I met a boxer this morning that ran at me from 100 yards away and ran up me to try to lick my face then twisted and launched away. No scratches but plenty of mud. It was all over the four I had with me, who were sitting up at the side of the path. I got them to heel to walk past and Ffee told it to sod off, one owner said ‘oh don’t let them fight, I’m frightened of dogs’.
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Many do, it is beyond comprehension tbh. Poor thing.
Yet has a boxer?! Quite a large dog for someone who’s scared of dogs!I met a boxer this morning that ran at me from 100 yards away and ran up me to try to lick my face then twisted and launched away. No scratches but plenty of mud. It was all over the four I had with me, who were sitting up at the side of the path. I got them to heel to walk past and Ffee told it to sod off, one owner said ‘oh don’t let them fight, I’m frightened of dogs’.
Seeing as when it launched at me they couldn’t see if I had any or not just
They were two women, so I assume the friend of the owner was scared. It was only a pup, God alone knows what it will be like as an adult.
It wasn’t that big, I will say, large springer spaniel sized? 11 months old.
I just kind of stared at it for a few mins in disbelief until her owner came out. I don't tie my dog up outside shops but surely that's just negligent? People are wild, I could have easily driven away with her, very friendly little thing.
Fodhla would like a terrier to play with.someone left an unleashed jrt outside the shop today and when I got out of my car it hopped in
I’m not going to askI think she'd be more like 'who are you, that's my ma'
Mr AP discounted terriers a long time ago, apparently one opinionated bitch is quite enough for one household.
Don't tell anyone, but NorfolkWhere was this? I’m going there for my next hol
I do get very annoyed when people spout a load of BS excuses as to why their dogs are either downright rude, untrained or just complete PITA's. What the heck has the dog having an operation got to do with anything - maybe the dog shouldn't have been out yet.Guess I'm overdue for one of these, grateful at least not to have had cause to post an incident like this for a good while.
Took Ivy to one of our favourite spots. Into first field and saw a couple with two large dogs. At first thought was XL bully or very fat labs, couldn't work it out. On closer view I'm still not sure but my guess would be some kind of mastiff/bull something but not XL bully. They were like chunky Boxers.
Kicking myself now but opted not to take RoW across the field instead of around it but saw the man pull off the path into a gateway with the on lead dog. I had Ivy on short lead, on side away from them. Didn't realise until too late that the other dog was off lead, stood in middle of path looking at us with the woman not really making any effort to get it on a lead.
Gave them a wide berth, dog on lead is lunging and pulling with all it's might to get to us. Man starts going on about 'he's fine but just had an operation, that's why he's doing it'. Sure... sure it is...
Successfully get past the off lead one thinking we're okay when the bloody thing comes up from behind and then growls and lunges at Ivy! I don't know if this is accurate, but I find that behaviour aggressive. We were past them and on our way, nowhere near their space, there was absolutely no need for that kind of reaction. Then it came up again (I wish OH had stopped it) and then Ivy turned and growled, which I sort of don't blame her given the previous interaction. I just kept her going and thankfully things did not go further.
The stupid woman then started rabbiting on about how her dog 'hasn't done that for 18-months, what a grumpy girl she is sometimes'. No apology, no effort to put a lead on. Then started going on about we might want to be careful as there were 'lots of off lead dogs' in the next fields. As if it was our fault/problem!
We kept on walking, ignoring them because 1 - I can't be arsed with the absolute tripe coming out of both their mouths, and 2 - when she said about us needing to be careful it gave me the rage and getting away from the situation, and their horrid dogs, was priority. Then she was going 'err... hello... excuse me...' Like lady, take the hint, leave us alone and be glad I'm not calling you out on your BS!
We didn't see a single soul in the next three fields
It was ridiculous. Maybe what he said was true but either way I don't want it to be made my problem.
YOU need to be careful when her dogs are the issue? What?!I'm happy to talk to other walkers, but I run away from onlead dogs, don't want my two interacting in case it's recovering/nervous/aggressive. Mitch decided recently that he would take detours to avoid other dogs and has turned into a bit of a wuss, which I'm really happy about, I much prefer it. He took a wide circuit round a path the other day in order to avoid a dog walker with a large doodle thing, it's fine, but he feels intimidated so I'm very happy for him to give it a wide berth. Sensible dog.We kept on walking, ignoring them because 1 - I can't be arsed with the absolute tripe coming out of both their mouths, and 2 - when she said about us needing to be careful it gave me the rage and getting away from the situation, and their horrid dogs, was priority. Then she was going 'err... hello... excuse me...' Like lady, take the hint, leave us alone and be glad I'm not calling you out on your BS!
We didn't see a single soul in the next three fields
Yup, hence the rage! I'd understand if Ivy had started it but she was just trundling along minding her own business so that made me especially cross. The only time Ivy perks up and really wants to greet another dog is with other sighthounds. Most others she's either a bit 'meh' about it or totally uninterested.
Definitely not, no. I have no idea what Zak and Bear would have been like with horses, they came to the yard once or twice as puppies, got a bit loud and silly no never went again. We took them to one of the far flung fields that had no horses anywhere near one day, just to train, but they were very focused, as ever and we'd checked that the yard dog malxgsd was not out and about-she was very da!
Similar to a dog I saw the other day... would you take a muzzled, obviously reactive dog (barking, lunging and snarling at any dog within its vicinity) to a busy wildlife park that allows dogs so there is likely to be a lot of dogs walking around?!
And his once hard life being a reason not to put a collar on him (and presumably a harness etc) and therefore no lead so he goes in the road and gets hit by a car and runs off scared and so his hard life continues
Not really funny but the end bit made me laugh.
