just came bak from walk in local woods... theres a woman with 2 huge dogs...dont know the breed but lets say it was like a lion (no joking)..she had two of them and one was off the lead and came bounding over to my screaming petrified miniature whippet..i was scared too ! had to lift my dog off the grounf and clutch him tight... her dog just came bounding over and she never called her dog back or even tried to but him on the lead ??? obvioulsy i shouted at her, but she ignored me and whort i was crazy.... surely you cant have these dogs running off the lead with no attempt to call it back wen situations arise ????
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Troll alert!
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Probably looked pretty scary, but big dogs like Great Danes tend not to be aggressive. Totally wrong not to call them back though
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do what i did last week - ride into the **** at 20kph .... obviously not intentionally but the stupid **** ran out from behind a parked car that its owner was sat in watching the dog do the toilet ....
bet she puts it on a lead next time !
*i do not condone this and it was a complete accident - as noted by my somersault of the bars and the bruised ribs my G/f now sports !
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I like most of the Internet hard-man would have put the dog in a headlock and ripped it's heart out with my teeth, it's the only way they learn.
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I'd have fired a shot over it's head.
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sounds like a leonberger - make my pooch look tiny!
but ive told you before about picking up your dog
let it defend itself, or flee, whatever it wants. If you pick up your dog, in front of mine, my dog will be more interested and think about jumping up to see what you are holding out of range AND your scared dog will be more scared.Posted 2 years ago # -
Got chased by a dopey looking, but still pretty scarey Rhodesian Ridge Back the other week - blimey they can run
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elaine anne - Member
dont know the breed but lets say it was like a lion (no joking)
No, I'm not getting you. Sorry...
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Leonberger?
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Troll Alert!! Troll Alert!! Troll Alert!! Troll Alert!! Troll Alert!!
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Hainey I agree !
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Lion dog?
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screaming petrified miniature whippet
Are you sure?
Also, the only time my dog has jumped up at someone is when they have picked up their dog when she's approached. She is the most playful, non-agressive dog btw, and EVERY owner I've come across is quite happy for their dog to have a play with mine if I let her. Except the one donut who picked their dog up, of course. I can't recall this dog "screaming" though.
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OK I'm going to fall for it then
If you have a small dog and it is being hassled by a big dog DO NOT pick it up! big dog will just jump up to see what you are holding, Miniature whippets are quick enough to get out of the way and are tougher than you give them credit for. They are dogs not babies remember and will sort out the pecking order themselves
if big dog has yours by the neck then different approach needed!
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*chewkw to the thread please, chewkw to the thread*
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My dog spends 99% of the time off the lead. If it sees another dog then it will approach it, sniff its ass, perhaps run around with it a bit, take a piss then move on. Does this regardless of whether the other dog is bigger or smaller than him. I never call my dog back IF the other dog is also off the lead. I will call him back if the other dog is on a lead.
Amazes me that people with dogs the size of rats always pick up their dog up when they see another dog....How dare other people have a dog off the lead in the great outdoors when they are walking their precious little rat dog in the same county.
screaming dogs...... Brilliant!!
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THE SIZE OF THE DOG DOES NOT MATTER.
If someone has a dog off the lead and can't control it, they can't control it. If someone lets their dog come up on me or my dog uninvited, that is just a lack of respect and ignorance. Plenty ignorant people have small dogs too. 'these dogs'? I've had more grief from jack russels than any other breed!
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Can I resist this thread?
Its really simple - the dog must be under control and its a criminal offense if it gives someone reasonable cause to be scared. Just causing annoyance and nuisance is wrong but is not a criminal offense just a civil one.
Either way its an irresponsible dog owner
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By the sounds of it, the dog was under control - just that the owner didn't choose to stop it running up to you...
Definitely antisocial irrespective of what the law is.
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The only Big Dog you need to be worried about coming at you is this one:
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criminal offense
Not that again?? Call the bloody police! "That dog sniffed my dog's arse. Arrest the owner!!"
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How is a dog running over to play with another dog ever going to be a problem? My dog is off the lead almost all of the time and will come back if I shout him.
As with the guy above, I won't shout him back if he's off to play with another dog - if the other dog won't play, he quickly gets the message and moves on.
I get totally p1ssed off when over-protective owners snatch up their dogs when mine approaches - he's neither big, nor scary - a fluffy white stunted lurcher.
Dogs like playing with each other. Fact.
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>surely you cant have these dogs running off the lead with no attempt to call it back wen situations arise<
But no "situation" arose. Clearly the dug isn't in the habit of attacking other dugs.
Relax...
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But no "situation" arose
No but that doesn't actually make it ok - plenty of people (and particularly kids) are scared of dogs (even more so, ones that look like lions
) and don't like it. Letting your dog do it is antisocial.
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My step dad had a karabash. That was very lion like. Used to break out from his garden and eat people's pets - literally. Nasty horrible big dog, badly trained, bad tempered, and extremely powerful and fast. The size of this dog did definitely matter! It was bred for dangerous stuff in dangerous places, and coupled with bad training, made up a pretty dangerous combination.
Blame the owner or whatever (I did!), but they had to get rid of it before something horrible happened.
It shouldn't have been allowed as a pet, full stop, let alone out in public.
You don't necessarily know the difference between a monster like that and a friendly big dane or something running up - my sympathies are with the op.
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what's a dug?
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guilty till proven innocent.
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Nick - Member
what's a dug?
That'd be one a them Irish breeds.
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a scottish dog
If my dog is not aggressive and it runs up to someoene elses dog why should I react call it back muzzle it?
Nothing happened a dog came over to your dog and went away. I walked past a gang of hoodies on a street corner and nothing happened can we ban them as they looked a bit iffy?
IME little yappy yorkshire terrier /jack Russells are more likely to bite you /attack youPosted 2 years ago # -
snowslave - seriously though, do you think the owner of such a "pet" would take it out for "walkies" off the lead??
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Scottish dogs are dugs
Irish dogs are dags
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A big dog recently...
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I'm sure someone will be along shortly to tell you it's down to you to MTFU, not the owner to actually show some consideration and control their dog.
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