galaxy
Well-Known Member
is this allowed?
I was walking Harley in my local area today, but not a part I usually go in. I was with my sis in law, her Lab Alfie and her 3 small children. Alfi just bumbles along sniffing and I was playing ball with Harley with my niece. When I play ball with him he is purely focused on the ball. I clocked coming around the corner of this pond 2 sandy coloured lurcher type dogs off the lead and the went running up to harley who was just picking up his ball. The owner called out "they're coming to join in". I don't have a problem with that, I'm happy for harley to meet other dogs. I did think they approached quite fast (unpolite dog language) but when they got there they just started to sniff each other and Alfie bumbled over to say hello. It was this point I noticed they were muzzled (the dogs were sandy coloured and they had basket muzzles on of the same colourm so very camoflaged). Next thing I know they have leapt on Harley really going for him, he's screaming and running back to me with his tail between his legs with their front paws on his back and they making growling attacking noises. The bloke then yells "it's ok, they're muzzled". they got off him when he got back to me, so only lasted 5 secs.
I turned around to the bloke and gave him a piece of my mind. I told him that I didn't care that he thought that muzzling was enough, his dogs just attacked my dog (who is a VERY sensitive Pointer) for no reason at all. If his dogs are not friendly they should be on a lead and he should NOT just let them approach other dogs and go for them!!
Am I right? If dogs are clearly agressive (and these definitly are!) surely they should be on a lead = under control and not just muzzled and given a free rein. I REALLY want to call the dog warden, he's always patrolling our area, and get him to have a stern word. In my mind the more people that report someone, a bigger case will be made against him and getting him to control his dogs.
5 mins later I met some people with some dogs which harley said hello to (phew! he's so sensitive I've had problems in the past if a dog's had a go where he's scared of new dogs after) and I warned the owners about the lurchers at the pond and they told me they knew all about them. They walk there all the time and the guy has only just muzzled the 2nd dog.... so they are obviously a problem.
I was walking Harley in my local area today, but not a part I usually go in. I was with my sis in law, her Lab Alfie and her 3 small children. Alfi just bumbles along sniffing and I was playing ball with Harley with my niece. When I play ball with him he is purely focused on the ball. I clocked coming around the corner of this pond 2 sandy coloured lurcher type dogs off the lead and the went running up to harley who was just picking up his ball. The owner called out "they're coming to join in". I don't have a problem with that, I'm happy for harley to meet other dogs. I did think they approached quite fast (unpolite dog language) but when they got there they just started to sniff each other and Alfie bumbled over to say hello. It was this point I noticed they were muzzled (the dogs were sandy coloured and they had basket muzzles on of the same colourm so very camoflaged). Next thing I know they have leapt on Harley really going for him, he's screaming and running back to me with his tail between his legs with their front paws on his back and they making growling attacking noises. The bloke then yells "it's ok, they're muzzled". they got off him when he got back to me, so only lasted 5 secs.
I turned around to the bloke and gave him a piece of my mind. I told him that I didn't care that he thought that muzzling was enough, his dogs just attacked my dog (who is a VERY sensitive Pointer) for no reason at all. If his dogs are not friendly they should be on a lead and he should NOT just let them approach other dogs and go for them!!
Am I right? If dogs are clearly agressive (and these definitly are!) surely they should be on a lead = under control and not just muzzled and given a free rein. I REALLY want to call the dog warden, he's always patrolling our area, and get him to have a stern word. In my mind the more people that report someone, a bigger case will be made against him and getting him to control his dogs.
5 mins later I met some people with some dogs which harley said hello to (phew! he's so sensitive I've had problems in the past if a dog's had a go where he's scared of new dogs after) and I warned the owners about the lurchers at the pond and they told me they knew all about them. They walk there all the time and the guy has only just muzzled the 2nd dog.... so they are obviously a problem.
and we humans do tend to make a bigger deal and add more stress to situations which most dogs brush off and get over relatively quickly, not criticising you, it's a natural reaction to be scared/shocked/angry but our dogs *do* pick up on it x
Harley is careful when HE approaches a dog. He is careful and slow. He was taught manners at a young age, but also he has had 3/4 dogs go for him (ALL in my local area, hence I hardly walk there anymore) so he is cautious about other dogs.