DOG OWNER TOOK DOG OFF LEAD

[Flowercandy]

Hi im posting here due to concerns about a local path way i live near.its a lovely community we have local dog walkers go down the path just a lovely little place for a walk.however we have some lovely cats who have pitched up home there to lol.now there was this one lady walking her dog i was on the bench down the path with 2 of the local cats the lady took the dog of the lead as if she was intitsing it to go for the cats .as i walked back then to leave the path she then does it again and winds tje cats up saying doggy on the lose cats watch out .the cats ran off in fear of this dog being let off the lead now this womans response to all this was"i have to do this or she wll have my arm off and pull me"well im sorry but if the dog can cause that much injury to you what the hell could it do to the poor cats.am i right in wanting to report this to my local council?

My dog is an assistance dog. I won’t be doing that. How dare you.

There owned cats not feral.

Why shouldn’t their owners keep them in then?

Well these lot seem to think its the norm.

In my experience of dogs and cats, the cats always win.

I hope you do report her.

I love this thread

Because they cant they want to be out.dont worry most on here train there dogs to go chase them .

This is very silly

Yep Ive been looking up the local community groups and have alot of back up that this is wrong and they will also be reporting

Cats can be trained to stay inside.

Like dogs can be traained to chase cats .

I trained my dog to chase cats who enter my garden. I let her out whenever I see one in my garden. She hadn't caught one yet but does give them a good scare!

A cat once chased my dog down the street.

I lost an arm.

Why should cats stay in ,its the dog owners training there dogs that wanna be trained to stay inside and i dont mean the dogs....

How often do you see this lady OP?

Its against the law to do it on a public pathway,not my rules so dont bite at me its what it states online inflicting dogs to chase and potentially harm a cat is a offence.

This is the third time and everytime shes done the same thing.

What did you say to her when she let the dog off the lead in front of you?

So to sum up the thread so far, the OP watched a dog walker let her dog off the lead on a public footpath when she saw some local pet cats there and encouraged her dog to chase them. Her excuse was that she couldn't control her dog even with a lead on, so presumably had even less control once the dog was off the lead.

So she intentionally encouraged her dog, which she couldn't control, to chase after cats and try to catch them.

And what are some of the responses?

"Oh well the cats will probably get away OK" - you can't guarantee that, and doesn't cancel out the fact the woman is trying to get her dog to harm the cats.

"Bah disgusting feral cats" - ignoring that these are owned cats, if they were feral then they would be wild animals. Setting a dog on a wild animal is illegal in the UK except in very particular circumstances (hint - this doesn't include hunting cats on a public footpath).

"Those cats deserve it, because cats shit in my garden". I would take a guess that the majority of "cat" shit people say is in their garden is actually fox shit. Cats usually bury their waste, foxes tend to do it where they are whatever surface they are on.

"She has a right to exercise her dogs" - not if her version of exercising the dog is encouraging it to chase other people's beloved pets. Interesting that she only let her dog off the lead when they came across the cats?

I said thats creul doing that one was on my lap the oother cat was under the bench
Her response was "aw i have to do that or she will pull my arm out my socket" well if thats the case you cant bloody control your dog and is actually putting others in danger .

Exactly yes i 💯 this was all deliberate

No it isn’t normal and I would report her.
I would also knock on the doors of the cat owners and tell them exactly what she did.
I would also put something on Facebook to warm others and shame her.

The dog was on the lead the whole time apart from when the cats were around it was like it was deliberately for the dog to chase the cats.

I'm not sure why some posters are being so fucking snarky.

@Flowercandy You are right. She should absolutely not take her dog off the lead and encourage it to chase cats. If the lazy bumblefuck cannot handle her dog, she should try training it properly.