Just fishing for opinions really . This morning I was on a local playing field with my dog ,the field is quite small ( 200m x200m) and there was one other lady with a spaniel ( working cocker) . When I arrived and let my dog ( patterdaleX ) off his lead the other dog came bowling over to us and literally knocked my dog off his feet ,the it other owner called him away and called out that he's a youngster so likes to say hello . I started playing ball with my dog and the other dog constantly came over to us running alongside my dog and trying to engage him in 'doggy' play . My dog doesn't do 'doggy' play ,he totally blanks other dogs and will not approach ,them eventually after about 5 minutes of being harassed my dog growled very loudly as he was running along . I immediately called him back and put him on his lead because quite honestly I've never let him get past the growling stage so really don't know if he would go on to bite another dog if they persisted and this dog was going to persist . So the question is is it my problem when other dogs harass my dog or is it the other owners who should keep their dog away from mine when he obviously doesn't want to play and just can't get away from their intrusive dogs because they keep chasing him .
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