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People stroke your dogs while your out and about?

I find nothing more annoying then having someone attempt to stroke hunter while he is on lead. Simply because he is such a giddy dog it takes a lot of hard work on both our parts to keep his bum on the floor, With young kids he WILL send them flying he doesn't care how he jumps up his main aim is having hugs.

People think i am rude because i will not allow them or their kids to stop and stroke him.

But with the old girl if they ask then they can stroke her (if both dogs are out together then its a no to both).

My kids always ask if they can stroke a dog, But only if the dog initiates the greating. Otherwise they will ignore it.

So what are your thoughts? Am i just a rude old fuss pot?
 
Nope, he's a young puppy and still 'mouthing' and whilst I can handle being chewed. I doubt very much a child would, and with today's claim and gain culture it's really not worth the risk.
 
With mine, I am usually delighted and 9/10 people ask - if I see a kid thinking about it I will tell them that it is OK to come over and say hi - I *do* hunker down beside the dogs to hold/encourage them to stay on the ground and not leap up and headbutt said child.
I had puppy down at a big open day today and he was approached by lots of people and in the end he just threw himself on the floor upside down for tummy tickles....
 
yep mine get stroke..always getting the comments'arent they skinny' yes they are suppose to be like that
i walk my two at times to school and often get people/ children stroking them..on the whole they do ask first..they just stand there and enjoy the fuss
 
When hunter is more sensible i will of course let them say hi if they have asked . I think even with me crouching down me child and dog would go flying at the moment. I would like to say his ball gets his attention enough to sit and behave but the excitment is just to much for him at times.

I have found though when he is off lead and we meet doggy people he has a sniff round a quick pat of the head then gets bored and comes and sits at my feet with no jumping up.

Awkward git.
 
I always let people fuss B. The kids next door love her and she loves them, I think its because they are her height! I want her to be happy saying hello to anyone we meet including loads of kids :)

I always ask before I fuss anyone elses pooch, its just good manners. My OH has to be reminded to ask :o turns out his dogless family never instilled dog manners / common sense!
 
Yes, apart from one who can be tricky with adult men, the tail going up and the low growl generally puts them off anyway. I suspect this is due to negative experiences with men in her first six months of life. The best thing you can do for your puppy is for her to meet and greet as many different people as possible. With my newest addition, I positively encouraged adults and children to meet and greet him. He loves everyone as a consequence!:)
 
I like mine to be fussed, the 3 that like it make a bee line for kids especially and get lots of 'smoothing' (it's a west country saying!) but Alf like to lull them into thinking he's sweet with big melting eyes and a faraway look.............just before he tries to remove their arms at the elbow, so I keep him back with a warning not to touch!
 
Most people, especially those with kids, normally ask before stroking our dogs I have found. I think it's great for dosg to have people they don't know come and stroke them and people who own dogs should be more open to people stroking their dogs unless obviously that dog is actually aggressive. Our older dog loves kids, he just thinks they're fab and always has, I guess it's because they're normally very active so he'd love following them about and doing his 'tricks' for them (sit, paw, beg, speak, down, roll over etc). He is a brilliant dog witn kids as so intelligent - you can say to a kid ask him to d x, y or z and he'd do it. Of course kids love that!

i think it's a shame people worry now about dogs and kids. I can totally understand why but I still think it's sad. I learnt my lesson as a kid walking up to (hand outstretched) a collie tied up outside a shopping centre (my mum obviously wasn't watching!). yep, collie went for me!! That taught me a lesson - don't walk up to strange dogs!!! Lol. that was before we started suing people though!! Lol
 
They dont really get much chance cause he's whizzing about after the squeaky ball!

Usually people ask and thats fine- I do warn about the potential for jumping up and with very young children I keep a hold as I would hate to see any knocked over.

But I really, really hate people thinking its okay to give him food without asking, so maybe that makes me a grumpy old thing!
 
Zak, no, as he can be reactive, the others, yes, if they ever stop-rare! If Zakis tired, people can stroke, hug, do anything with him. :confused:
 
yes, but they must ask.

They do get a warning according to the dog, the terrier wont like you, expect to be growled at (in a nice way, she is in no way vicious, but very vocal and grumbly) the spaniels wont like you because they are obsesswed with their master and lord of the universe, and the rottie with probably flatten you and try to swallow your arm...
 
Each walk we do entails ten or so people wanting to say hello--a lot more at weekends--most of them polite enough to ask, about a quarter who don't bother. Just today a girl of about two descended on my pug and tried to pick him up, while her useless parents hovered nearby and said something to the effect of, "Now, sweetie, maybe you should ask first". Thank goodness my dogs love all people, otherwise we'd be in serious trouble by now.
 
I have ti say that I am positively encouraging it with our JRT pup just so she gets used to people. When we first started taking her out she wanted to say hello to everyone, pulling on lead and getting over excited etc but after a week on holiday at a caravan park and not being able to walk further than 10m without someone saying oh look at the sweet little puppy she is much calmer and she will now sit and stay on command rather than rushing up to people and climbing all over them. Now she justs rolls over for tummy tickles and soaks all the attention up. I generally found that people would ask but a few older children just would reach down to her. And some poor children were absolutely terrified (of a tiny JRT pup with a very waggy tail!!!) so I tried to encourage them to come and say hello for their sakes!!
 
Very few people come up to stroke a GSD without asking ;), but I always do encourage people to stroke them, and I love it when people who start off a little wary end up fussing my dogs. With the new addition (see Murphy88s thread) I think people may just come up and stroke him as he looks very cute at the mo, but we will make sure it is done under are terms. He hasn't met children yet so will need to monitor that, but hopefully he will learn from his auntie Evie that little people are great for cuddles.:D
 
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