Double victory that!
I actually am quite keen on the licensing idea, that and making it easier for authorities to fine owners and if needed take dogs away from people.
I don’t believe you’re going to change attitudes any other way, and even with licensing I don’t think you’ll change attitudes just make it harder to own a dog. The root cause has nothing to do with dogs but a wider societal problem with people being too lazy, selfish, entitled or ignorant to take on what should be their responsibility.
Not that there’s anyone to enforce good dog ownership, so it’s a bit of a moot point.
Er…dont think much of your maths.
Go on, why not? (and your punctuation's rubbish while we're at it 😉 )
199/200 = 99.5%, no? Which if we're not using decimals rounds to 100% (you didn't use decimals, if you'd said 100.000% I'd have lost the pedant-off at that point)
Anyway, I agree - impossible to control a dog 100.0000% of the time, but putting it on a lead where necessary, or keeping it on a lead when in public places if it habitually runs up to people whether that is with malice or just inquisitiveness in mind, is a good start. (I'd even say if it is on a lead given some of the old ladies I see with GSD and other strong breeds I'd still wonder if it's really under control, but again let's not let perfect be the enemy of good)
@zokes - no worries, I'm trying to recognise that some owners let the rest of us down whether it is with behaviour or shitbags or whatever, and I really would rather they didn't. But while the situation persists, sensible to have a means to try to deal with it rather than simply say 'This shouldn't happen / wouldn't happen if it was on a lead'.
And again, I'll reflect that even if you act / react exactly as 'the experts' (oh god, another can opens) say, sometimes it can still go wrong, and then the dog and owner should be dealt with absolutely appropriately. Just the same as i can ride on the road perfectly defensively, to try to mitigate the risks of bad driving as much as I can, but there'll always be the smidsy who knocks you off despite all that.
Just the same as i can ride on the road perfectly defensively, to try to mitigate the risks of bad driving as much as I can, but there’ll always be the smidsy who knocks you off despite all that.
Hence Tom's wish to ban bikes 😉
Oh, and I reckon if you'd shot for 99.4% you'd have been on safer ground re: A_A
Is it possible for a sentient being to be under control 199/200 times. Absolutely.
So yes, it is possible for a sentient being to be 100% under control
And then
199/200 = 99.5%, no? Which if we’re not using decimals rounds to 100%
Which ever way you fudge it 199/200 does not equal 100%
putting it on a lead where necessary, or keeping it on a lead when in public places if it habitually runs up to people whether that is with malice or just inquisitiveness in mind, is a good start.
I agree and would also had that if you have a dog that chases other dogs in an aggressive manner then it should be on a lead too. But many many people are idiots and many many people who are idiots have dogs too, these people are either too stupid to realise what they are doing is wrong or are too stupid to take actions to prevent it. Going back to the op, if my dog had a thing for chasing bikes I would walk it on a bike path ffs..its not hard.
Yeh, it does.
Q. What is 199/200 as a percentage? Give your answer to the nearest whole number.
Q. What is 199/200 as a percentage?
I bet you put 110% effort into this didnt you!!
Yep. And 220 times out of 200 I've been proven right 😉
Yesterday I had a positive 'dog experience'.
Out walking (in the Torrs, New Mills, High Peak - many mtbers will know it well) I came across a German shepherd on its own. There was nowhere for me to get away from it as a river on one side and cliffs on the other. Then I spotted 2 elderly chaps behind a wall. I shouted but they couldn't hear me because they had hats, scarfs and hoods up. So I ended up walking a little closer and shouting as loud as I could. One chap called the dog over. It was so well trained, sitting straight away behind the man. He held onto the collar. He asked me was I scared of dogs and after answering he gave a proper apology.
It was great coming across an understanding dog owner with a very well trained dog. Oh how I wish there were more owners like that.
