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Keep Your Mutt On A Frigging Lead

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Psolomon · 06/05/2017 23:04

Out running canalside this morning and an unleashed dog came bounding up, tongue lolling maniacally, and jumped up at me, frenziedly snuffling at my sweaty snatch whilst I frantically tried to side-step its mangy mass. I thundered at its owner: 'Get this thing off me!' and hurled a couple of panicky expletives (I'm not a lover of dogs and to have one jump up whilst running was scary).

AIBU to think far too many dog owners think the world ought to love their mutt? Surely a dog should be controlled on a canal towpath? Grr.

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DawnMumsnet · 07/05/2017 00:00

LEM, so is it better to make eye contact or not? I'm clueless (and admittedly slightly scared of big dogs). Don't hate them, Kali, honestly, just don't know how best to act when I'm accosted. Or thundered at. Wink

Was walking back from the local shop the other night with DH - we'd been out to buy milk (and chocolate. And crisps. Oh okay, and wine). On the pavement ahead of us were a group of people with a (huge) dog, so we crossed over well before reaching them. Said dog then starts bounding (thundering?) over the road, barking at us. On a retractable lead, it turns out, but still quite alarming. The owners called out: "It's the BAG!"

Um, no, we muttered in unison (very, very quietly). It's definitely the dog...

Anyway, can we please ask for a bit of peace and love on this thread - let's not let it turn sour, eh? Many thanks.

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DawnMumsnet · 07/05/2017 00:14

@Psolomon

Thanks, DawnMumsnet. I will doggedly refrain from biting.

P.s..what choccie did you buy? A Yorkie? GrinHmm

Arf.

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DawnMumsnet · 07/05/2017 00:18

@AwaywiththePixies27

DawnMumsnet the best advice I was given was frim the dogwarden to teach a child to 'be a tree' in this situation. I think its to do with not showing the dog fear. This came about after a lab off his lead and nowhere to be seen went for DS, when I eventually calmed DS down, got hold of dog and found owner. Told him what had happened and he looked down his nose at me and went "my dog dont bite" and walked off!! Shock

Thanks, AwaywiththePixies, will tell that to my youngest, who's also a wee bit nervous around dogs (my other three are all fearless!)

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