ApolloStorm
Well-Known Member
Warning, I might get irritated writing this.
This evening at about 6pm I was walking my dog through the park near where I live, we normally do this to get to the big field on the other side so she can have a good run. My dog is friendly and reasonably well behaved. So there I was tootling along and I take the cut down to the waters edge so my dog can have a splash about. When she is finished I notice 2 dogs racing along the path. So I clip Jess on the lead and keep walking along. When I think we are a safe distance past ( I am quite wary of unknown dogs) I let her off. Next thing I know the same two dogs race up behind me and start attacking my dog, full on. Luckily she has wits and is fast so she runs away as fast as possible to the other side of the park, then the other dogs give up and are called away. I leave my dog where she is and look for the owners of these dogs and I can see two chavvy lads calling their dogs from the other side of the park and I shout 'Get your dogs on a lead!' because by now Jess is cowered to the ground so I have to go over and make sure she isn't badly hurt, luckily she is absolutely fine and is just scared out of her wits. The staffy type dog did have a grip on her back for a good while. I was fuming at them. Literally steam was pouring out of my ears. Bearing in mind we had had a similar type incident about 3 weeks before (different dogs too) and my dog had had to have 5 staples in at the vets and still has a poor little shaved patch.
I mean who has the nerve to not to keep dogs which they CLEARLY know are violent off the lead, or at least they could muzzle them!! It just gives me no hope about how little care some dogs get. Personally I had no quams about dogs who have a 'reputation' like staffys and Bulldogs. No such thing as a bad dog, only a bad owner. I felt like giving them a piece of my mind saying that what if my dog had had a huge chunk out of her back, would you have paid for my vets bill? I think not! I just wish I'd actually found them and got their names and addresses so I could report them to the police.It was suggested to me that if a dog does attack my dog again, I should just kick the dog. But I'd much rather just attack the owner with one of my riding crops !
Some people !! argghh
Biscuits and a cuddle from a poor wimpy dog if you manage to reply
This evening at about 6pm I was walking my dog through the park near where I live, we normally do this to get to the big field on the other side so she can have a good run. My dog is friendly and reasonably well behaved. So there I was tootling along and I take the cut down to the waters edge so my dog can have a splash about. When she is finished I notice 2 dogs racing along the path. So I clip Jess on the lead and keep walking along. When I think we are a safe distance past ( I am quite wary of unknown dogs) I let her off. Next thing I know the same two dogs race up behind me and start attacking my dog, full on. Luckily she has wits and is fast so she runs away as fast as possible to the other side of the park, then the other dogs give up and are called away. I leave my dog where she is and look for the owners of these dogs and I can see two chavvy lads calling their dogs from the other side of the park and I shout 'Get your dogs on a lead!' because by now Jess is cowered to the ground so I have to go over and make sure she isn't badly hurt, luckily she is absolutely fine and is just scared out of her wits. The staffy type dog did have a grip on her back for a good while. I was fuming at them. Literally steam was pouring out of my ears. Bearing in mind we had had a similar type incident about 3 weeks before (different dogs too) and my dog had had to have 5 staples in at the vets and still has a poor little shaved patch.
I mean who has the nerve to not to keep dogs which they CLEARLY know are violent off the lead, or at least they could muzzle them!! It just gives me no hope about how little care some dogs get. Personally I had no quams about dogs who have a 'reputation' like staffys and Bulldogs. No such thing as a bad dog, only a bad owner. I felt like giving them a piece of my mind saying that what if my dog had had a huge chunk out of her back, would you have paid for my vets bill? I think not! I just wish I'd actually found them and got their names and addresses so I could report them to the police.It was suggested to me that if a dog does attack my dog again, I should just kick the dog. But I'd much rather just attack the owner with one of my riding crops !
Some people !! argghh
Biscuits and a cuddle from a poor wimpy dog if you manage to reply
) who are naturally submissive, and dont "play" with other dogs, they are super obedient, and I always heel them away from others. I am sorry to say that I have taken to pushing away, or shoving other dogs away from them now. Lost count of the amount of times they have been harassed/attacked, and you hardly get an apology