Other owners ?

[AShetlandBitMeOnce]

I have been known to take a bamboo hunting whip and snap it in the direction of any dog bombing towards our elderly dog many years ago, she wouldn't have taken being bombed over too many more times. It's awful that this is so prevalent, and it's completely impossible to police it

 

[Annette4]

We have it with ours despite both sighthounds being muzzled, Dobby wearing a harness and halti and Ginny wearing a halti. Even when Dobby and Ginny are going ape (granted for different reasons; hers is boundary frustration, he is scared and means back the F off) we still get the 'it's OK they're friendly' brigade. OH is very loud and far from polite and the amount of people who even ignore him is beyond me. We avoid high population areas but there's one stretch we can't avoid on local walks.

 

[Christmascinnamoncookie]

hum now I am not saying I have started to use my spaniel being muzzled as a deterrent but … I haven’t been correcting people who don’t know us on that assumption ?. Comes in handy when our little dog is being harassed by a young dog doodle on flex lead “that’s only wanting to playing “ looked more aggressive play . Jumping on her back, biting face , legs and ears etc . After trying to get it off her for a while owner just stood there . I just went get you dog now or I am tacking his muzzle off and he will sort it out . They unpinned there dog off my little one after it nipped her in the process . She ran off shouting I am reporting your dangerous dog . I went go on then think they will deme yours the danger . Little did she know that MR springer is soft as muck but worked wonders . She kept it on a lead every time she saw us ? . Not my proudest moment but whoops .

My OH had all 3 on the lead going back to the car one day when we all spotted the dog that had attacked Zak. The dog was loose, my 3 were straining to get to it (even Brig, Mr Pacifist!) The woman had no intention of controlling her dog. My OH-very uncharacteristically-told her he would let our 3 free if she didn’t recall/control hers. She was like ‘No, you wouldn’t dare’. He said ‘Watch me’. She very quickly called her dog. I’m delighted to say she soon after moved countries.

 

[Christmascinnamoncookie]

QUOTE="Mary3050, post: 14762435, member: 138345"]I think we all know our dogs don’t always do as they are told . They are dogs after all . It’s the repeat offenders that get me and those who don’t care .

Or the ones that blame you if you have a nervous dog and want them to keep theirs away from yours even though it was people like them letting their bullying dogs race up to yours that made him a nervous dog to begin with ?[/QUOTE]

Exactly!