Irresponsible Owners

Another one from me. Went to visit friend recently. They have a rescued 'staffie'. It's actually a pocket bully they took on after it was dumped just as the regulations around the XL bullies came in.

It's actually a really friendly dog. It just has no manners. I got there and friend was on the phone. I went into the living room and the dog went bonkers. It was running madly round the room, jumping on furniture and on me. I have scratches on my shoulder were it jumped up from the sofa. The madness continued for a good couple of hours. It would settle for a bit and then run around madly again. Friend did very little to stop it. It needs training on how to behave in company!
 
Kunoichi73 said:
Another one from me. Went to visit friend recently. They have a rescued 'staffie'. It's actually a pocket bully they took on after it was dumped just as the regulations around the XL bullies came in.

It's actually a really friendly dog. It just has no manners. I got there and friend was on the phone. I went into the living room and the dog went bonkers. It was running madly round the room, jumping on furniture and on me. I have scratches on my shoulder were it jumped up from the sofa. The madness continued for a good couple of hours. It would settle for a bit and then run around madly again. Friend did very little to stop it. It needs training on how to behave in company!
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You're very polite, I'd have left. On the rare occasion I have them, I don't subject house guests to my dogs. If they insist, they soon change their minds 🤣
 
CorvusCorax said:
You're very polite, I'd have left. On the rare occasion I have them, I don't subject house guests to my dogs. If they insist, they soon change their minds 🤣
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I was very tempted to leave. I met the dog just after they got it and it was the same back then. But it was only about 6 or 7 weeks old. I'd seen it a couple of times since and was told it was doing really well at obedience training. Apparently this does not apply in the home! 🤬
 
Me 😭 lurcher bogged off after a deer and was MIA for half an hour.

She had been absolutely perfect up until then. I’ve done all the right things, built up gradually, from extending lead when I first got her, to long line, to off lead in certain places only (starting with enclosed field) - she checks in, is super responsive to recall, doesn’t go bogging off to other dogs/people etc. But this time, she got the scent and was gone, disappeared over the brow of a hill before I could even do anything.

Back to the long line, and enclosed spaces only for off lead, now. Feel really guilty and stupid - I mean, lurchers gonna lurch. She’d been doing so well though! Just feel sad for her that she’ll get limited chances to stretch those long legs properly now… can’t risk that again. My 6yo son, who was walking with me, was distraught… the relief on getting her back 🥴

Far too eventful a walk for my liking 🙈
 
ponyparty said:
Me 😭 lurcher bogged off after a deer and was MIA for half an hour.

She had been absolutely perfect up until then. I’ve done all the right things, built up gradually, from extending lead when I first got her, to long line, to off lead in certain places only (starting with enclosed field) - she checks in, is super responsive to recall, doesn’t go bogging off to other dogs/people etc. But this time, she got the scent and was gone, disappeared over the brow of a hill before I could even do anything.

Back to the long line, and enclosed spaces only for off lead, now. Feel really guilty and stupid - I mean, lurchers gonna lurch. She’d been doing so well though! Just feel sad for her that she’ll get limited chances to stretch those long legs properly now… can’t risk that again. My 6yo son, who was walking with me, was distraught… the relief on getting her back 🥴

Far too eventful a walk for my liking 🙈
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Terrifying but honestly it has happened to all (lurcher) owners. Glad she’s back safe.
 
Clodagh said:
Terrifying but honestly it has happened to all (lurcher) owners. Glad she’s back safe.
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Speaking as a lurcher owner, it happened quite a few times with my previous lurcher, the longest absence was 3 hours !!!! and she came back just as it was getting dark. I was a mess. I had a break from lurchers but now have another who has not been as bad and he is 3. He came out of the bushes with a pigeon yesterday and I thought oh no it’s started. He dropped it at my feet and when I picked it up it was cold so he wasn’t the killer, just hope this hasn’t started him thinking more about hunting 🤞
 
Honestly, it is fine to keep a dog on a leash, either walk/run/bike further or faster, long line or flexi leash. My dog has too high a prey drive to be loose in public (and you're never going to win over genetics!) and she is still very fit and muscled through exercise and training. She does get to run and be loopy, but just not anywhere where she will get herself into bother.
 
This week's winner:

I was riding along the road to get to the park and an oncoming car stopped, blocking another junction. Some people panic when they see the horse so they stop - pretty normal - and I waved him on. He didn't move, and I plodded onwards. As I got closer and then rode past the car, I saw the guy had a beagle in the passenger seat, totally loose, and it was going mental, seeing the horse outside of the car, and it was running back and forth between the passenger seat and the driver's seat, jumping on the driver and the steering wheel. The guy could not safely move the car until I'd ridden past and was out of the dog's sight.

I thought, "Mate, I hope your dog doesn't see anything exciting when you're on the M74."
 
There seems to be 2 types of Lab. The won't think of moving until told to, or the more common drag owners everywhere sort. I keep harping back to the one that dragged it's owner over to me when I was sitting at a ringside eating my chips and stuck it's nose onto them, probably gobbing on them and eating a couple and all it's owner could say was I don't think it ate any!! Now she deserved dragging around on the floor ...
 
blackcob said:
You would think a 10pm pavement walk would be drama-free but this evening a black lab went nuclear from across the other side of the road, owner hit the deck but somehow kept hold of the lead, bloody thing kept on coming and she got dragged across the road like a rag doll.
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Maybe at 10pm all the people with dogs that need not see others are all out? 😳
 
They were with a group of people and I suspect on their way home from the pub. 😏 There are reactive regulars out at that time to the point we often say a cheery good evening to each other but not seen these before.
 
Unless you're Clicker Lady With Terriers, but helpfully you can hear her clicking from a mile off and cross the road in advance. Man With Elderly Collie, Lady With Elderly Vizsla and Man With Giant Knobhead Longcoat GSD all have each other's space requirements sussed and respected.

Fearless Arsehole Ginger and White Cat respects nobody. And that is the 10pm walking crew. 😆
 
The idiot owners of a lovely looking GSD puppy. They were waiting at a pedestrian crossing this morning, not paying any attention to the pup. Pup was curious about everything, looking around nosily. Lights changed in their favour. They hadn't noticed the dog wasn't paying attention to them and started to cross. Poor pup was looking in the other direction, gets pulled along by idiot owners and falls over backwards. 🙁🤬
 
CorvusCorax said:
Honestly, it is fine to keep a dog on a leash, either walk/run/bike further or faster, long line or flexi leash. My dog has too high a prey drive to be loose in public (and you're never going to win over genetics!) and she is still very fit and muscled through exercise and training. She does get to run and be loopy, but just not anywhere where she will get herself into bother.
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This.

You can do all the training in the world, but a sighthound is going after deer.

I have a Whippet and a Lurcher so lots of our walks are on lead. We get a good stomp on all the same and everyone finishes their walks quiet and content. I always consider that our walking pace, is their trotting pace!

Our off lead walk is on a massive common. No deer.

On average, they are off lead twice a week.

Here is a picture taken this morning. He was actually looking at deer when it was taken 😅
 

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blackcob said:
They were with a group of people and I suspect on their way home from the pub. 😏 There are reactive regulars out at that time to the point we often say a cheery good evening to each other but not seen these before.
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Our time to avoid is before 10am when the local xl bullies all seem to be out.

New-ish GSD rescue bitch. I ask if it’s ok to go past, they’re standing just inside the park right by the entrance. Yes, says the owner, she might try to flirt if they’re boys. I say I’ll just walk mine past, thanks, I’d rather not risk any silliness from mine (who won’t be silly but will be keen to say hello). Bloke is holding onto the lead with all his might so I scurry past.

On the way out later, I bump into Cuthbert’s owner (great name for a dog!) who tells me the GSD keeps going for his dog and attacked the basset x collie but his dog stood over him to protect him. Bloke with GSD then apparently kept repeatedly throwing his ball straight at Cuthbert, park is very big, throw it elsewhere!
 
I really needed to read the last few sighthound posts on here. Living in the countryside is everything I hoped and more, for us and the dog, but I do find it hard being around lots of very well trained dogs off lead and wishing we could do the same. It's just too high risk with deer and hare around. Ivy is on lead for her physio rehab stuff anyway but I just don't want to get talked into letting her off lead outside of a properly secured area. I feel bad that she's on her long line when other dogs can run around her freely when we bump into people out and about. We haven't been out dog walking with others yet but I do wonder whether it's manageable to have one on the long line/lead while others are off lead, or if Ivy will end up frustrated and/or tangled in a lead.
 
SaddlePsych'D said:
I really needed to read the last few sighthound posts on here. Living in the countryside is everything I hoped and more, for us and the dog, but I do find it hard being around lots of very well trained dogs off lead and wishing we could do the same. It's just too high risk with deer and hare around. Ivy is on lead for her physio rehab stuff anyway but I just don't want to get talked into letting her off lead outside of a properly secured area. I feel bad that she's on her long line when other dogs can run around her freely when we bump into people out and about. We haven't been out dog walking with others yet but I do wonder whether it's manageable to have one on the long line/lead while others are off lead, or if Ivy will end up frustrated and/or tangled in a lead.
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Could you invite a couple of her dog friends to one of your sessions in the field that you hire?
 
SaddlePsych'D said:
I really needed to read the last few sighthound posts on here. Living in the countryside is everything I hoped and more, for us and the dog, but I do find it hard being around lots of very well trained dogs off lead and wishing we could do the same. It's just too high risk with deer and hare around. Ivy is on lead for her physio rehab stuff anyway but I just don't want to get talked into letting her off lead outside of a properly secured area. I feel bad that she's on her long line when other dogs can run around her freely when we bump into people out and about. We haven't been out dog walking with others yet but I do wonder whether it's manageable to have one on the long line/lead while others are off lead, or if Ivy will end up frustrated and/or tangled in a lead.
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My monster is not always very good with other dogs, so he is always on his long line for first introductions (full protocol applies: do not set off from the house, need at least a short car journey first, no dogs sat waiting for him directly outside the boot, walk at safe distance on lead in same direction, other dog off lead and monster on long line, both off lead). The other dogs soon learn to skip! Monster seems to accept being on the long line while other are loose just fine. He is not allowed to play with any dog other than Liberty anyway as he gets too rough (exceptions can be made for a "catch me if you can" with a toy in his mouth in a secure area - but play fighting and tumbling are off the table). Actually at the minute it is Liberty that is confined to long line due to being in season and it's quite funny watching Monster having to do the skipping for once.
 
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