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Originally Posted by Regulator75
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This burns me. I am/was in a tense/unfriendly relationship with the ladies who live in one of the townhouses behind my house.
My son (2.5 years) and I were walking down the street behind my house when the ladies opened the door and out charged their large dog. Despite their calls the dog started circling and growling at my son and me. It started to circle us while growling and barking for what was about 10 seconds, until someone came out and grabbed its collar and dragged in inside. No apology, no acknowledgement of the dangerous situation. Just drag the dog who wasn't responding to commands in and slam the door.
Then last week their daughter was walking the same dog off leash in a non-off leash area. Out of no where the dog darted in front of my car, causing me to break fast. The whole time the girl was yelling for the dog to come back. Dog didn't respond and actually stopped right in front of my car until i blared the horn and it ran off. I roll down my window and tell the teenage girl to keep her dog on a leash, as it is uncontrollable and almost launched at my son unprovoked.
So I finally run into one of the ladies, as she approached me. She hapf hearted apologized the dog ran in front of the car. However, she had this attitude of "how dare you yell at my daughter to leash her dog". She told me her dog was so friendly and it was inconceivable her dog could ever hurt anyone.
My point to her. I don't know you, i don't know your dog. My son was circled by your dog who is bigger than him unprovoked. It doesn't respond to commands. I am not giving chance for my son to get bit and live with that injury for the rest of his life, because I care what you think. Keeping the dog off leash when you can not control it is irresponsible.
She basically sluffed me off, and walked away. That is what bothers me the most. Dogs in the wrong hands are weapons. The best handlers of dogs I know are ultra strict with their dogs. They don't take an inch from them. They understand they are not kids, their animals. They take full responsibility for their pets actions.
The problem is these people tend to be on the decline. With the rise of pet salons, clothing, birthday parties, we have humanized these animals too much. Many treat them like kids (which they are not), and let the dogs run amok. This results in dogs these people have no control over, and many times it ends up costing people like us.