Irresponsible Owners

Without any intention of throwing shade at the lady involved (it should still not have happened to her), there was a lot that could have been done to prevent that.

Bloke needs better equipment as well as a muzzle, a leather or rubberised lead might not have run through his hand and a dog with a head and neck like that needs a chain or slip.
 
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 idiot ginger midget is usually on a lead while the Kelpie is not. She has very good recall but my walking is mainly amongst sheep and although she'll come back as soon as I call her, she will occasionally chase the sheep and it's not fair on the sheep to be being chased the 30m it takes between her flying off after them and spinning to run back to me once I've called her. I sometimes use a long line and sometimes an extendable. The extendable is infinitely preferable to avoid any tangling if I'm walking and have elderly westie along too (as she's most likely to get tangled). Whereas if I'm running with them I prefer the longline.
 
A friend and I were walking along a canal towpath yesterday. Even though school holidays are over there were still quite a few boats moored up. At one point as we approached a line of 6 boats we saw a dog standing by a boat at the far end, we put our 2 on leads and waited hoping an owner would call dog on board, but instead the dog started trotting towards us. We moved on to the grass bank under the hedge at side of path still hoping an owner would appear and then realised a woman on a boat chugging past was calling the dog. So basically they had chucked it off somewhere and it was just following them, they couldn't have seen it all the time it was behind the moored boats. In all fairness the dog totally ignored us and our 2 ignored it, but it literally brushed shoulders with my girl , this after we had a "high noon" type approach for quite a distance! Just an accident waiting to happen and if anything had gone wrong no doubt our 2 GSDs would have been blamed.
 
MurphysMinder said:
A friend and I were walking along a canal towpath yesterday. Even though school holidays are over there were still quite a few boats moored up. At one point as we approached a line of 6 boats we saw a dog standing by a boat at the far end, we put our 2 on leads and waited hoping an owner would call dog on board, but instead the dog started trotting towards us. We moved on to the grass bank under the hedge at side of path still hoping an owner would appear and then realised a woman on a boat chugging past was calling the dog. So basically they had chucked it off somewhere and it was just following them, they couldn't have seen it all the time it was behind the moored boats. In all fairness the dog totally ignored us and our 2 ignored it, but it literally brushed shoulders with my girl , this after we had a "high noon" type approach for quite a distance! Just an accident waiting to happen and if anything had gone wrong no doubt our 2 GSDs would have been blamed.
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I've done walking along a canal or river while the dog swims but never heard of it in reverse!!
 
Earlier this year we were out walking as a big group along a canal when we suddenly heard PLUNK. Friend's small dog had confidently stepped off the towpath believing the very thick duckweed was a lawn. I think because it was so unexpected she just sank like a stone, someone had to go in after her and hoik her out by the harness. I have maintained a healthy caution around canals since then!
 
I got wedged between 2 dogs whilst in line at the chemist, of all places.

One was a heavy set, pale coloured, intact male bull breed - too short at the wither to be a true XL bully, but one of those which has been bred to be squat and wide, with a huge head and no muzzle - held on a chain lead by a man in his 30’s. The other one was an older ankle-heigh terrier of some description, with an older woman.

The terrier started hard eyeing and growling as soon as the bull-type came in, tail and legs stiff. The woman completely ignored it. The bull type was quiet at first, but as the wait in the queue got longer, and the terrier kept eyeballing it, it started this high pitched, aroused, keening noise. At that point I didn’t fancy being in the middle if the terrier got made into mince, so thought it was prudent to duck out of line.
 
Yet another run in with a man whose off lead lab made a bee line for my on lead terrier and me in some woods. It wouldn't sod off and was ignoring the owner so I bellowed at it. Mine was on a lead because signs said they should be, I had missed busses, was lost, hungry, thirsty and dog was fed up too. We had been walking for hours in the Peak District, so this damned thing jumping around us was not appreciated.

It was lucky I didn't boot it or have my walking stick cos I would have clouted it, but apparently I shouldn't shout at his dog who was doing nothing wrong. So the 2 of us stood there shouting at each other. According to him I had traumatised it, nowhere near enough in my opinion. When we had finished exchanging unpleasanteries, he cleared off but the poor traumatised dog returned briefly and my chap told it to eff off.
 
blackcob said:
Earlier this year we were out walking as a big group along a canal when we suddenly heard PLUNK. Friend's small dog had confidently stepped off the towpath believing the very thick duckweed was a lawn. I think because it was so unexpected she just sank like a stone, someone had to go in after her and hoik her out by the harness. I have maintained a healthy caution around canals since then!
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One of our dogs did that years ago in a stagnant pond. The HONK in the car on the way home....
 
Ex-flatmate's mal-GSD cross loved water and didn't have a brain cell to his name. He jumped into the canal and could't get out because the sides where he went in are vertical concrete, and he was unable to figure out how to swim downstream to a bit of canal he could clamber out of, even though ex-flatmate and my husband were calling him while standing on a low grassy bank like 10 or 20 meters along. Not far. Ex-flatmate had to jump into the canal with him, then swim with him to the friendlier egress. Dog stayed on-lead when walked along the canal after that.
 
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CorvusCorax said:
One of our dogs did that years ago in a stagnant pond. The HONK in the car on the way home....
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My spaniel has also done this - into an ornamental pond in one of the central London parks. I have never seen such a distraught look on his face. Although there was also the time he ran through what looked like a shallow puddle, but turned out to be hiding a rather large hole…

He’s smarter than this makes him sound. 😅
 
I swear some people are just not meant to have dogs or any living creature....

I'm out walking Loki my Weimaraner, when a lady happens to cross my path with a lovely Collie type dog. We exchange a polite hello and carry on our opposite ways. For some unbeknownst reason, she then decides to tell her dog to "get" Loki. And by get I mean she basically told her dog to go and ambush Loki - why - I honestly don't know but people really are thick as anything nowadays.....

I carried on walking with Loki, unaware of the rapidly approaching Collie type dog till Loki started to growl a bit.

I stopped and checked in with him and as I stopped, the Collie caught up with us and full on launched into a game of chase with Loki. Now bear in mind Loki is on the lead so he can't exactly run anywhere, I look over at the owner of the Collie and yell for her to come and get her dog.

She laughs and says that her dog is just playing, I promptly turn around and tell her she has less than a minute to sort her s**t out before a dog fight ends up happening.

At this point Loki is doing bloody well to keep a lid on things and after what seems like an eternity, the other dog owner comes over and says that she only wanted her dog to play with mine. I turn around and say that I don't have a problem with other dogs playing with Loki, but not when it's done as an ambush from behind and when I'm on the end of a lead as it could have ended bloody badly.

Now give the lady her due, she did promptly apologise and inform me that I'm the first person to have an issue with what she does, and that she does it to all the dogs on the estate where I walk through. I just looked at her and politely informed her that Loki is a friendly dog, however he doesn't take kindly to being ambushed and certainly not whilst on the end of the lead with me walking next to him. Again she apologised and offered Loki a treat (Loki was now shaking and cowering behind me in anxiousness) and I politely thanked her but declined her offer to feed Loki a treat as I just wanted to head home and get him settled down. She said that she totally understood and apologised once more before heading on her way with her dog now on the lead.
 
AppyLover1996 said:
I swear some people are just not meant to have dogs or any living creature....

I'm out walking Loki my Weimaraner, when a lady happens to cross my path with a lovely Collie type dog. We exchange a polite hello and carry on our opposite ways. For some unbeknownst reason, she then decides to tell her dog to "get" Loki. And by get I mean she basically told her dog to go and ambush Loki - why - I honestly don't know but people really are thick as anything nowadays.....

I carried on walking with Loki, unaware of the rapidly approaching Collie type dog till Loki started to growl a bit.

I stopped and checked in with him and as I stopped, the Collie caught up with us and full on launched into a game of chase with Loki. Now bear in mind Loki is on the lead so he can't exactly run anywhere, I look over at the owner of the Collie and yell for her to come and get her dog.

She laughs and says that her dog is just playing, I promptly turn around and tell her she has less than a minute to sort her s**t out before a dog fight ends up happening.

At this point Loki is doing bloody well to keep a lid on things and after what seems like an eternity, the other dog owner comes over and says that she only wanted her dog to play with mine. I turn around and say that I don't have a problem with other dogs playing with Loki, but not when it's done as an ambush from behind and when I'm on the end of a lead as it could have ended bloody badly.

Now give the lady her due, she did promptly apologise and inform me that I'm the first person to have an issue with what she does, and that she does it to all the dogs on the estate where I walk through. I just looked at her and politely informed her that Loki is a friendly dog, however he doesn't take kindly to being ambushed and certainly not whilst on the end of the lead with me walking next to him. Again she apologised and offered Loki a treat (Loki was now shaking and cowering behind me in anxiousness) and I politely thanked her but declined her offer to feed Loki a treat as I just wanted to head home and get him settled down. She said that she totally understood and apologised once more before heading on her way with her dog now on the lead.
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Sorry that happened. Odin is very dog reactive, and I am careful walking him and tend to walk when I know we won’t meet other dogs. He would have full on fought if that happened to him. He is getting a lot better at just walking past etc.

Funnily enough, we’ve just come back from the vets. I left him in the car until he was called, and he totally ignored the other dog in the waiting room.
 
Went for a run the other day. Saw a couple walking towards me with a dog on a lead. I spotted that the dog had focused on me. It's owners were oblivious! I stepped away from them into the road. It tried to launch at me as I passed them. Of course the lead wasn't a short one and the dog's teeth came within mm of me. They both looked shocked and surprised. They were both paying no attention to their dog.
 
Whippet in vets for vaccination today.

Just at the desk paying. Whippet stood next to me, shaking, clearly concerned.

Woman walks in with ridiculously bouncy Golden Retriever. Let's the dog drag her over and get in my dogs face.

I walk away from the desk (having not been able to finish paying) to remove my dog from hers and she allows her dog to drag her along to follow us!

Eventually she pulls the dog away.

What world are people living in!? Why would you let your dog charge over to another dog in any scenario? But to one who is clearly upset in a vets waiting room?

I just cannot with people. They're all thick as shit, I swear it.
 
AppyLover1996 said:
I swear some people are just not meant to have dogs or any living creature....

I'm out walking Loki my Weimaraner, when a lady happens to cross my path with a lovely Collie type dog. We exchange a polite hello and carry on our opposite ways. For some unbeknownst reason, she then decides to tell her dog to "get" Loki. And by get I mean she basically told her dog to go and ambush Loki - why - I honestly don't know but people really are thick as anything nowadays.....

I carried on walking with Loki, unaware of the rapidly approaching Collie type dog till Loki started to growl a bit.

I stopped and checked in with him and as I stopped, the Collie caught up with us and full on launched into a game of chase with Loki. Now bear in mind Loki is on the lead so he can't exactly run anywhere, I look over at the owner of the Collie and yell for her to come and get her dog.

She laughs and says that her dog is just playing, I promptly turn around and tell her she has less than a minute to sort her s**t out before a dog fight ends up happening.

At this point Loki is doing bloody well to keep a lid on things and after what seems like an eternity, the other dog owner comes over and says that she only wanted her dog to play with mine. I turn around and say that I don't have a problem with other dogs playing with Loki, but not when it's done as an ambush from behind and when I'm on the end of a lead as it could have ended bloody badly.

Now give the lady her due, she did promptly apologise and inform me that I'm the first person to have an issue with what she does, and that she does it to all the dogs on the estate where I walk through. I just looked at her and politely informed her that Loki is a friendly dog, however he doesn't take kindly to being ambushed and certainly not whilst on the end of the lead with me walking next to him. Again she apologised and offered Loki a treat (Loki was now shaking and cowering behind me in anxiousness) and I politely thanked her but declined her offer to feed Loki a treat as I just wanted to head home and get him settled down. She said that she totally understood and apologised once more before heading on her way with her dog now on the lead.
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That would have ended very badly had she tried that with Zak.

blackcob said:
I saw a beautiful English setter today… tied up outside a shop.
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I’d have nicked it! (Not really, obviously, but I love a setter) I can’t understand people doing this, I’d be far too paranoid.
 
Jenko109 said:
Whippet in vets for vaccination today.

Just at the desk paying. Whippet stood next to me, shaking, clearly concerned.

Woman walks in with ridiculously bouncy Golden Retriever. Let's the dog drag her over and get in my dogs face.

I walk away from the desk (having not been able to finish paying) to remove my dog from hers and she allows her dog to drag her along to follow us!

Eventually she pulls the dog away.

What world are people living in!? Why would you let your dog charge over to another dog in any scenario? But to one who is clearly upset in a vets waiting room?

I just cannot with people. They're all thick as shit, I swear it.
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On the rare occasions I don't have my dog seen in the car park, I take her out and put her away before coming back in and paying, makes life a lot easier.
 
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CorvusCorax said:
On the rare occasions I don't have my dog seen in the car park, I take her out and put her away before coming back in and paying, makes life a lot easier.
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Annoying thing is, I usually do!

There was no queue and I had the right cash so thought I would just pay quick as it should take all of twenty seconds.

Lesson learnt.

In twenty seconds, you can be plagued by morons.
 
Depending on their practice management software, they should be able to add a flag or note stating that you will be waiting outside for appointments, to use a side door etc. One of mine has a whole paragraph. 😅

Unrelated and not at all irresponsible but I had to smile this morning in the queue for the butcher - while the person ahead of me was ordering, their guide dog, beautifully behaved, still had their nose pressed to the cabinet glass and made a little foggy circle looking at the steak.
 
When you book an appointment at my vets the confirmation email says this :

Please arrive no more than 5 minutes prior to your appointment time. This is to try and reduce the amount of patients in our waiting room at any one time, and to help reduce stress for your pet's in what can be a very busy environment.

If you prefer to wait outside or in your vehicle, please just check in at reception when you arrive.

If your pet requires space or has any other needs please do let us know and we will try our best to accommodate those needs when visiting us.

We ask that dogs who may bark whilst waiting for their appointment please wait outside or in the car. This is to reduce the stress to them, and to other dogs and cats in the waiting area.

Please keep all dogs on a short lead (please shorten and lock flexi leads) and give other dogs plenty of space.
 
The entire canine population of Shropshire was out this morning trying to beat the forecast storm. Lots of people walking multiples, 3-5 dogs, that appeared to have no or very limited verbal control. In fairness every set immediately attempted to call them back and/or put them on the lead, but with a lot of stress involved - much shrieking and flapping and treading on dogs. If you had to do that every five minutes on a walk, wouldn't you just keep all or some on the lead?
 
Lady who wanted the chicken mince I was selling didn’t turn up but then messaged to say her dog had gone into early labour and rearranged. She came this morning and whilst waiting for my OH to go outside to get the food from the big freezer, she told me she’d left her in season bitch with ‘knickers’ on with her entire male while she ran to the loo. She came back to them tied. ‘But I didn’t want puppies’. I asked if she’d heard of Alizin and she said ‘She was halfway through, I wasn’t going to do that to her’. Halfway through what? You saw them tie! The vet said she’d have 4 puppies, but there are 10. And the breed? Cane Corso. Apparently she doesn’t have homes lined up and nobody will want them due to their breed. 🤦🏼‍♀️
 
Cinnamontoast said:
Lady who wanted the chicken mince I was selling didn’t turn up but then messaged to say her dog had gone into early labour and rearranged. She came this morning and whilst waiting for my OH to go outside to get the food from the big freezer, she told me she’d left her in season bitch with ‘knickers’ on with her entire male while she ran to the loo. She came back to them tied. ‘But I didn’t want puppies’. I asked if she’d heard of Alizin and she said ‘She was halfway through, I wasn’t going to do that to her’. Halfway through what? You saw them tie! The vet said she’d have 4 puppies, but there are 10. And the breed? Cane Corso. Apparently she doesn’t have homes lined up and nobody will want them due to their breed. 🤦🏼‍♀️
The title of this thread definitely applies to her….wonder what will happen too those puppies, daft question really…
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blackcob said:
The entire canine population of Shropshire was out this morning trying to beat the forecast storm. Lots of people walking multiples, 3-5 dogs, that appeared to have no or very limited verbal control. In fairness every set immediately attempted to call them back and/or put them on the lead, but with a lot of stress involved - much shrieking and flapping and treading on dogs. If you had to do that every five minutes on a walk, wouldn't you just keep all or some on the lead?
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Those of Staffordshire were all on Cannock chase where we were mantrailing. Mainly spaniels, majority of owners with ball throwers joy !
 
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