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[i]the other dog's owner warned him that his dog wouldn't like it yet the OP made no effort to move his dog away[/i]
how long does it take your puppy to cross a metre of grass at walking pace? Long enough to make an effort to move it away from another dog that's not obviously on the lead and will bite if anythign gets within 50cm?
here's the lead, sorry it's a small pic, it's a snip from a larger image. You could barely see it when wasn't on the ground, laying in grass it was invisible.
As I say, we steer clear of dogs on the lead and the owner gave, imo, a late and inadequate warning and made no effort to manage a behaviour he *knew* his dog would exhibit. He only glanced up from his mobile at the last second.
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How can you not see that, the lead has a blooming great big red handle?
oh FFS dragon, The bit between the handle and the dog.
for the pedantic or half witted:
a handle:
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a lead:
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The handle was laying beside him on a bench whilst he held and looked at his phone. The dog was at least 10ft away from the handle.
My dog will be more cautious in future, his dog will continue biting other dogs because it's ok for it to do that when it's on a lead in a public place.
Right I'm off.
TBH I was more on your side before, but it now just sounds like you weren't paying attention. Which may be okay if you had a trained adult dog, but if you have a 5 month old puppy then you need to be more alert to whats happening.
Dragon, is reading a bit tough for you?
the owner gave, imo, a late and inadequate warning and made no effort to manage a behaviour he *knew* his dog would exhibit. He only glanced up from his mobile at the last second.
So he warned you as soon as he saw you then?
I'm with bouncy pupped learned hard lesson, forget it camp.
My reading is fine thanks, nice of you to ask. However, clearly seeing a blooming great red handle of a lead is too much for the OP.
The scenario is a dog owner on a bench isn't paying attention to their own dog, and yet the OP still felt it was fine to let a 5 month old daft pup go scampering up to an unknown dog. As I said before it is pretty 50:50 who is at fault, but the OP does himself no favours by coming up with excuses for not being more attentive and controlling his puppy better.
I am struggling to understand the OP reasoning here - is he saying that he is happy for his puppy to approach a dog if it is *not* on the lead but he would stop it from doing so if *on* a lead?
If so, why?
Dogs can be more temperamental on a lead, I imagine they feel trapped so can get anxious when another dog approaches them.
The OP should learn to read dogs' body language, both his pup's and others'.
No lead- good doggie; on lead- bad doggie is a bit simplistic.
If in doubt talk to the dog. He may be more intelligent than the owner. If you sound friendly, he'll be reassured and feel less threatrened by you or your dog.
This is also important when cycling, not only with dogs, but horses too.
Communication is key.
You say you're reluctant to in case you go too short on the nails, have you thought about looking up about dremelling them? Ziva has hers dremelled weekly to keep on top of them and you can tell much better when you're getting close because you can see the cross section as it were. Be good to get the pup used to it while young, Ziva has ticklish back feet so I have to do it quickly before she kicks me in the head!
Dogs can be more temperamental on a lead, I imagine they feel trapped so can get anxious when another dog approaches them.
In the short time I have had a puppy I don't agree with that in all cases though (although I can appreciate the basic assumption). We've had a couple of occasions where a dog has been off its lead and has been aggressive / badly behaved.
I think snappy dog needs to learn a lesson by biting one that gives him one back.
Should be muzzled.
As far as I know, a dog that bites another dog. May never ever bite a child, on there face or anywhere else. I don't understand the reason for linking these two things together.
As for OP's dog being injured. I was told by a policeman, that if my dog injures another dog. I am liable for the bill.
I was told by a policeman that if your dog was off lead then its your own fault. I pointed out that it was the man threatenning me with a fire extinguisher and kicking his own dog that I was reporting!!
No sympathy here tbh. Dog doesnt look too bad and if the little/big fella learns from it then its been a blessing. Seems its owner needs to learn as well.
Put it this way, if the OP had posted up that his lumbering, pretty big, puppy had bounced up to a frightened kid and knocked him over(Entirely possible seeing it was off the lead) and the kids father had dealt out a severe kick in the slats for the OP or even a major hoof in the mouth to the OP's dog, i guess most would be telling the OP to jog on.
Who is to know that the other guys dog hasnt been attacked by dogs off the lead before? Who is to know that the other dog wasnt being protective of its owner etc etc etc.
You let you dog approach other people/dogs then you accept they may not be welcomed.