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twisteddiamond

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cant dog owners whos dog dont recall keep them on a bloody lead, i have just been chased along the derwent walk by a jack russell type dog yipping and snapping at my horses heels, owner didnt bother to shout the dog back after the first attempt failed, im so glad i was riding my little mare as she just runs away, my big lad would have most likely killed it, which wouldnt have been nice for anyone involved.

i always shout my two back if i see anyone on horseback and put them onto their leads, even though i know both of mine are perfectly fine with horses (i would be mortified if my dogs did anything like that).

she must have seen me coming, i was lit up like a christmas tree with hi-viz, and the track is die straight, stupid stupid woman could have caused a serious accident,

thankfully most of the other dog walkers are much more sensible like the lovely lady with the lurcher and bedlington terrier and the extra strong mints who put both her dogs on a lead and stopped for a natter and to give my little girly a mint
 
Grrrr. These sorts of numpties have been debated at length! You can be sure if it was a number of other breeds, people would be kicking up a stink.

Hey, small dogs can cause accidents and get kicked to death by horses, too!
 
I love the dog owners who just yell "don't worry, he's fine with horses" as the dog is running at you and your horse is prancing around! When I once snapped back at someone, "well my horse doesn't like dogs and it's freaking him out" (wasn't my horse, just one I was riding), I got sworn at. they'll learn when their dog gets kicked.
 
It seems to be collies around here. My horse was attacked by a GSD (Sorry CC!) when he was a youngster and still has the scars around his throat, so he is not a fan of dogs. He is much better since he's been hunting and will tolerate my dog, but not some random dog barking and nipping at his heels!

On the flipside, I always call my dog back, put him on the lead and stand somewhere visable whilst horses pass and it drives me up the flaming wall when we meet a) horses on footpaths, it's clearly signposted NO HORSES!!! :mad: and b) ignorant riders that don't say thank you or even acknowledge you in any way. :mad:
 
What an idiot.....I spoke to a young girl yesterday, she told me when she was down the beach with puppy and a woman with a bedlington terrier came past her and said "I would pick your puppy up, my dog may bit her" the funy thing was the puppy was on a lead and the bloody bedlington was not:eek: cheeky cow.....I would have told her to do one, and tat if the dog attacked my pup, it would come hurtling back to her witout having to even walk it's self....via the ned of my foot:mad:
 
I wish you could come down here and walk Otto with me Cayla, I could do with you sorting out the owner of the terriers that harrass poor Snots everyday! I had to run for most of my walk yesterday so we were far enough in front of them that they wouldn't chase us, and I DON'T DO RUNNING!!! :mad: But I'm too much of a wimp to say anything.
 
kirstyhen said:
I wish you could come down here and walk Otto with me Cayla, I could do with you sorting out the owner of the terriers that harrass poor Snots everyday! I had to run for most of my walk yesterday so we were far enough in front of them that they wouldn't chase us, and I DON'T DO RUNNING!!! :mad: But I'm too much of a wimp to say anything.
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I would let rip, then again people scramble for their leads when they see a humungus rotti and akita amongst another 7 dogs coming towards them:D can u imagine if I brought them to your walk and the terriers where there:D:D
But im walking my last puppy (little cockalier) and if anyones dogs comes hurtling towards her or someone asks a stupid request like I pick her up.....then my mouth will do its things and sprout out some foul but lovely words and my foot will do it's fair share:rolleyes:
 
CaveCanem said:
Don't apologise Hen, wasn't your fault the owner was a knobber!!!
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It was actually before I got him, and when his old owners told me about it, it was an Al-say-shun that did it :p

Oh, and weirdly enough the dogs he has the most issues with are Labs, Terriers and Lurchers. He chases them and tries to jump on them, was a bit of a shock for the bloke trespassing with his lurchers through Hen's field :D GSDs and other pointy eared big dogs, he is fine with!
 
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My mare was brilliant for things like this! She would happily tolerate my own dogs around her feet (who never did anything other than have cheeky sniffs I must add!) but when out on a ride she would take aim and kick out at ANY dog around her feet! I think it tought a lot of people a lesson, as people round here seem totally oblivious to their little dogs yipping and snapping around horses feet.

Luckily she never did any harm to any dogs other than to tumble over a particularly nast little JRT once. Funnily enough, not one of the owners whos dogs came back to them with their tails between their legs said a word to me! They knew they were in the wrong! (insert grinning face here! Still havent worked out the smilies!)
 
I have always found that when mounted riding AT the dog does make it back off. Mind you the horse you are on does have to be brave enough, particularly in the instance we had a rottie intent on having a go.

Sadly it is the arrogance of the minority of dog owners who think they have the right to let fido have his freedom regardless of recall success. One day the way the gov is starting to bring in this and that dog law they may wake up to the fact they already have a "control in public places" law and not one of us will be allowed to take our dogs out in many public places.

I got so fed up one day of a pair of Norfolk t's that are regularly loose on our local beach, make a complete pest of themselves, and are very nippy at other dogs on leads. They belong to a couple who have a holiday home here who are of the opinion they "keep the village going for locals with their wealth and 2nd home". As the 2 NT's once again tried to latch onto one of my own dogs (who was on a lead) I swiftly picked both NT's up by the scruff of their necks and walked off with them. Now bear in mind these 2 never have collars / ID on them. Now THAT got the attention of the owner pretty quickly. She came storming up demanding I put her dogs down. So my reply :- "Madam, these dogs have no collar, tag, or ID, they are out of control in a public place which is against the law. Can you prove they are yours? No, well then off to the dog warden they are going.". I walked a fair stretch of the beach to the beach warden who has sat there for weeks watching these, and other loose mutts terrorise other dogs and leave c!"%$ all over the beach and not dare say a thing to the snooty, wealthy owners. I dropped them at the feet of the warden, the owner still huffing and puffing behind me and told him to either do something or the next time I would call the dog warden and wait till he came and picked them up. Interesting as the last couple of summer seasons these NT's have been on a lead every day the owner is down visiting with them.
 
CAYLA said:
What an idiot.....I spoke to a young girl yesterday, she told me when she was down the beach with puppy and a woman with a bedlington terrier came past her and said "I would pick your puppy up, my dog may bite her" the funny thing was the puppy was on a lead and the bloody bedlington was not:eek: cheeky cow..... I would have told her to do one and that if the dog attacked my pup, it would come hurtling back to her without having to even walk it's self....via the need of my foot:mad:
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You're my kind of person Cayla!

I don't enjoy shoving away other peoples dogs with my legs (it usually does only equal shoving, but if it does take a kick, I will kick) but I guess it's like they say about children, my children, other people's kids. If other dog owners can control their dogs there is not any problem but if they can't, there is no way that I'm rolling over and playing dead.

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my horses are dog proof and are completely unphased by being chased. so they have been used to sort out several dogs which chase other horses. They will happily turn and chase any dog while I am on board, to the extent of riding over them if I ask them too. it soon makes their owners get them on a lead as they are scared that the horse will hurt them. if they have the cheek to ball me out - my response is always 'My horses are under control and will stop when I ask them to - can you say the same about you and your out of control dog'. Mind you I was on a livery yard where the yard dog would go for horses as they went into their stables. he did it to one of mine once who threw his head up and smashed his head on the top of the door frame. I grabbed the dog and near as dam it strangled it. it left the yard at speed and we didn't see it for 24 hours. I told the yard owner what i had done and why. He said oh yes i used to used an electric collar and that worked really well cos when he was wearing it he never attacked the horses, but he couldn't be bothered to replace the batteries. i sorted problem by locking teh dog in owners office every single time I was up there and encouraged all liveries to do teh same until he put the collar back on - then problem solved. No more attacks.
 
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