dog was not on a lead. I don't suppose they would be laughing if the dog had been swept away.
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18-04-2019, 02:11 PM
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Re: Dogs on leads whilst out walking

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I don't think some owners realise that not all dogs are like the one they own Annie! Majority of folks who keep their dogs on leads do so for a very good reason. Whilst I was walking Daisy the other Sunday two young lads came into the field each with a chocolate labrador - one on a lead and one off. The one off the lead made a bee-line for Daisy and it didn't make any difference how much the lads called it ignored them. Daisy got into a real panic because she couldn't see the dog until it was bouncing around her. In the commotion she slipped her collar and if I hadn't have been able to grab her she would have fled. The boys apologised but it was too late, Daisy was in such a state I thought I was going to have to carry her home - I did though manage to calm her eventually. The two boys were much too young to be in charge of such boisterous dogs in my view - lovely as chocolate labradors are.
My SD has a choc lab .
Its is totally disobedience .
Clumsy and boisterous it is a liability everywhere .
On the lead it pulls like a train .
It's a amiable dog poor thing and spends much of it life indoors .Its a shame I wish people would not get big dogs that they can't manage .
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18-04-2019, 02:58 PM
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Re: Dogs on leads whilst out walking

Originally Posted by MargaretF ->
I don't think some owners realise that not all dogs are like the one they own Annie! Majority of folks who keep their dogs on leads do so for a very good reason. Whilst I was walking Daisy the other Sunday two young lads came into the field each with a chocolate labrador - one on a lead and one off. The one off the lead made a bee-line for Daisy and it didn't make any difference how much the lads called it ignored them. Daisy got into a real panic because she couldn't see the dog until it was bouncing around her. In the commotion she slipped her collar and if I hadn't have been able to grab her she would have fled. The boys apologised but it was too late, Daisy was in such a state I thought I was going to have to carry her home - I did though manage to calm her eventually. The two boys were much too young to be in charge of such boisterous dogs in my view - lovely as chocolate labradors are.

I totally agree with your first line Margaret.
As I said earlier, it should not be all about their dog, and totally disregarding the other one's wishes.

When you said further down about Daisy would have run for it, my little Gertie is like that. Anything frightens her, and she is liable to just take off in panic, which is the worse thing to do because silly girl is more liable to get chased if she runs.
 
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