Originally posted by cfuh
i was out walking my two doggies when we came upon a man with his dog. my dogs, of course, wanted to play and started pulling on the leashes...i held them back as best as i could (and even leaned on an explorer) but i had to let them go. before i did, i yelled out that i was going to let them go to the man to warn him.
Did you just yell out that you were going to let them go? Or did you yell out that they were friendly and just wanted to play? These are two very different things. For all he knew you were warning him against imminent danger, especially since you were obviously struggling to keep them under control.

I'm sure this won't be popular here, but if you only shouted that you were letting them go and not that they were harmless, I think his reaction was justified. Imagine how many times as an officer that he's been attacked or had criminals send their dogs to attack him.

As has been stated before, if you can't control them when they're both together, I'd strongly suggest you only walk one at a time. I personally get ULTRA pissed when I'm walking my dogs on a leash and someone else isn't, especially if the dog is larger than mine. There's always a nasty encounter and I feel that since my dogs are small and tethered, they're at a much greater risk than the larger dog that's not leashed.