GSD Woman
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I had one that took off and didn't come back and was nasty to another dog. Guess what? That was the last time she was off lead. I was also horrified.
Irresponsible Owners
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ArklePig
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GSD Woman I'm so sorry I hadn't seen your helpful advice. I have just realised you were accidentally on ignore (I have clumsy fingers and have previously accidentally done so to others). Thank you
SaddlePsych'D
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Slightly different flavour from the unwelcome, rapidly incoming off-lead dogs... there is something particularly cruel about stepping in another dog's poo immediately after clearing up after your own dog.
CorvusCorax
'It's only a laugh, no harm done'
Slightly different flavour from the unwelcome, rapidly incoming off-lead dogs... there is something particularly cruel about stepping in another dog's poo immediately after clearing up after your own dog.
All the bloody time and the most infuriating is the ones right beside the effing bin.
GSD Woman
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Slightly different flavour from the unwelcome, rapidly incoming off-lead dogs... there is something particularly cruel about stepping in another dog's poo immediately after clearing up after your own dog.
That and people who leave the poo in the middle of the path/trail. for crying out loud at least stick and flick. There is enough poison ivy and porcelain berry vines that no one will step into unless very dire circumstances.
AP, no worries. I also have clumsy fingers.
Cinnamontoast
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Not an irresponsible owner (met lots of lovely ones today) but a jogger! He was on the narrow path, I’d just given the dogs treats for voluntary recall, then bent down to pick up when he came up behind me, slightly barged me. I hadn’t heard him, so I was very shocked. AIBU to think he could have called out/coughed?!
GSD Woman
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I would be shocked too. He's lucky your dogs didn't react.
Cinnamontoast
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They like people, I don’t think they’d react if a serial killer was strangling me! Typical spaniels. Mitch is the wariest of the 3, I had to call him when he was frightened by a trio of bikes on the same path 10 minutes later. I’d warned the cyclists there were 3 dogs on the track. One said ‘Yes, I can hear them working in the rough’. I told him they were all self taught! ?
SAujla
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Clover on lead and dog coming towards us on lead, that dog proceeded to lunge at her and tried to bite Clover who screamed out. No damage done but hearing her scream was unnerving. She ran around with another dog she knows later so don't think there is any trauma there. Its a week before her spay so wanted to make it happy not her being attacked
Smitty
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Well, I had an interesting altercation with 2 women ýestrday. Apparently lunging and barking at strange dogs is what aĺl dogs do. It helps if you grin as the dogs are towing you ... I muttered a few expletives under my breath whilst readying walking stick and was told that all dogs bark and behave like that and I was b.......y effing rude. I pointed out mine was also a dog and did none of those things and their dogs were rude, not me. I don't think I will die of natural causes .....
I muttered a few expletives under my breath whilst readying walking stick and was told that all dogs bark and behave like that and I was b.......y effing rude. I pointed out mine was also a dog and did none of those things and their dogs were rude, not me. I don't think I will die of natural causes .....Chuffy99
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I’ve cracked it, I’ve found a way to stop people in the vets letting their dogs on flexileads come and bother my dogs who like to sit quietly between my legs.
You say quite loudly, I wouldn’t advise contact my dog has ringworm
It works a treat
You say quite loudly, I wouldn’t advise contact my dog has ringworm
It works a treat
AmyMay
Situation normal
I’ve seen two women recently who I really hope are holiday makers who will be wobbling their equally large frames back home with their equally overweight dogs very soon.
They think it’s perfectly acceptable to let their ‘bulls in a china shop’ labs riot all over my small little dog. I thought it was perfectly acceptable to yell at them to get their overweight yobs under control and the feck away from my dog. They didn’t quite see it like that and were most ‘upset at my attitude’. Sadly neither owner drowned in yesterday’s high seas when retrieving one of the dogs coats that had come off while it was swimming.
Both labs were actually lovely (no malice) but huge, totally out of control and all over Daisy. They’d have caused some serious damage if I hadn’t got between them and yelled in my best voice to ‘leave it!’ Which they duly did.
Apparently I ruined everyone’s fun ?
They think it’s perfectly acceptable to let their ‘bulls in a china shop’ labs riot all over my small little dog. I thought it was perfectly acceptable to yell at them to get their overweight yobs under control and the feck away from my dog. They didn’t quite see it like that and were most ‘upset at my attitude’. Sadly neither owner drowned in yesterday’s high seas when retrieving one of the dogs coats that had come off while it was swimming.
Both labs were actually lovely (no malice) but huge, totally out of control and all over Daisy. They’d have caused some serious damage if I hadn’t got between them and yelled in my best voice to ‘leave it!’ Which they duly did.
Apparently I ruined everyone’s fun ?
BallyRoanBaubles
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I know this is an irresponsible owners thread but I actually met a very responsible owner!
I was cycling along the track my dog was just ahead off lead, the other owner came onto the track with her large young looking dog on a long line, I called my dog and popped his lead on, got off my bike and walked along. The other owner had pulled off the track and got her dogs attention on her. She called out ‘my dogs friendly just young’, we both passed without issue, it was great ?
I was cycling along the track my dog was just ahead off lead, the other owner came onto the track with her large young looking dog on a long line, I called my dog and popped his lead on, got off my bike and walked along. The other owner had pulled off the track and got her dogs attention on her. She called out ‘my dogs friendly just young’, we both passed without issue, it was great ?
Karran
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I did this in despair once! I got a "wossat then?" And then a mouthful of abuse about having an infectious dog in the park ?? and how I should be keeping it away from others and it certainly wasn't the fault of the terrier trying to hump Mrs Collie ?
Morwenna
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Just took my 5 month old puppy to the park for her walk. An out of control spaniel ran the length of the football pitch straight towards her. Now she’s met other dogs but in a controlled manner and is not used to them charging at her. She was trying to hide behind me so I cued her to sit between my legs and flicked the lead at the spaniel and threw some treats out. Its owner then appeared saying “sorry. He’s only 5 months old. His recall is brilliant but when he sees another dog he’s off, doesn’t matter if I call, whistle or anything”. Well then his recall isn’t brilliant is it and he certainly shouldn’t be off the lead around other dogs. We then went over to a quiet corner and did some recall practice as she’s learning to recall to the whistle and she was absolutely perfect. I saw the woman watching us looking a bit put out.
Crugeran Celt
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I had a bad experience with my pup last year which I posted on here at the time. I learned my lesson that day and became much more aware of how some owners who think they know it all have absolutely no control of their dogs and firmly believe it is everyone elses problem not theirs. I was recently walking with my parents in a local park without my dog thank goodness as there was a lady walking a very handsome staffy who was in incredible condition and obviously very well cared for, he was lose and was attempting to hump every other dog he came across. He was entire and when I asked if she had considered having him neutered due to his amorous personality she said she didn't believe in neutering/speying as it was cruel and that her dog was such a perfect example of his breed that if he impregnated any other dog their owners should be delighted! i honestly did not know what to say. Just very glad I heve now had mine speyed having had her first season.
AmyMay
Situation normal
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Cinnamontoast
Fais pas chier!
I was in the woods today (fell over onto hardcore the farmer has put in the gateway, have really hurt my good leg cos I fell onto bits of concrete), 2 women behind checked I was ok. They had a pack of dogs, one of which kept coming up and barking at me. I met them going back to the car park where they remarked on how calm the pups were for youngsters then let one of theirs run across the lane to the car park! It is a quiet lane but I just wouldn’t risk it, my lot go on the lead 20 yards before the lane.
ArklePig
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The F***ING dog who bit my husband was in the dog park today (we were walking by as we only go in if it's empty or there's dogs we know) attempting to ride every bitch he could get his dirty little paws on while his stupid gormless owners just sat drinking coffee on the bench. This is a dog that bites passers by with no provocation and it's off lead in a park full of dogs kids and owners. I despair. There was about 12 dogs in there no one was paying any attention to theirs and it was carnage.
It's situated in a bigger park and we just walked by but it gave me heebie jeebies.
It's situated in a bigger park and we just walked by but it gave me heebie jeebies.
AmyMay
Situation normal
Did you report the incident to the police at the time?
ArklePig
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Yes OH did but they weren't overly interested as he wasn't mauled. I guess they'll just wait til he bites worse the next time ?
AmyMay
Situation normal
Marnie
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Compared to what others go through, it is very tame but I am really fed up of people not sticking to footpaths and just going wherever they want - both when I am out walking on other people's land and on the farm that I live on. We have had to put chains and locks on gates as people go through them and don't shut them properly meaning that cows (with bulls) in different fields can mix or get out onto the main track and ultimately onto the road. People are now climbing over the gates and they are starting to drop. The number of people who go through the fields with their dogs off leads too, I'm always telling people and they say things like there are no cows in the field - no, but there are in the field that joins it and they could come through at any time!
Clodagh
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When we sold the farm and bought a house OH number 1-5 must haves were no public access. People have no idea how privileged they are to have public footpaths.
Cinnamontoast
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If I see public footpath mentioned on a property, I just move on. I couldn’t cope.
Clodagh
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We had them right round the farmhouse, outside the garden but front and rear. A man’s dog killed a chicken and he said it was my fault for having them free ranging. He gave me £20 though. I was quite angry and waving a still twitching dismembered corpse at him. ?
Cinnamontoast
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I couldn’t do with it. There was a lovely property the OH sent me but there was a footpath at the end of the couple of acres, but nobody respects the paths. We used to have people pitching tents in the horses’ field, wandering round, all ar$ey when told it was private land.
Clodagh
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I think you’d do better in a more rural location. Although the cows opposite are forever being let out as people are incapable of shutting a gate ?
Errin Paddywack
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We have a footpath along the far side of our field. Makes a very popular circular walk for the villagers and us. We fenced the horses away from it and it has kissing gates both ends. Ours causes very little trouble and in fact can be a help as the villagers know who owns it and will alert us to problems with our animals. So not all footpaths are bad, depends so much on where they are and who uses them.
P3LH
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Here, it’s awful. We are on the edge of the urban area leading into the open country. Most of our walks are further in. We count ourselves exceptionally blessed to live somewhere where within ten minutes you can walk for hours and see nobody, yet still order a take away! Other people don’t seem to respect this. And I genuinely pity the farmers and land owners with footpaths where we walk. I witnessed two dogs shot in front of me in the summer - i say in front of me, I was on the footpath and they and their owners were not. Even then, the dogs had ranged far away from their owners and were ‘only playing’ with the sheep according to their owners. We’ve had alpacas, ponies, poultry, sheep and goats all affected around here. There is even a footpath which cuts alongside the garden of a very remote house where a very very elderly couple live - they have a wonderful garden and keep rare breed chickens, so the view of their garden is almost as wonderful as the countryside around it. Several times I’ve seen dogs charge into their garden either under the gate or even leaping over the fence. They then either harass the chickens or piss all over the plant pots - I really feel for them. People really can be dicks.