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Originally Posted by jeanie
One of my sheps is dog aggressive so i never allow him of lead, hes fine with people just dogs and cats, i have tried to keep on walking and asking over people to put there dogs on a lead as they keep running over but most just say mines ok and dont bother to, i cant hold him as hes 8 stone when an off lead dog starts running towards him and not many people in this village keep there dogs on leads at all so now we drive over the moors every day so they get exercise as im usually holding two of them i cant walk round the streets where people just ignore me, and this is on a main st at that where cars are coming up and down all the time, but im trying my best to get him out of it but he has been bitten twice by JRS and once by another shep when he was a pup, i have him on a half check but he feels nothing when another dog goes for him, its quite upsetting really as some do just want to play but others are also aggressive .
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I hate the "oh my dog is okay" thing, if my dog was alright with others, I wouldn't worry quite so much! You'd think it'd be obvious that you're trying to restrain your own dog.
I feel sorry for people with large dogs in situations like that! Mine is only a little terrier so if things get a little bit out of hand, I can pick him up. I know I probably shouldn't, but it makes me feel better to know he's out of reach of the other dog. I've only ever had to pick him up once though. a GSD came running over to him, and although it meant well and only wanted to say hello to him, I didn't want my dog provoking it to fight! Luckily the owner took notice and called it back and put it on a lead.
I had a horrible experience once with a very ignorant man in the park. He had a lively little cairn terrier that was running all over the place, so I stopped and wound my dog's lead in knowing that it was going to come over, and I shouted over to the owner to please put his dog on a lead, but he totally ignored me, and when his dog came bounding over, it made my dog panic and he jumped on it and started snarling, although he didn't bite it. The man gave me the most horrible look, so I went "THAT is exactly why I just told you to put your f***ing dog on a lead
" I know I shouldn't have been so short, but I did warn him well before his dog came over to mine. And to top it all off, he shouted something back at me and started running after me! I just walked off as quick as I could, I wasn't gonna bloody stop and argue!