Off lead dogs approaching on lead dog 😖

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Why oh why do people let their off lead dogs approach on lead ones?!

Roxie’s eyesight issues mean that she can sometimes be wary/nervous of other dogs, so when I’m walking with the baby I keep her on an extendable lead. It means I have full control and can bring her close to me when others are around and she can have a bit of a sniff without getting tangled in the pram wheels.

Two separate owners let their dogs come over despite me calling out that Roxie isn’t friendly (she is friendly, but doesn’t like her personal space invaded by others these days). She’ll ignore other dogs and walk past if she’s not interested, but gets worried if they loom over her as I think she can’t quite see what their intentions are.

No big drama as she’s not going to cause them a problem but I don’t think it’s fair for her to have to put up with it. If she was really reactive it would be a nightmare!

Not sure if I’m just being overprotective but I feel like off lead dogs shouldn’t approach on lead ones as that’s what I was always taught!


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My Hector is 17 now and does not like to be approached. I think he worries about being knocked over. He is now perfectly happy to be on the offensive if dogs get too close.

I am fed up when off lead dogs come up, and I ask for them to be recalled, and the owner says they are friendly. I tell them that mine is an old dog and is not, and they then just say that it will do their dog good to be told off by mine.

Nope, mine just wants to go for a nice walk, without being assaulted. I ask again then end up shouting at and threatening the other dog to keep it away from my little old man. The owners don't seem to like that at all!

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It drives me mad! It's even worse when they allow their on lead dog to approach. We now have a reactive brown Lab because we had 3 incidents within a week, where idiots brought their on-lead dogs to 'talk' to ours and frightened her. She is perfectly happy when she is off-lead to meet and play with other off lead dogs if the circumstances allow it.
 
Red-1 said:
My Hector is 17 now and does not like to be approached. I think he worries about being knocked over. He is now perfectly happy to be on the offensive if dogs get too close.

I am fed up when off lead dogs come up, and I ask for them to be recalled, and the owner says they are friendly. I tell them that mine is an old dog and is not, and they then just say that it will do their dog good to be told off by mine.

Nope, mine just wants to go for a nice walk, without being assaulted. I ask again then end up shouting at and threatening the other dog to keep it away from my little old man. The owners don't seem to like that at all!

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Hector is gorgeous! 17 is fabulous, you’re obviously doing a great job! Maybe I need to take your approach. I don’t want Roxie to get frightened by other dogs and get reactive when it’s totally avoidable.
 
Pearlsasinger said:
It drives me mad! It's even worse when they allow their on lead dog to approach. We now have a reactive brown Lab because we had 3 incidents within a week, where idiots brought their on-lead dogs to 'talk' to ours and frightened her. She is perfectly happy when she is off-lead to meet and play with other off lead dogs if the circumstances allow it.
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People just don’t think sometimes do they 🤦‍♀️ I’m sorry your dog got frightened.

Off topic, I’ve always ready your name as peal sasinger, and just realised it’s meant to be pearls a singer (I think!) do you sing?!
 
I absolutely hate it. I have a tiny dog who is mostly friendly but can be reactive after being jumped on three separate times by off lead dogs. Several other times I have lifted him in air and the off lead dogs have then leapt all over me to get to him, totally ignoring the owners. Drives me mad- especially as the reason I keep my dog on the lead is that his recall is not reliable if he sees another dog, and I don’t want to be the person with the annoying off lead dog who ignores them! Totally feel your pain.
 
I find it incredibly rude. I have to say, it doesn't happen too often with my GSD. We get a lot more respect from the rude dog owners! Mine is rarely reactive anymore, because I've managed to avoid situations where she's felt the need to react, while gently pushing her boundaries. I'm quite happy to shout and stamp at someone else's dog if it stops them bothering mine. I did it the other day and the owner seemed quite panicked that I cause his dog to run off in the other direction (I think I may have let out a swear word in my instruction to it to go away 😂). I just can't understand why people don't care about their own dog's safety. There's no way mine ever goes off lead unless I'm 100% certain I can get her back when needed.
 
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they then just say that it will do their dog good to be told off by mine.
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A phrase guaranteed to boil my piss. I am generally more sanguine about off lead dogs approaching than I used to be - it's absolutely rude, selfish and infuriating, but there's lots of selfish rude sods about and it's no fun spending every walk furious and defensive. Acknowledging that I can only control my own and my dog's actions does help a little bit.

However, that phrase really gets my back up because it acknowledges they see that your dog is being made uncomfortable/scared/aggressive by their actions and they still don't care to do anything about it. How little they must care for their dog too, to be so cavalier about the possibility of their being injured. Also I have an hourly rate for dog training, should they care for doing their dog some good. 🙄
 
timbobs said:
Why oh why do people let their off lead dogs approach on lead ones?!

Roxie’s eyesight issues mean that she can sometimes be wary/nervous of other dogs, so when I’m walking with the baby I keep her on an extendable lead. It means I have full control and can bring her close to me when others are around and she can have a bit of a sniff without getting tangled in the pram wheels.

Two separate owners let their dogs come over despite me calling out that Roxie isn’t friendly (she is friendly, but doesn’t like her personal space invaded by others these days). She’ll ignore other dogs and walk past if she’s not interested, but gets worried if they loom over her as I think she can’t quite see what their intentions are.

No big drama as she’s not going to cause them a problem but I don’t think it’s fair for her to have to put up with it. If she was really reactive it would be a nightmare!

Not sure if I’m just being overprotective but I feel like off lead dogs shouldn’t approach on lead ones as that’s what I was always taught!


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We always reattach the lead to our dogs collar if we see a dog Summer has not met before as she can be a little reactive, more so towards male dogs, this is due to issues when much younger having been exposed to a dog who wouldn't leave her alone and kept trying to hump her so partner was forced into a situation where he could no longer take her to work with him.

She's not a bitey dog but she does have a good growl on her.
 
Red-1 said:
My Hector is 17 now and does not like to be approached. I think he worries about being knocked over. He is now perfectly happy to be on the offensive if dogs get too close.

I am fed up when off lead dogs come up, and I ask for them to be recalled, and the owner says they are friendly. I tell them that mine is an old dog and is not, and they then just say that it will do their dog good to be told off by mine.

Nope, mine just wants to go for a nice walk, without being assaulted. I ask again then end up shouting at and threatening the other dog to keep it away from my little old man. The owners don't seem to like that at all!

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That's one set of words I detest hearing! "It will do my dog good to be told off by yours"

Unfortunately for them, I launch into my offensive snotty roar "well, you'll find out what i can do first - before your untrained dog touches mine, you imbecile, now CALL YOUR DOG! I am NOT here to train YOUR dog"

That can work.... and did before 8 this morning when a 30+kg rude dog tried to splatter D (who is about 5.6kg) who was on the flexi lead (only because she had been a little bu88er in refusing to recall from squirrel). Owner grabbed 'Matthew' and quickly exited....
 
Like you, I find it incredibly rude, thoughtless and dangerous at times.
I have 2 very big, strong dogs, 1 is elderly and doesn’t like her space invaded, the other is very young, playful, bouncy and incredibly strong, and I have mobility issues, so it’s very hard for me to control my dogs, when other people make no effort with theirs!🤬
 
I now carry a stout walking pole with a metal spike at the bottom. I do worry about dogs attacking my on lead dog as it happened before and meant a vet visit and multiple stitching all over our old lurcher. Our present greyhound is dog neutral so far but any dog running at us gets a large stick waved threateningly at it. If necessary I will use it offensively. It does scare owners into getting their dogs back away from the mad old biddie waving a five foot pole! Probably not too easy to do with a pram, a baby and a dog though, sorry TB. Something harmless but startling to the incoming dog after you have desensitised Roxie to it perhaps?
 
I have a very reactive dog and this drives me mad. He actually used to be quite sociable until one day a few years ago we were sat on a bench minding our own business, I had him on his lead, and an off-lead lab charged over and went for him out of the blue 😞 He's understandably quite nervous now, and this has been compounded by numerous incidents of off-lead dogs charging over to him since. He has been attacked at least 3 times just in the last 12 months by small dogs that ran over off-lead and snapped at him unprovoked. I always have him on a lead now anywhere we might encounter other dogs and move off the path out of the way, he will growl and bark if dogs get too close - I still get moronic owners on an almost daily basis allowing their dogs to come over -usually they are off-lead and running miles ahead of the owner who has no idea where they are 🤬 I tend to put myself between him and other dogs and will roar at them to go away, usually springs the gormless owner into action but mostly it helps my dog to calm down knowing I am dealing with it so he doesn't have to.
 
planete said:
I now carry a stout walking pole with a metal spike at the bottom. I do worry about dogs attacking my on lead dog as it happened before and meant a vet visit and multiple stitching all over our old lurcher. Our present greyhound is dog neutral so far but any dog running at us gets a large stick waved threateningly at it. If necessary I will use it offensively. It does scare owners into getting their dogs back away from the mad old biddie waving a five foot pole! Probably not too easy to do with a pram, a baby and a dog though, sorry TB. Something harmless but startling to the incoming dog after you have desensitised Roxie to it perhaps?
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Love the image of you waving the pole 😆 yes I probably couldn’t manage a pole with the pram, I’ll have a think about what I could do to keep dogs away!
 
timbobs said:
People just don’t think sometimes do they 🤦‍♀️ I’m sorry your dog got frightened.

Off topic, I’ve always ready your name as peal sasinger, and just realised it’s meant to be pearls a singer (I think!) do you sing?!
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No, I am definitely not a singer!
Pearl was a Clydesdale mare that I bought from a nightclub owner in South Yorkshire, in the days before passports except for registered breeding, which she didn't have. I really didn't like the name they called her, it sounded like a dog's name, so with the nightclub connection, we came up with Pearl, she was black/blue roan.
When I joined the forum, I tried several versions of her name which had all been taken, until I got to Pearlsasinger.
 
I have a dog who's had so many bad experiences with other dogs that her go-to is to try and bite the approaching dog's face. Except Harley the Yorkshire Terrier who all my dogs have adored, for some reason.

But anyway. If your dog approaches mine, and I do normally verbalise or use a hand gesture to try and prevent this, I will assume you have no control/recall and you do not care about your dog's safety.
 
timbobs said:
Love the image of you waving the pole 😆 yes I probably couldn’t manage a pole with the pram, I’ll have a think about what I could do to keep dogs away!
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I don't think you are too far away from me, so if you ever want back up/company from a bonkers old biddy with well behaved small dog, drop me a message x
 
We have had quite a few situations of this the past few years, I suppose its probably always happened but until you have a dog who's not keen on others Its not as obvious perhaps.

Most recently I was off road, quite a way from the closest gate/ entarance to a huge field with a path through. I had my dog on a lead and was wearing air pods- maybe not clever but when I'm off road i often do.
So I didn't hear this dog approaching and I'm not sure Bertie did by his reaction but all of a sudden we had a dalmation bounding round us. It seemed to want to play rather than be unfriendly but it was big and in our face, I told it to "go away" and looked around for the back up of an owner but there was no one else in the field.
I was surprised how well B coped with it to be fair. So I used the oppertunity as a bit of training to get his attention and keep walking. I was so angry though, He is nervous of other dogs and It could have gone wrong!
The owner casually appeared a few minutes later over a style at the top end of the field. I think he must have taken its lead off as soon as they got off road and just let him go. Completely out of sight and control.
 
They let them as they have no control imo and can't be a**ed to keep them on the lead.

Happens all the time when I walk my mum's dog and to my mum. D is small and 11 now,a he's quite grumpy if he gets approached when on the lead and my mum is too polite to growl at them (the humans) like I do 😅. I worry bigger dogs will take offence 😕
Pearlsasinger said:
No, I am definitely not a singer!
Pearl was a Clydesdale mare that I bought from a nightclub owner in South Yorkshire, in the days before passports except for registered breeding, which she didn't have. I really didn't like the name they called her, it sounded like a dog's name, so with the nightclub connection, we came up with Pearl, she was black/blue roan.
When I joined the forum, I tried several versions of her name which had all been taken, until I got to Pearlsasinger.
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Your name always cheers me up, it's one of my go to karaoke songs 😅
 
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