Irresponsible Owners

[Tiddlypom]

I have to say that I'd be sufficiently concerned about a common use water bowl at a vets that I'd at least politely mention it.

Does that make me batshit? Well, yes I am that in many ways , but that would be one of my lesser transgressions, I think!

 

[The Fuzzy Furry]

Whether you do or don't provide a water bowl, some batshit client will write a two-page diatribe to the practice manager about it.

The one I use has signs up:
Please keep your pet beside you at all times and do not permit them to approach other patients.
No communal water bowl supplied in waiting area. Bio security is observed in this practice at all times.

The reception staff are very on the ball in making folk keep their distance. I've seen them send someone out to the car park to wait when they couldnt control their rude dog!

 

[CanteringCarrot]

Current practice has a communal water fountain/bowl, last one did too, now that I think about it. Why is this a thing?

 

[MurphysMinder]

My vets have a sign on door saying please keep dogs on a short lead and do not allow them to interact with other dogs .

 

[Love]

Purdey Puppy would like to nominate me this morning as an irresponsible owner...

She had snuck up behind me in the kitchen and I stepped back and stood on her paw. During the commotion that ensued, I somehow managed to step on her other paw!!

She was over it almost instantly. I, on the other hand, will likely be mortified by it all week

 

[limestonelil]

Can anyone pinpoint the time (approx year ish) when it became the norm to have your dog walking/pulling in front of you, instead of at your side. Our shop has a large sign saying dogs are welcome, and so do most local tourist dependent visitor places, but there's more complaints from non-dog owners about other people's pooches beginning to surface.

 

[Landcruiser]

It's beyond me why vets don't have waiting room 'rules' for want of a better word. Eg short leads only, do not let your dog/piranha fish etc approach other patients Pleased to hear that a receptionist spoke up. One time when I visited one particular vet with my cat we had a small family in with their pet. One of the children proceeded to practice her baton twirling. Old house, high ceilings, suspended wooden floors. She didn't catch the baton every time so there was much noise and clattering. Then there are the dogs that are permitted to approach cats in baskets. Thereafter the cat waited in the car and I went and got her when the vet called us. Yes it delayed the vet. Payment too was delayed because the cat returned to the car and then I returned to pay.

Vets DO have rules, the minimum being "All dogs must be on leads" and "All cats must remain in baskets. Unfortunately some owners ignore them, and some even refuse to follow them even when reception try to enforce. We keep a supply of leads for the "I just put him in the car and forgot to bring a lead" owner, (who are usually embarrassed and apologetic), as well as the "didn't bother" owners. Some owners unbelievably come in, sit down, then for some reason let the dog off the lead! (Our door opens onto a busy road, as well as the obvious issue with off lead dogs dotting round a stressful environment, bothering other pets and owners.
We also have specific rules for some clients - "Your dog MUST be muzzled before entering the practice" for instance. (One of these was after I nearly had my face bitten off by a retriever when I approached the owner to let him know the vet was running late - the dog literally leapt for my face as I came close but was thankfully restrained by owner.)

We also keep cat baskets. Several times over the last 8 years I have had owners come in with cats in arms ( having walked along said busy road). We rush and get a spare basket and insist they insert their cat into it. I recently had a woman refuse, so I insisted she go back to her car with her cat and wait there, and would not be admitted to see vet without cat in basket, which I provided. She got really shirty with me - she had previously done exactly the same with another receptionist on another occasion, I later found out. We regularly have owners opening baskets to pet cats, and even taking them out in waiting room.
I have seen a pet rat running over someone's shoulders, in the cat waiting area. Obviously reception always do our best to enforce the rules, and 99% of owners comply.

Is it bad that for some owners (the cat woman just mentioned, for instance), I kind of wish an "incident" would occur - big bouncy dog comes in and cat climbs up owner's face and then scarpers out of front door opened by cat woman's partner just arriving - for instance ?

 

[Katieg123]

Last time I was at the vet an older gentleman came in with a chicken which he was just carrying! When checking in and paying he popped her on the ground to wander around. Luckily my dog knows better than to investigate but he certainly looked confused! Another lady in the waiting room had two big bernese mountain dogs which almost pulled her off her seat to get to the chicken! The whole situation was a bit too close to disaster for my comfort... I was surprised at how relaxed the chicken seemed though and I wonder if he takes her everywhere with him like a lap dog!

 

[maisie06]

I have to say that I'd be sufficiently concerned about a common use water bowl at a vets that I'd at least politely mention it.

Does that make me batshit? Well, yes I am that in many ways , but that would be one of my lesser transgressions, I think!

We don't have a communal water bowl at the feed store I run anymore but happy to provide water if owners ask!! Have a little sign explaining Biosecurity.

 

[maisie06]

Can anyone pinpoint the time (approx year ish) when it became the norm to have your dog walking/pulling in front of you, instead of at your side. Our shop has a large sign saying dogs are welcome, and so do most local tourist dependent visitor places, but there's more complaints from non-dog owners about other people's pooches beginning to surface.

it got worse around 2020....We let dogs in the feed store/petshop but not in the cafe or farm shop for hygiene reasons, some people get stroppy about not being able to take dogs in the cafe but too many owners with badly behaved dogs put paid to that plus we have a large clientele of elderly customers who don't need to be hassled by dogs.

 

[maisie06]

Whether you do or don't provide a water bowl, some batshit client will write a two-page diatribe to the practice manager about it.

Do you put them in the "special" file?!!

 

[CrunchieBoi]

Do you put them in the "special" file?!!

We had a shredder for those sorts of complaints in our practice too.

 

[BBP]

Did anyone else catch the Facebook video of what I think was a crop eared XL bully (could have been a cane corso x…apologies I know they aren’t the same), no collar/tags ‘racing’ it’s owner who was in a car, through an urban area in the midlands. The dog was barrelling flat out along the footpath next to the road, crossing junctions etc, for a good minute. Imagine walking along quietly, with or without your dog and seeing a dog that size running towards you at full pelt. Never mind the risk to the dog of it racing across road junctions etc. Perfect demonstration of the wrong type of person owning a dog like that.

(I also found out that my friends neighbours dogs - the ones who’s child took the bone off them - are Cane Corso x XL bully’s and have just had a litter of huge puppies. Fingers crossed they find better homes for them than the bloke in that video)

 

[CorvusCorax]

I'm not excusing it but I've seen a fair few rural folk exercise their dogs using the car. One managed to wing their dog relatively recently

 

[Titchy Pony]

I'm not excusing it but I've seen a fair few rural folk exercise their dogs using the car. One managed to wing their dog relatively recently

A previous neighbour used to do that until dog died in an accident with a moped. She was relatively lucky that the dog died instantly and the moped rider was uninjured and didn't sue her.

 

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[oldandgold]

WTF. Just when you think you've seen it all.

 

[BBP]

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Yep that’s the one.

 

[Love]

speechless at least the majority of comments are calling him out on it!

 

[splashgirl45]

Pity the police weren’t around as I’m sure he wasn’t concentrating properly on the road …

 

[splashgirl45]

This morning saw 2 dogs ahead so put mine on leads , took a wide berth as one of theirs on lead was kicking off and the other staffie type was loose and walking towards me, she managed to let go of the one on lead and it rushed towards us , she got hold of it and I asked her to call the loose one but was told he was ok as he was old, I again asked her to get it and she told me I was nervous and was making my dogs anxious… we had a little conversation about how inconsiderate she was but the answer was she couldn’t get the dog as she was looking after her granddaughter, I said in that case you shouldn’t have them out together , she was still shouting as I walked away. I know I was in the right but she thinks she was ,

 

[CorvusCorax]

Yeah, I saw a woman wheeling a pram, holding a baby and with a pug and a schnauzer offleash in the middle of the street the other day (the street is very old and has no footpath and cars are parked outside houses so you kinda have to walk on the road. Another guy coming the other way was walking quite a feisty terrier on a leash that always kicks off, the schnauzer got right up in its face barking, the woman did nothing, just kept walking. I said 'bit rude!' but if it had been my young dog, I imagine it would have not have been pretty.
There's multitasking and there's just being lazy.....

 

[stangs]

I'm starting to wonder how many responsible owners are left. The number of lame dogs I've seen recently is shocking; some dogs so lame or stiff that even my acquaintance, who knows nothing about animals, commented on it - and yet their owners walk ahead on their phones, dragging the animal behind them. And it's only going to be worse when the temperatures go up next week.

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Sad. I can see how exercising dogs with a car can work, but on private property with soft ground for them to run on, not in Birmingham. That dog's going to be crippled in a few years, if it's not killed by a car first. And I hate how he talks to/about it. No respect or care for the animal at all.

 

[paisley]

Bit of a change of subject-not sure if its the right section- but immediate neighbours acquired a Staffy cross puppy. (unclear about the other breed, something 'bull' was mentioned ).
They took the poor thing to the park in the heat of the day on the first day (no vaccinations at all), then left puppy for about 2-3 hours on the second day during the school run (mum walks back).
The howling was cataclysmic (other neighbours streets away thought it was a baby screaming), and I let them know and offered puppy sitting and any help they would like. They are trying but its a very shouty sweary family, with two children aged about 5 and 4 in a small house. They have now taken on the full brother as well, who I would assess in my limited experience as nervous bordeline aggressive (barks at everything, and will dart at the fence when I'm in the garden). Both puppies are actually lovely, and settle after a few minutes if you meet them outside the house
Any advice on what else I can do, if anything, to avert what looks like a disaster waiting to happen?

 

[AmyMay]

Just wait for it to happen and call the dog warden

 

[splashgirl45]

Saw someone in town at lunchtime with a Rottie that looked exhausted, tongue lolling out and panting really hard, they were in full sun… if I hadn’t been driving I would have had to give it some water, hope it’s ok

 

[SaddlePsych'D]

Not really an owner issue but Ivy absolutely would like to submit a complaint to management regarding whoever though it was a good idea to set a giant flame under a balloon, attach a basket and go flying in it over our house! Poor girl is very stressed out so we're making her a den behind the armchair.

 

[splashgirl45]

Poor Ivy it must be so hard to understand

 

[Tiddlypom]

Hope she's ok, SPD. Hot air balloons are a ruddy menace . Hate them.

I've picked up loose dogs before who have bolted after being scared by one.

 

[SaddlePsych'D]

She's calmed down a bit now she's in her corner behind the armchair.

Usually she doesn't come in the front room with us in the evenings, in a way it was nice she came in here looking for comfort and then we got her set up with a duvet so she can be comfy while she's hiding.

We came across one at our secure field booking the other day and she spent most of the booking laying down in some long grass in a corner. Didn't care at all about the low flying loud helicopter but the hot air balloon was not okay!