Irresponsible Owners

[SEL]

Buying feed today and waiting to pay. Man with young Labrador in front of me. It jumped up, plastered it's dirty paws all over me (I'd come from yard but even so) & he just carried on talking to the guy behind the till!!

Guy behind till looks over with an eye roll and says you alright sel? Owner suddenly realises lady behind might not like muddy dog claws on her leggings.

Lady behind might not like dogs at all as far as he knows.

 

[pinkfluffy]

Walking Lab today and a big dog came out of nowhere barking very aggressively. I put Lab behind me and said "NO!" firmly till it stopped circling us. It was then joined by 3 small dogs racing up to us barking. Owner was middle aged man who tried to call them back once and gave up. I repeated "No!" and "Get back!" till they backed off, but they stood around us still barking and we were trapped against a fence. At this point, man walked right up to me (off the path and within a foot of me) and said loudly "Good morning!" in my face, smirking, then turned around and walked off. He came so close I had to back away into the fence with my dog. His dogs ran off but he didn't even look at them.

 

[Smitty]

Walking Lab today and a big dog came out of nowhere barking very aggressively. I put Lab behind me and said "NO!" firmly till it stopped circling us. It was then joined by 3 small dogs racing up to us barking. Owner was middle aged man who tried to call them back once and gave up. I repeated "No!" and "Get back!" till they backed off, but they stood around us still barking and we were trapped against a fence. At this point, man walked right up to me (off the path and within a foot of me) and said loudly "Good morning!" in my face, smirking, then turned around and walked off. He came so close I had to back away into the fence with my dog. His dogs ran off but he didn't even look at them.

Oohh creepy bully. I bet he wouldn't have done that if you were a bloke.

 

[blackcob]

He knew exactly what he was doing and is a monumental, towering bellend.

 

[Tiddlypom]

He came so close I had to back away into the fence with my dog. His dogs ran off but he didn't even look at them

I would report that to the police. That was intentionally intimidating behaviour which could escalate. He might already be on the police watch list for doing it to others.

 

[pinkfluffy]

He knew exactly what he was doing and is a monumental, towering bellend.

he did, and that's whats so nasty about it. I was still upset about it when I got home

 

[pinkfluffy]

Oohh creepy bully. I bet he wouldn't have done that if you were a bloke.

Isn't it sad that thats true. Most of these rude people wouldn't behave like this to someone their size or bigger. But a 5ft2 female is easy to intimidate if you're a bully, apparently.

 

[P3LH]

Chow chow hanging out of car window. Not just head but half torso, way past front legs/shoulders. How it stayed in I don’t know. Several times front legs slid and it looked like it was going to fall out. Cars were also having to pull quite far out when beside to avoid hitting aid dog. It was a busy main road too. Made my stomach hurt, took another direction as couldn’t stay behind it.

 

[pinkfluffy]

I would report that to the police. That was intentionally intimidating behaviour which could escalate. He might already be on the police watch list for doing it to others.

I met my neighbour just after it happened and she said the same.

 

[P3LH]

Buying feed today and waiting to pay. Man with young Labrador in front of me. It jumped up, plastered it's dirty paws all over me (I'd come from yard but even so) & he just carried on talking to the guy behind the till!!

Guy behind till looks over with an eye roll and says you alright sel? Owner suddenly realises lady behind might not like muddy dog claws on her leggings.

Lady behind might not like dogs at all as far as he knows.

Had this with a, lovely, young German shepherd in our favourite coffee shop come farm shop. My lovely cream jumper was not cream afterwards, a mix of paws and spilled tea as I was sat down and it bounded over. Owner laughed - no apology. Meanwhile my two were fast asleep under the table - as if they didn’t react like that in such a place, they wouldn’t bloody be taken there.

 

[pinkfluffy]

Had this with a, lovely, young German shepherd in our favourite coffee shop come farm shop. My lovely cream jumper was not cream afterwards, a mix of paws and spilled tea as I was sat down and it bounded over. Owner laughed - no apology. Meanwhile my two were fast asleep under the table - as if they didn’t react like that in such a place, they wouldn’t bloody be taken there.

This annoys me so much. I'd be so embarrassed and apologetic if either of mine did that - not that they would. The number of dogs that jump up and owners say nothing is amazing.

 

[Clodagh]

This annoys me so much. I'd be so embarrassed and apologetic if either of mine did that - not that they would. The number of dogs that jump up and owners say nothing is amazing.

I kick the dog. Only because I’m too old to kick the owners.

 

[Clodagh]

Isn't it sad that thats true. Most of these rude people wouldn't behave like this to someone their size or bigger. But a 5ft2 female is easy to intimidate if you're a bully, apparently.

I really would just fill in an online form for the police. It probably won’t do any good but it might just join a dot.

 

[P3LH]

This annoys me so much. I'd be so embarrassed and apologetic if either of mine did that - not that they would. The number of dogs that jump up and owners say nothing is amazing.

I think part of the problem is people feel that taking your dogs everywhere/into places is something that is an entitlement. I don’t feel the need to take the dogs to every shop, pub, coffee shop, garden centre etc that we frequent - they only attend if it’s en route or at the end of, a walk. I’ve had dogs previously for whom these kind of places were hell on earth, so I didn’t take them. The corgis are so non plussed by everything that they just lie down and go to sleep. I simply wouldn’t take a dog if I didn’t think they had either the temperament or etiquette.

I can’t abide by yapping or barking dogs in these places either. There was an incident in a tea room recently, it’s very nice and at the end of a fantastic (albeit rabbit heavy - not great for dogs that link to hunt) walk. There were a pair of poodle cross types who wined and yapped at tbe sight of any other dog, and I mean constantly. We didn’t even finish a drink. It was similar In a favourite dog walk pub of ours when stopping for Sunday lunch, a lab that was barking periodically in this high pitched mumble whenever it saw another dog, or a chair scraped against the floor.

 

[SEL]

Had this with a, lovely, young German shepherd in our favourite coffee shop come farm shop. My lovely cream jumper was not cream afterwards, a mix of paws and spilled tea as I was sat down and it bounded over. Owner laughed - no apology. Meanwhile my two were fast asleep under the table - as if they didn’t react like that in such a place, they wouldn’t bloody be taken there.

Fortunately I was in yard clothes - I would have been furious if I'd come from home or the office

Not that the owner would have noticed if I'd been in a ball gown - he didn't stop chatting

 

[pinkfluffy]

I think part of the problem is people feel that taking your dogs everywhere/into places is something that is an entitlement. I don’t feel the need to take the dogs to every shop, pub, coffee shop, garden centre etc that we frequent - they only attend if it’s en route or at the end of, a walk. I’ve had dogs previously for whom these kind of places were hell on earth, so I didn’t take them. The corgis are so non plussed by everything that they just lie down and go to sleep. I simply wouldn’t take a dog if I didn’t think they had either the temperament or etiquette.

I can’t abide by yapping or barking dogs in these places either. There was an incident in a tea room recently, it’s very nice and at the end of a fantastic (albeit rabbit heavy - not great for dogs that link to hunt) walk. There were a pair of poodle cross types who wined and yapped at tbe sight of any other dog, and I mean constantly. We didn’t even finish a drink. It was similar In a favourite dog walk pub of ours when stopping for Sunday lunch, a lab that was barking periodically in this high pitched mumble whenever it saw another dog, or a chair scraped against the floor.

I think there's a general sense of entitlement with a lot of people with dogs. My lab hates travelling, doesn't like pub/cafe/shops etc and would bark constantly so I don't take her. The only place she's been almost happy to visit is Pets At Home and she still barked but luckily no one minded.

 

[pinkfluffy]

I really would just fill in an online form for the police. It probably won’t do any good but it might just join a dot.

I think I'm going to. I didn't want to overreact but he did make me feel too intimidated to respond.

 

[Clodagh]

I think I'm going to. I didn't want to overreact but he did make me feel too intimidated to respond.

I think it might help you if you do it. And if you see him or his dogs again maybe try to take a photo, if you can do so without him seeing?

 

[YorksG]

I think I'm going to. I didn't want to overreact but he did make me feel too intimidated to respond.

I'm guessing that was his intention, that's probably how he deals with others in all aspects of his life.

 

[pinkfluffy]

@Clodagh I think it will. A photo is a good idea, I'll try, but I hope I don't see him again.

@YorksG It probably is. I'd have felt sorry for the dogs having him as their owner if they weren't being barky little horrors themselves.

 

[scats]

Chow chow hanging out of car window. Not just head but half torso, way past front legs/shoulders. How it stayed in I don’t know. Several times front legs slid and it looked like it was going to fall out. Cars were also having to pull quite far out when beside to avoid hitting aid dog. It was a busy main road too. Made my stomach hurt, took another direction as couldn’t stay behind it.

My friends German Shepherd jumped out of/fell from the car window on a roundabout.
Lesson learned for my friend about letting dogs lean out the open window!

 

[Christmascinnamoncookie]

Words fail me. Why would you have that snarling dog anywhere near a baby? https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=1212731299429465

 

[SilverLinings]

Words fail me. Why would you have that snarling dog anywhere near a baby? https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=1212731299429465

Christ, that is one stressed and unhappy dog, thank god it's not a large breed but I would worry for the safety of the baby

How can there be people out there who think that it is ok to a) put their dog in a situation where it feels that upset, and b) think a dog that is so obviously unhappy is safe to allow close to a child?

 

[skinnydipper]

Words fail me. Why would you have that snarling dog anywhere near a baby? https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=1212731299429465

Not snarling. It's a submissive grin, an appeasement behaviour.

 

[CorvusCorax]

Not snarling. It's a submissive grin, an appeasement behaviour.

Not excusing the utter stupidity, but agree with this, the dog is stressed rather than aggressive and is offering up behaviours to try and make the stress stop.

 

[SilverLinings]

It is so sad that a lot of owners really don't seem to care if their dog is that unhappy, or they think it's funny. It's not that hard nowadays to get some basic knowledge of dog facial expressions and behaviour, but a lot of owners just seem to treat their pets like unsentient 'things'.

It is not helped by posts online like that one that attract ignorant 'likes' and then other owners think it is ok/funny for their dog to do the same/be put in the same situation. The internet seems to be like a particularly unfortunate and powerful echo chamber, rather than the great source of learning that the inventors and early adopters hoped it would be.

 

[Clodagh]

Not snarling. It's a submissive grin, an appeasement behaviour.

Still horrible and stupid, but the poor dog is trying to fix its situation. Idiots.

 

[skinnydipper]

Still horrible and stupid, but the poor fog is trying the fox its situation. Idiots.

The child's parent is brainless, without a doubt. I was just pointing out that the dog was showing appeasing behaviour not aggression

 

[Clodagh]

The child's parent is brainless, without a doubt. I was just pointing out that the dog was showing appeasing behaviour not aggression

I got that.
ETA I’ve fixed my spellings too

 

[MurphysMinder]

Not excusing the utter stupidity, but agree with this, the dog is stressed rather than aggressive and is offering up behaviours to try and make the stress stop.

This . That dog isn’t snarling or showing aggression it’s stressed .