AIBU to be annoyed by this womans dog?

[StipyTiger]

I took my two dogs for a walk earlier today. One of my dogs has no re-call so is always on a lead. (Before anyone asks we have taken him to training classes but even the woman leading it said he was very highly strung and difficult to train as he reacts to other dogs when on a lead - he is a rescue and had previously been chained up) If both are on the lead at the same time the they both can be reactive. If the calmer, and better trained dog is off the lead both are usually fine. With this in mind, I'm walking through local woods, one dog on lead, one off and come across a woman who starts yelling at me to get my dog. I call him to me and he comes. I explained the one on the lead was reactive, she said 'so is this one' pointing to a dog that she had by the collar that was not on a lead - her other 3 yappy little dogs careered towards my dog on the lead who started whining and backing away. Her two children about 3 and 6 were pointing and shouting at my dogs who are now very confused and intimidated. We carried on our way Am i unreasonable to think that she acted very irresponsibly to have a 'reactive' dog loose in a very popular dog walking spot?

It all sounds chaotic I don't know why other people interfere with other People s dog maybe if she concentrated on her own she would get on a lot better on walks .

You were being responsible, she was being an idiot. Why the need to ask? Surely that's clear?

I think owners like her try to detract from their own dogs issues they don't want to look like "bad" owners.

People do what they do. You weren't doing anything unreasonable. I generally don't let my off-leash dog go up to other dogs without permission, even if they're off leash. Of course, occasionally he'll ignore me, aha. All you can do is carry on being responsible, as you are. You're going to get people like this, always. She was flapping because she didn't have control of her dogs, probably struggles to have control of all four of them on lead, so lets them off because she can't manage; then freaks out when other dogs come up. It's not your fault.

What I usually get is people who let their dogs follow my dog, almost aggressively, pestering him and trying to hump him. They just stand there and watch it happen, literally doing nothing. They don't call their dog, they don't re-leash their dog. It's crazy to me.

All you can do is control your own pups and keep on walking.

I think I'm asking as she was quite aggressive towards me as if it was my fault. If both my dogs had been on the lead they would have been quite reactive to loose dogs

You should have told her, stand up for yourself.

She was in the wrong and shouldn’t be letting a reactive dog off lead.

She's an idiot. All four of her dogs should have been on leash. One because he is reactive and the others because they have no recall. Dog owners like her make me sad.

What did your dog do that made her say he was reactive? Could you see him the whole time? It sounds like the only thing he did wrong was to be in her line of fire.