We were out walking our puppy in a quiet field, not many dogs cross it. We had been in the far corner practicing recall and decided to take a slow walk home. Another couple were walking their dog off lead and headed towards us, so I thought their dog should be okay with other dogs. They could clearly see we had a puppy. They both said hello to us no warning that their dog didn’t like puppies. The dog ran up to ours and growled loudly in his face. I thought okay fair enough,
and was about to recall him when the lady picked up our puppy and handed him to me and said our dog won’t hurt him, but he doesn’t like puppies and might scare him.
I’m confused because if I see a dog on a lead I will put our puppy back on a lead.
I get that other dogs might not want an excitable puppy jumping at them but they walked straight at us. They could have walked another way. Or were we at fault?
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heatseeker14 · 11/11/2019 09:35
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