RICHARD
03-14-2012, 07:53 AM
It's been a while since I have had to deal with 'routinely' walking a dog in an area where there are so many dog owners.....
Let me start this by saying that all the dogs I have owned and lived with have had yards to roam in and it wasn't until recently -after many years of NOT HAVING to worry about caring for a dog - that I have been re-introduced to the world of idiot dog owners.
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Tucker -GoldenDoodle 6 - is a fairly good dog - The one thing that I am totally paranoid about is his reaction to other dogs when we go for a walk.
Because my roomie and I are temp living in an apt., we take the Tuckster for walks so he can do his business.
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I am totally paranoid about him being around other dogs that are NOT ON A LEASH.
I do not want him to get into any kind of problem. Either biting or getting bitten - LOL I do think he knows this and sometimes uses this as a way to tweak me.
Anyway, I posted a thread about people who let their dogs crap all over the complex and my peeve regarding this fact.
There is a small area to the side of the parking lot where I have seen some poops that people have left near the walkways.
I noticed that there are some 'cow sized' logs in the area and thought, "Only an AH would let a huge dog leave a dump like that near an well traveled pathway."
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The other night, I took Tuck for his early evening stroll and walked out to the parking lot, I heard a woman on her patio, which opens out to the parking lot talking to someone while she was smoking a ciggie.
Tuck turned to see who was talking,m hesitated than began to growl.
I noticed a large Doberman, loose, that began to run over to where we were.
I thought, "OH F***, this dog is loose and is coming over to attack us."
Now, this is my worse nightmare.
I swung Tuck be the leash and pulled him off the ground until he slipped his harness and in the process I feel on my knees right there on the concrete.
I then grabbed the dog and hunched over him to keep him from going after the other dog....
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I have to admit that I did over react, but I really didn't know what the other dog was going to do.
So, rather than find out, I guess I wanted to make sure that no one was bitten or got into a fight.
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The woman came over and said, "Oh, the dog just wanted to play......Are you all right?"
I was pi$$Ed off and embarrassed.
I wanted to tell her, "Your effing dog is off leash and I DON'T know what your dog is going to do......", But I just held on to the dog and tried to get the harness back on him before anything happened.
As it was, the way Tuck growled -I think he was just as surprised as I was - I thought all hell was going to break loose.
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I skinned one knee and bumped both of them - I was fuming for the last three days. Doris wanted to go confront her, but I told her not to say anything until we leave. Our car is parked right outside her unit and I don't want to walk out one day and find the car vandalized.
Paranoid?
Maybe, but if a person lets their dogs walk off leash in the area right outside their apartment?
Then they probably are the same owners that let the dogs wander off and crap in the areas just off the walkways.
Not the sharpest knives in the drawers.
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In the days since the incident, I haven't seen her or her two dogs outside....but I make sure that I check the area before I walk the dog outside....
Let me start this by saying that all the dogs I have owned and lived with have had yards to roam in and it wasn't until recently -after many years of NOT HAVING to worry about caring for a dog - that I have been re-introduced to the world of idiot dog owners.
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Tucker -GoldenDoodle 6 - is a fairly good dog - The one thing that I am totally paranoid about is his reaction to other dogs when we go for a walk.
Because my roomie and I are temp living in an apt., we take the Tuckster for walks so he can do his business.
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I am totally paranoid about him being around other dogs that are NOT ON A LEASH.
I do not want him to get into any kind of problem. Either biting or getting bitten - LOL I do think he knows this and sometimes uses this as a way to tweak me.
Anyway, I posted a thread about people who let their dogs crap all over the complex and my peeve regarding this fact.
There is a small area to the side of the parking lot where I have seen some poops that people have left near the walkways.
I noticed that there are some 'cow sized' logs in the area and thought, "Only an AH would let a huge dog leave a dump like that near an well traveled pathway."
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The other night, I took Tuck for his early evening stroll and walked out to the parking lot, I heard a woman on her patio, which opens out to the parking lot talking to someone while she was smoking a ciggie.
Tuck turned to see who was talking,m hesitated than began to growl.
I noticed a large Doberman, loose, that began to run over to where we were.
I thought, "OH F***, this dog is loose and is coming over to attack us."
Now, this is my worse nightmare.
I swung Tuck be the leash and pulled him off the ground until he slipped his harness and in the process I feel on my knees right there on the concrete.
I then grabbed the dog and hunched over him to keep him from going after the other dog....
----------
I have to admit that I did over react, but I really didn't know what the other dog was going to do.
So, rather than find out, I guess I wanted to make sure that no one was bitten or got into a fight.
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The woman came over and said, "Oh, the dog just wanted to play......Are you all right?"
I was pi$$Ed off and embarrassed.
I wanted to tell her, "Your effing dog is off leash and I DON'T know what your dog is going to do......", But I just held on to the dog and tried to get the harness back on him before anything happened.
As it was, the way Tuck growled -I think he was just as surprised as I was - I thought all hell was going to break loose.
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I skinned one knee and bumped both of them - I was fuming for the last three days. Doris wanted to go confront her, but I told her not to say anything until we leave. Our car is parked right outside her unit and I don't want to walk out one day and find the car vandalized.
Paranoid?
Maybe, but if a person lets their dogs walk off leash in the area right outside their apartment?
Then they probably are the same owners that let the dogs wander off and crap in the areas just off the walkways.
Not the sharpest knives in the drawers.
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In the days since the incident, I haven't seen her or her two dogs outside....but I make sure that I check the area before I walk the dog outside....