Irresponsible Owners

[CorvusCorax]

I've been known, when a smaller dog is allowed to approach mine, to say loudly to my dog "Oh, look, an apericube! I thought you were looking a bit hungry after skipping breakfast."

Seems to work, though whether its because they're scared my dog will actually eat theirs or of the crazy lady holding the lead is debatable.

I have done 'Lunch!' and 'Aw look, he's the size of your head' with the lads in the past but it was more a joke with a jag.

The most fun I ever had was when a little white thing ran at us barking so I started screaming 'EEEEEK!) and running away in the other direction.

 

[ArklePig]

I'm just catching up on how to deal with Yappy Dogs. I once just was not in the humour at all and called out 'mine isn't friendly' and she let me down big time my making big eyes at the owner, wagging her tail, lifting her paw for pets etc. May try the contagious line next time.

 

[Maddie Moo]

I just kept waiting for the dog to attack him….

https://twitter.com/x/status/1907911051099963502

 

[CorvusCorax]

Oh are those things ACTUALLY for washing dog's paws

Anyway, depending on the age of the dog and if he keeps pushing it, it'll probably happen one day.

 

[Mrs. Jingle]

Living as we do, in the ar*e end of nowhere, fortunately we don't often have to come into contact with many other dogs (or people, even better! ). But having said that both our dogs seem to like other dogs, it is just people that one of them isn't so keen on.

We have had to take our dog to the vets on four occasions this week. On one visit a lady came in with a very chunky and angry looking bull type, off lead and she was trying to restrain it as she walked up to reception by bending down and holding her arms around it's chest while she shuffled up to the desk! The damn thing spotted our dog and turned and twisted in the owner's arms to try and come over and introduce itself to our very poorly dog. Mr. J stuck his well booted foot right across the damn things pathway and told the woman if it comes any closer I will kick it, hard. Almost simultaneously the receptionist came flying around the desk thrusting a lead at the owner and shouting at her to get it on a lead. All a bit worrying and unbelievable that she could think not having it well harnessed up for a trip to the vets was OK.

Next day just waiting at receptionist desk to pay the bill. A woman and a teenager came through the street door, with the biggest well built mix bred dog I have seen for a long time. It was very obvious she could barely hold it as it strained and leapt forward towards me, it had a cone around its head. The damn thing lunged at my leg and bit me, despite the cone around its massive head! I yelled out to her your bl**dy dog bit me get it under control, Oh no she screamed he didn't bite you it was just the collar that hit your leg. Well I have two holes in my jeans you stupid bint, so pretty sure the collar didn't do that damage. I have in fact got two small bruises so obviously more of a pinch and not a full jaw savaging lumps out of me bite, but even so.

She was told to take the dog outside well away from the entrance and they would call her in when it was her turn to see the vet. When we had paid and went outside she was across the road on a patch of grass and the dog yet again leapt in the air when it saw us bark and snarling while the two of them tried to hold on to it. No wonder the vet keeps telling us what a polite and well mannered dog we have if she has to deal with dogs and owners like that on a regular basis.

I have to say I am quite shocked to see two very large, very unfriendly dogs almost out of control in such a short space of time, I wonder were a lot of these dogs bought at the start of Covid by people who just do not have a clue how to train and look after a dog? Glad we live in the sticks well away from urban dog owners if those two are typical.

 

[splashgirl45]

This is something that is on my Facebook feed. Who buys 2 brothers of a large crossbreed dog , also obviously she has kids so why ???

 

[MurphysMinder]

This is something that is on my Facebook feed. Who buys 2 brothers of a large crossbreed dog , also obviously she has kids so why ???

I love the fact that knowing "sit and paw" apparently means he is trained.

 

[CorvusCorax]

I feel a bit more stupid now after reading that.

 

[Cinnamontoast]

I just kept waiting for the dog to attack him….

https://twitter.com/x/status/1907911051099963502

That is frankly bloody terrifying.

 

[blackcob]

Someone pulled up alongside my OH last night - "scuse me mate, is that your dog?" - terrier type running down the busy A-road. It wouldn't be caught so he knocked on the nearest door and got short shrift, told it's happened numerous times over the last few days and the owners are never home. Multiple posts on the local community page evidencing this and it's out again this morning.

 

[splashgirl45]

I feel a bit more stupid now after reading that.

Obviously not aimed at experienced capable owners who have trained their dogs as I’m pretty sure most of us on AAD will have , but it does happen with brothers /sisters sometimes . I know someone who had a rescue aged 10 months , they’d had him for a couple of months and the rescue contacted them and asked if they would take his brother, I advised against it as the original dog was a very sharp character, after about 6 months they had to be kept apart as they really fought, seriously enough for both to have vet treatment . To their credit they still have both of them and they are now 10. However having them almost caused divorce and she said she wished she had listened to me …

 

[CorvusCorax]

Obviously not aimed at experienced capable owners who have trained their dogs as I’m pretty sure most of us on AAD will have , but it does happen with brothers /sisters sometimes . I know someone who had a rescue aged 10 months , they’d had him for a couple of months and the rescue contacted them and asked if they would take his brother, I advised against it as the original dog was a very sharp character, after about 6 months they had to be kept apart as they really fought, seriously enough for both to have vet treatment . To their credit they still have both of them and they are now 10. However having them almost caused divorce and she said she wished she had listened to me …

I know, I had a brother and sister and my mother had a dog who ripped his own father's eye out of the socket (it popped back in), it was more the writing style and laterally the overall lack of foresight that frazzled my brain.

 

[splashgirl45]

I know, I had a brother and sister and my mother had a dog who ripped his own father's eye out of the socket (it popped back in), it was more the writing style and laterally the overall lack of foresight that frazzled my brain.

And a Rottie/Cane Corso is hardly a dog for people who are not experienced and have children… I’m now too old to have big strong dogs as I know they could pull me over but even when young,fit and strong I’m not sure I would take on one let alone 2

 

[Cinnamontoast]

Obviously not aimed at experienced capable owners who have trained their dogs as I’m pretty sure most of us on AAD will have , but it does happen with brothers /sisters sometimes . I know someone who had a rescue aged 10 months , they’d had him for a couple of months and the rescue contacted them and asked if they would take his brother, I advised against it as the original dog was a very sharp character, after about 6 months they had to be kept apart as they really fought, seriously enough for both to have vet treatment . To their credit they still have both of them and they are now 10. However having them almost caused divorce and she said she wished she had listened to me …

Littermate syndrome? Never had issues re fighting between brothers and I know others who have siblings without issues. I imagine bringing any other dog into an already established routine would be difficult.

 

[Cinnamontoast]

Tiny poodle type hanging out of the front passenger window en route to the park this week. I know I said Mitch
likes to stick his face out of the window but he can’t because of the headrest. The poodle didn’t appear to have any restraints, so any sharp braking could have catapulted it straight onto the road.

 

[splashgirl45]

Littermate syndrome? Never had issues re fighting between brothers and I know others who have siblings without issues. I imagine bringing any other dog into an already established routine would be difficult.

Wonder if breed plays a part. although my friends two were litter mates till 10 months and were trail hounds who I wouldn’t have expected to be a problem breed

 

[CorvusCorax]

Littermate syndrome is more when they get obsessed with/over-reliant on each other/can't be separated/don't really care about humans/are aggressive to other dogs outside their unit etc etc. Siblings of all species can fight!

 

[Cinnamontoast]

Littermate syndrome is more when they get obsessed with/over-reliant on each other/can't be separated/don't really care about humans/are aggressive to other dogs outside their unit etc etc. Siblings of all species can fight!

Two (I assume) siblings in the park this afternoon, one the little girl I regularly see with the xl bully puppy, younger brother demanding she go away from the area by the bin, despite her claiming it and carrying a massive branch compared to his whippy stick

 

[Smitty]

On a local Facebook group there was a picture of 3 dogs that had got out on an estate and were spotted roaming loose: 1) Rotti 2) Large muscular Staffy? 3) a mastiff type. Someone commented that it was OK, owner had got them and they were back home. Loads of precious fur baby nonsense from numerous posters and then somebody had the gall to post that the owner was being irresponsible letting them get out in the first place. Well, that opened a huge can of worms as a pug had escaped the week before and he had not commented on that, so therefore he must be the most evil person born according to about 50 people.

Personally, I would rather run into a loose Pug than the 3 that were pictured, but too cowardly to say so

 

[Titchy Pony]

On a local Facebook group there was a picture of 3 dogs that had got out on an estate and were spotted roaming loose: 1) Rotti 2) Large muscular Staffy? 3) a mastiff type. Someone commented that it was OK, owner had got them and they were back home. Loads of precious fur baby nonsense from numerous posters and then somebody had the gall to post that the owner was being irresponsible letting them get out in the first place. Well, that opened a huge can of worms as a pug had escaped the week before and he had not commented on that, so therefore he must be the most evil person born according to about 50 people.

Personally, I would rather run into a loose Pug than the 3 that were pictured, but too cowardly to say so

Yep, with you on that. I can probably outrun most pugs and I'm no runner!

 

[Jenko109]

Worst case scenario, you could yeet a pug over a fence easy enough if it was causing a big issue....

 

[Nasicus]

There's a french bulldog that seems to be getting out almost daily locally. Owner baying about how her fence is broken and the dog keeps getting out.
Suggestions to either fix the fence or only let the dog out on a lead until it's fixed were summarily ignored by said owner

 

[ArklePig]

Am I reading this right? Poor Nelly takes herself for a walk and shock horror has gone missing. Poor dog

 

[SaddlePsych'D]

Had a really unpleasant experience on my walk with Ivy this morning. One of the houses looking onto the village green space has a few small dogs. We saw them coming out of their front garden a while ago, all the dogs barking and yapping; I thought maybe because we were near the house or because Ivy was the new dog in town!

But we saw them again today and they came rushing up barking their heads off. One dog really ran at us growling and barking, I thought it was actually going to go for Ivy! I said no really firmly which seemed to back it off a bit then got Ivy moving along. Thankfully the other two dogs started fighting/playing with each other in the meantime.

The barking was all so loud I didn't really hear what the owners were saying but there was something like 'it's alright' and certainly no apology. I didn't get angry but I think was clearly upset and might have said 'oh this is actually really unpleasant' although they might not have heard over the barking.

It really rattled me but thankfully I ran into a friendly face who is their neighbour. We're new in the village so I asked about whether the dogs really are aggressive or 'just mouth' and straight away she told me they never have leads for the dogs, make no effort to control them, and regularly wheel out the 'it's okay' line to all the people/dogs theirs harass on the green.

I don't want to fall out with anyone, especially living somewhere where everyone knows pretty much everyone, but we agreed that it absolutely is not okay and so I feel that if I have another situation where I can't avoid them, I will at least have some support if I need to assert my boundaries very firmly!

 

[Errin Paddywack]

I was livid this morning. We had just fed the horses and were strolling round the field when there was a commotion and there were two labradors having a wonderful time chasing the sheep. Only youngsters and the two rams so no in lamb ewes thankfully. I went storming over to tear strips of the female owner and was overtaken by my younger dog who was going for them flat out. Not sure if she was trying to drive them off or say hello but she came back with her hackles up. Owner was very apologetic and promised not to let them off lead again on the footpath. So glad I hadn't got the ewes and lambs out there yet.

 

[Cinnamontoast]

Scruffy god knows what-labrasomething-chased Mitch the day before yesterday with the useless owner calling its name but not actually giving a command. I was very vocal re nasty dogs. Then yesterday, a bloody daschund decided to run at him aggressively! The owner said ‘Oh, he doesn’t want to play’ as Mitch skipped away. I was happy to correct her by saying ‘That is not play behaviour, that is aggression. Manners!’ Are these people entirely deluded? Happily, everyone we met this morning was friendly. We went to the woods early to avoid the fair weather ‘meander through the bluebells’ people. Yesterday was tricky, multiple dog walker vans, two packs kicked off in the car park, I’ve never known it so crazy.

I'm aware that some dogs don’t like entire dogs, but I’m not about to neuter my perfectly sociable, none female pestering dog. Speaking to a fellow owner last week, I was amazed to hear that her vet is against routine neutering and that he said her dog needs all the testosterone he can get. This is a sea change from the usual ‘When do you want him done?’ that I’m used to hearing.