Inappropriate dog touching

"To the pp who lumped all 'bull breeds' in together, please don't do that. I've known many staffies who have been the biggest people pleasers. It's all to do with how well a dog is socialised."

Absolutely correct. I've had a Staffy who was an absolute angel and loved all humans and now have a Staffy-Labrador cross who's even more angelic and adores every human she meets.

My dog is very cute and fluffy. So many people stroke her and tell her she's gorgeous I swear she thinks walks are actually for fan meet and greets. She loves it 😂

I don’t want to “know” about dogs. I just want dogs to be totally safe in public, even if they attract unwanted attention, and not foul pavements, playing fields etc.

Dogs are not children. They cannot be compared.

And when they’ve been asked not to touch it they should stop. They don’t have an entitlement to touch it just because it is there. They are not for ‘everyone’. ‘Everyone’ can get their own puppy. If you told me that my puppy was for everyone you’d be told to piss off.

I'm asked first about 99% of the time. My current dog is extremely human-friendly but my previous one had been horribly abused in her previous life and didn't trust new people, so I always pre-empted if I thought someone looked like they wanted to approach her - and she wore a 'nervous dog' collar.

When we’re out we are minding our own business, he’s under the table, perfect manners, we are approached and interrupted, why do we have to stop going to quaint places and shopping courtyards because people have to touch or feed an animal that’s not theirs?

Recently there was us and a family at opposite ends of an otherwise empty train carriage, we had to stop a child from getting under the table at least 5 times to get in his face and pet our dog. I told her parents he wasn’t friendly just to get her to take the child away. I don’t want anyone petting or feeding him. It’s not encouraged.
People who can’t stop touching them they people’s things should not be allowed in busy places. You’re victim blaming!

So tell them, why are you telling us? We are not touching your dog.

You’ve just had different experiences. I’ve had dogs just as long as you and have had people touch them without asking. I’ve also had the do it straight after being asked not to. One of whom immediately tried to unclip the lead to steal the dog.

I have the most tactile looking dog, think fluffy cuteness with daft batty eyelashes. He's also super human orientated but only if he knows you/you have approached appropriately/read his signals. He's actually a bit nervy and can can reactively bark/growl if something sudden happens from the side/rear. I live in fear of him being accused of being aggressive due to someone rushing up to stroke him. I am no wallflower and perfectly able to assertively tell people no but some people just move so quickly and others ignore you. So..... I'm pleased some people have never had this happen. But for those of us with cuteness personified pups let me tell you it does.... and it's a problem....
Op my only advice is to bat unwanted hands away and use a 'teacher voice' "I told you NO"....

I've had multiple dogs over a period of 40yrs and have never had this happen. Weird thread. People always ask if they can say hello before touching any of my dogs.

YANBU. I also hate it when dogs touch me. Too many bad experiences. I obviously try to avoid dogs.

Feeding another person's dog is unacceptable.

I love dogs, don't get me wrong. But if dog owners want to be able to take their dog to busy places full of humans like shops, cafes, pubs etc. they have to accept it is going to attract attention. There are inevitably going to be humans who want to touch the dog and some will not understand that one should ask first. They are not thick as pp suggested, they just might not be familiar with dogs,how they are trained etc. Not every one's world centres around dogs!

The Kennel Club is not the be all and end all of training. In fact it exists more to represent and regulate breeders rather than people with family pets. Most reputable trainers and behaviourists advocate the 1 in 4 rule when allowing direct interaction. Apart from anything else it teaches the dog that they also cannot approach everyone they like the look of and can only do so when permitted. It's great for that but no good at all when people just refuse to listen to the owner. I was once sworn at when someone fully swooped on my puppy and I said "Please don't do that". She had just come out of the pub though.

This is the problem with dog complainers - the OP is literally in the process of training her dog NOT to behave in the way you describe and people are hindering this.

So you are complaining about her being annoyed that people are preventing her from training her dog. Talk about damned if you do, damned if you don’t.

Of course people should ask, but you want her socialised, so....

He was “asleep” when he’s awake he can have cuddles and play with our dogs and race around the beer garden with the local pub dog. He’s being socialised.

They walked in straight over to a sleeping tired puppy and woke him up!

Firstly, dog owners are not one homogeneous mass who all behave the same way.

Secondly, any decent dog owner absolutely does not want to allow their dog to jump up to strangers or bark all day and will pick up after their dog.

Puppies are not "for everyone"

No, puppies are not ‘for everyone’

Just say no thanks she he is being trained to be non reactive. Puppies are cute. YABU

This is the trouble with dog owners. They want their dogs to be free to run around, jump up to strangers, poo everywhere and bark all day but if someone dares stroke their precious dog they have a meltdown.

Tosspottingwankweasel

You've taken a puppy to a pub. People are going to want to stroke your puppy. Puppies are for everyone. Stop being moody about your puppy.

Same. We have two very small, very cute dogs and everyone asks.