a) put your own dog on lead
b) call your dog to you and hope it walks to heel as you pass the other dog
c) let your dog go rushing up to the other dog barking furiously while making no attempt to call it back whatsoever?
c) Part Two: also, when the owner of the on-lead dog asks you to call your dog back, do you then say "why don't you let yours off? mine won't do anything" even though you have met this particular owner and dog numerous times, and she has painstakingly explained to you that her dog is highly reactive and has to be on lead when passing other dogs in order not to lunge at them?
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Quick multiple choice question: if you see someone coming towards you with a dog on lead, and your dog is off-lead, do you:
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TheKitchenWitch · 30/08/2014 10:12
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