If your dog is scaring somebody, please restrain your dog

[Coach]

Originally Posted by Sliver

Dogs lick their own ass and eat feces.

People sneeze/cough/scratch their asses/possibly dont wash their hands ever/handle money/pick their nose/whatever else.

[Coach]

Originally Posted by Iginla

Ill take that bet. A dog is much dirtier than a human. Don't let the myths fool you.

Well there you go. You win.

[nixon45]

Originally Posted by Iginla

Ill take that bet. A dog is much dirtier than a human. Don't let the myths fool you.

Some of my previous coworkers would give dogs a run for their money!

[Bertuzzied]

Originally Posted by MattyC

People sneeze/cough/scratch their asses/possibly dont wash their hands ever/handle money/pick their nose/whatever else.

I have a dog and i can't even side with you on this. Sure people do that but we have sinks and soap and hand sanitizer every where. Not sure if i ever purcelled my dogs paws before.

[Misterpants]

Originally Posted by nixon45

Some of my previous coworkers would give dogs a run for their money!

Did you work with cats?

[Jbo]

Originally Posted by Kybosh

I always keep my dog on a short leash when we're walking around. If someone wants to come pet her, I shift my hand directly onto the collar with my action kung fu grip.

My dog loves people and will pull like mad while on the leash to get to them. I've tried many different training techniques over 8 years but nothing has worked really well aside from her aging. Does anyone have a good method to stop the dog from pulling to go say hi?

At this point you might be stuck with the cliche "you can't teach an old dog new tricks"

The most formative years in a dogs life are between 3 -12 months. Did you allow your dog off-leash time in the park? Were you quick to pull the dog back and keep it on a short leash?

Not saying you raised your dog at all wrong, but I find that dogs are very interested in things/people/situations that are not regular to them. If they have always been kinda allowed to roam around, then passing someone in the street wouldn't pike there interest...if they are always on a short leash, of course they will be interested in everything.

Having said that, dogs have different personalities. Much to Slivers horror, some dogs actually just want to come over and say hi.

[ResAlien]

Whoa. That sounds intense. What kind of therapy have you considered for your child? It seems like she has some pretty debilitating fears regarding dogs. Do you think socialization might be good or something else?

[puckluck2]

Originally Posted by MattyC

Well there you go. You win.

Do you actually believe dogs are cleaner than humans?

[Coach]

Originally Posted by Bertuzzied

I have a dog and i can't even side with you on this. Sure people do that but we have sinks and soap and hand sanitizer every where. Not sure if i ever purcelled my dogs paws before.

My point is theres not much use in worrying about either. I can catch any sort of ailment from a human just as easily as I can from a dog. Probably moreso. Is playing with my dog ever going to give me the flu or a cold? I could be wrong but I really think not.

Of course there is stuff you could get from a dog, but I would think its much, much less common.

Again the point is that I would say its pretty much a non issue either way.

If were talking about the dirtiest possible dog vs the dirtiest possible humnan I would think there are more/scarier things that could be caught from the person.

[Coach]

Originally Posted by Iginla

Do you actually believe dogs are cleaner than humans?

No, but I wouldnt worry about a dog sniffing my hand anymore than I would about shaking any random persons hand.

[Kybosh]

Originally Posted by J-bo09

At this point you might be stuck with the cliche "you can't teach an old dog new tricks"

The most formative years in a dogs life are between 3 -12 months. Did you allow your dog off-leash time in the park? Were you quick to pull the dog back and keep it on a short leash?

Not saying you raised your dog at all wrong, but I find that dogs are very interested in things/people/situations that are not regular to them. If they have always been kinda allowed to roam around, then passing someone in the street wouldn't pike there interest...if they are always on a short leash, of course they will be interested in everything.

Having said that, dogs have different personalities. Much to Slivers horror, some dogs actually just want to come over and say hi.

Believe me, she's a very well trained dog but the urge to greet people is ridiculously strong in her. She is a dog who goes to the people at the dog park first, dogs second. I raised her with a mix of offleash and onleash stuff, so she's not foreign to any of it. She actually isn't that bad anymore, but when she was 1-5 years old yikes.

[bizaro86]

Originally Posted by J-bo09

Most of the people in my community know my dog. 99% of people say "Hi Jack" and are happy to see him. Not once have I ever had someone like you to deal with (thank god). If I did though, and you were clear that your daughter was afraid, I would happily keep my dog back.

Face it, unless your daughter had an actual scary incident, your hatred of dogs has rubbed off on your daughter. You called out dog owners and I'll happily call you out as a parent.

A dog must be on a leash:

• At all times when not on the owner's property.
• On all pathways (pathways have a surface of ashphalt, concrete or brick).
• When on a pathway the following rules apply to dogs:​
  • ​​​​​A dog's leash cannot be more than 2 meteres long.
  • A dog must stay on the right hand side of the pathway, unless moving around other pathway users.
  • A dog must be under the owner's control at all times, and not interfere with or obstruct any other pathway user.

http://www.calgary.ca/CSPS/ABS/Pages...uidelines.aspx

You're pretty sure most people are ok with you not following the law?

[Jbo]

Originally Posted by bizaro86

You're pretty sure most people are ok with you not following the law?

Never had a complaint walking down the alley to the park.

[bizaro86]

Originally Posted by J-bo09

Never had a complaint walking down the alley to the park.

I wonder if a kid who was scared of your dog would walk up to a stranger and mention it to you, or just go home scared.

[vektor]

I was helping my aunt with some landscaping and her neighbors dog was in the front yard trying to kill me. It was the kind of dog that had bloodlust in his eyes and he was so big there'd have been nothing I could do but take a whack at him with a shovel if he got lose. He would take a run and try and snap his chain to get lose, meanwhile the owner is standing there having a good laugh about how dirty his truck is.

[MarchHare]

Even as a dog owner, I'm going to side with Sliver on this one. The woman in his story was 100% at fault. Unless she was at an off-leash dog park, her pets should have been on-leash and under her control. I would never allow my dog to do what the owner in the OP did.

[Jbo]

Originally Posted by bizaro86

I wonder if a kid who was scared of your dog would walk up to a stranger and mention it to you, or just go home scared.

Im sure kids are fleeing in terror at my 15 pound Jack Russel s hitzu cross.

[OffsideSpecialist]

Dog owners that don't keep their dog on a leash in residential neighbourhoods should get a 5-wood to the chops.

[Jbo]

Originally Posted by OffsideSpecialist

Dog owners that don't keep their dog on a leash in residential neighbourhoods should get a 5-wood to the chops.

[Cowperson]

Originally Posted by bizaro86

Originally Posted by J-bo09
Most of the people in my community know my dog. 99% of people say "Hi Jack" and are happy to see him. Not once have I ever had someone like you to deal with (thank god). If I did though, and you were clear that your daughter was afraid, I would happily keep my dog back.

Face it, unless your daughter had an actual scary incident, your hatred of dogs has rubbed off on your daughter. You called out dog owners and I'll happily call you out as a parent.


Quote:
A dog must be on a leash:

• At all times when not on the owner's property.
• On all pathways (pathways have a surface of ashphalt, concrete or brick).
• When on a pathway the following rules apply to dogs:​
  • ​​​​​A dog's leash cannot be more than 2 meteres long.
  • A dog must stay on the right hand side of the pathway, unless moving around other pathway users.
  • A dog must be under the owner's control at all times, and not interfere with or obstruct any other pathway user.

http://www.calgary.ca/CSPS/ABS/Pages...uidelines.aspx
You're pretty sure most people are ok with you not following the law?

For most people, there aren't many places you can go, including the remotest spot in a mountain park, where you can let your dog run free.

It's common courtesy to have your dog on a leash around unknown people, particularly small children.

My experience on the confines of mountain trails through all but one of the last 23 years of dog ownership is that about one-third of people I meet will want to fawn over my two Golden's, one-third will be indifferent to varying degrees and about one-third do not want to meet them, are openly hostile or are openly terrified.

If my dogs are on a leash, everyone has a moment to sort themselves out into those categories. Those who want to meet my dogs make themselves known soon enough. Everyone else, including ourselves, can just keep going on our various ways with no harm done.

My Golden's live in the country, with a four acre yard, fenced post and rail and with a cage wire so they can't get out. They spend a lot of their lives running free on an acreage, within those confines.

They love people but that doesn't mean all people love them.

I was on a mountain path once with my previous Golden's, older at 10 years of age then, experienced and sublime. I saw some folks coming my way so I shortened the leashes up, stopped the dogs and waited for the people to pass. Common courtesy. When these people got up to us, the four year old kid was absolutely terrified, screaming hysterically. The father stopped, grabbed the kid by one arm and literally dangled him in front of my dogs, laughing. This, of course, did not help the mood of the kid. Mercifully, my two dogs were completely indifferent to this screeching spectacle, silent and still. After about 10 seconds of this, I finally said: "Maybe you should just keep moving on," so he did. I started to move forward but the mother was next, absolutely terrified, backing up a steep cliff with her arms outstretched to ward off the imminent attack by my dogs. Meanwhile, these two dogs were again indifferent, not even looking at her and we continued marching onward.

Although the father was an idiot, I was somewhat sympathetic as I assumed there had been a terrifying experience at some point in their past.

I do let my dogs run free if I'm reasonably confident in the surroundings and can see a fair ways in all directions . . . . or its a good photo op!!!

Don't let your dogs run up to people you don't know unless they're invited. It's rude.

Believe it or not, below, they're leashed and the leashes are in my hand:



Cowperson