Yesterday I was taken off my feet at our local park by a woman walking a large boisterous dog on a tape flexi-lead. I have bruised my hip badly and my arm and hand don’t feel right.
I have come across the dog before, it is a street dog from Greece which has been rehomed to her and her husband by a local rescue. It bowls small dogs over regularly and tangles every one up in its lead. Some of the more experienced owners in the park have tried to suggest training classes etc as it is around six months old, I don’t think the owners have had a dog before and they have been told it could reach the size of a German Shepherd. They brush off suggestions of training with excuses about not being to go together etc
I felt it was an accident waiting to happen before yesterday, but now I am very concerned for the many elderly people and young children who walk dogs and use the park, a fall like I had yesterday could be a broken hip for an old person.
I am not anti-dog and have 3 of my own, but in 30 odd years of dog ownership I don’t think I have come across anyone so naive and ill prepared to deal what is going to be a very large dog, and as it appears to have spaniel and collie in its make up potentially very hard to control if it is not trained properly.
I feel ringing our dog warden to put this on record might show there is a pattern of problem behaviour if there is trouble in the future. I considered calling the rescue, but feel they may not be bothered if they let them have the dog in the first place.
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Evenstar · 05/10/2019 13:28
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