misst
Well-Known Member
To be fair lately it has been better around here. The lab that knocks dogs and people over is the biggest exception. Her owner shouts from afar "don't worry she's friendly" as she runs up to strangers. I put mine on leads when I see her coming but it really annoys me. I have a 2 year old JRT who is brilliant most of the time but does like to play if invited and seems unaware that playing with a large bouncing lab is not the same as playing with her bestie who is a same age and size BT. The lab owner has suggested I "let them play together as they'll love it".
Today we saw several dogs being put on lead as we approached and so I put mine on leads at the same time. Each time it was in case my small dogs would be overwhelmed by their larger dogs, which I found very thoughtful of the owners. All the big dogs ignored us and my two ignore others if they are on the lead. It was a lovely civilized walk with plenty of squirrel chasing in the woods and lots of swimming in massive puddles and polite interaction (or lack of) with everyone
Today we saw several dogs being put on lead as we approached and so I put mine on leads at the same time. Each time it was in case my small dogs would be overwhelmed by their larger dogs, which I found very thoughtful of the owners. All the big dogs ignored us and my two ignore others if they are on the lead. It was a lovely civilized walk with plenty of squirrel chasing in the woods and lots of swimming in massive puddles and polite interaction (or lack of) with everyone