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AIBU?

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Original poster

Loose dog AIBU

30 replies

MrOllivander · 05/05/2022 15:34

I'm sat inside, my cat is outside pottering about
Woman is walking her dog opposite, it pulled, she let go off the lead and the dog has run straight across the road and gone for my cat
Was IBU to shout to tell her to get hold of her dog? She couldn't run so was shouting it (which it ignored) and she couldn't keep hold of it on a lead

I've grabbed the dog by the lead and returned it back to her and told her if she can't hold on to the lead and stop it running blindly across the road then she shouldn't be walking it
Spaniel type, not a giant hefty thing!
Second time this has happened (different dogs) and my elderly cat is getting pissed off at actually having to run Grin

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Peterpiperpickedwrongagain · 05/05/2022 15:55

YANBU. Wonder how they would feel if it had caught your cat!
www.gov.uk/control-dog-public
A court could also decide that your dog is dangerously out of control if either of the following apply:

it attacks someone’s animal
the owner of an animal thinks they could be injured if they tried to stop your dog attacking their animal

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MrOllivander · 05/05/2022 16:47

The last one was loose totally, owner was walking it not on a lead

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fairylightsandwaxmelts · 05/05/2022 16:49

YANBU.

It's also a legal requirement in most areas to have your dog on a lead by a road.

ShirleyPhallus · 05/05/2022 16:50

Honestly, who is going to tell you that YABU for thinking this? Absolutely no one, just another excuse for a dog / owner bashing thread, of which there are plenty!

AllThingsServeTheBeam · 05/05/2022 16:54

ShirleyPhallus · 05/05/2022 16:50

Honestly, who is going to tell you that YABU for thinking this? Absolutely no one, just another excuse for a dog / owner bashing thread, of which there are plenty!

This!

My nans dog was attacked and nearly lost her life the other week because of an escaped dog. Didn't start a thread because it would have just ended up in dog bashing..

My own dog walks off lead 90% of the time. But he has recall.

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MrOllivander · 05/05/2022 16:57

ShirleyPhallus · 05/05/2022 16:50

Honestly, who is going to tell you that YABU for thinking this? Absolutely no one, just another excuse for a dog / owner bashing thread, of which there are plenty!

I like dogs, honestly! I'm just a bit bemused at the fact that the first one was with no lead next to the road, and the one today just ran blind across the road and the owner just stood there and then looked at me like I was wrong when I looked pissed off
I actually dog walked and took dogs home for a rescue for years as I wasn't a cat person. Maybe I'm just more intolerant because of my cat being chased

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MrOllivander · 05/05/2022 16:59

@AllThingsServeTheBeam yeah this one didn't! Ive seen the dog before as it lives sort of opposite and up the road so I'm just worrying it will happen again as you have to walk past my garden to get to anywhere (dead end road)

Promise I'm not dog bashing, give me a staff or GSD any day

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AllThingsServeTheBeam · 05/05/2022 17:03

MrOllivander · 05/05/2022 16:59

@AllThingsServeTheBeam yeah this one didn't! Ive seen the dog before as it lives sort of opposite and up the road so I'm just worrying it will happen again as you have to walk past my garden to get to anywhere (dead end road)

Promise I'm not dog bashing, give me a staff or GSD any day

You might not be dog bashing but that is what this will turn into. It always does on MN

Fwiw all dogs who don't have recall shouldn't be off their leads. Friendly or not. It gives everyone a bad name when it goes wrong

ShirleyPhallus · 05/05/2022 17:06

MrOllivander · 05/05/2022 16:57

I like dogs, honestly! I'm just a bit bemused at the fact that the first one was with no lead next to the road, and the one today just ran blind across the road and the owner just stood there and then looked at me like I was wrong when I looked pissed off
I actually dog walked and took dogs home for a rescue for years as I wasn't a cat person. Maybe I'm just more intolerant because of my cat being chased

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But it’s so obvious that this is a poorly controlled dog, and it’s very clear that dogs shouldn’t be offlead next to the road that I can’t see why you would even ask “AIBU to think this”.

OR maybe I’ll suggest you keep your cat inside to avoid tempting the poor doggy and to save other peoples gardens from being pooed in and then we can see how that goes down Wink

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MrOllivander · 05/05/2022 17:06

Ok so forgetting the dog Grin as it's not the dogs fault it doesn't have recall
If it happens again, what would you say? I'm slightly hot headed so ideas of what to say which don't involve me sweating would be great!

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MrOllivander · 05/05/2022 17:07

@ShirleyPhallus he doesn't poo outside Wink
Or wee. Or kill anything
I'm aware this is not a normal cat Grin
He comes back inside to use his tray and likes to just sit in the garden avoiding dogs
His worst habit is drinking out the neighbours water feature which she encourages as she thinks it's funny

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AllThingsServeTheBeam · 05/05/2022 17:08

MrOllivander · 05/05/2022 17:06

Ok so forgetting the dog Grin as it's not the dogs fault it doesn't have recall
If it happens again, what would you say? I'm slightly hot headed so ideas of what to say which don't involve me sweating would be great!

Don't say anything. Note their address if you know it and report them to the dog warden for having a dog dangerously out of control

axolotlfloof · 05/05/2022 17:08

Even spaniels can be very strong when they pull suddenly and very few dogs will have recall when chasing a cat.
YANBU but it sounds like the dog pulled when she was not expecting it. She didn't intentionally let her dog chase your cat.
Accidents happen.
I love dogs and cats and our older cat would hold her own against most dogs, although I worry about her trying her hissing scratching tactics on the wrong dog.
Of course dogs should be under control in public, but I am sure this woman didn't want her dog to run across a road any more than you did.

WhackingPhoenix · 05/05/2022 17:12

Are we all reading the same OP? Confused

The dog wasn’t off lead. It was on lead but it pulled away from its owner. Accidents do happen.

MyDogTails · 05/05/2022 17:13

I have a problem whereby two neighbouring cats come into my garden to chase my dog! It’s infuriating and they’ve hurt him. It has made him cat reactive sadly.

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MrOllivander · 05/05/2022 17:13

axolotlfloof · 05/05/2022 17:08

Even spaniels can be very strong when they pull suddenly and very few dogs will have recall when chasing a cat.
YANBU but it sounds like the dog pulled when she was not expecting it. She didn't intentionally let her dog chase your cat.
Accidents happen.
I love dogs and cats and our older cat would hold her own against most dogs, although I worry about her trying her hissing scratching tactics on the wrong dog.
Of course dogs should be under control in public, but I am sure this woman didn't want her dog to run across a road any more than you did.

No I get that totally, and if she had run after it or been oh god sorry I wouldn't be fussed
It's more that she can't physically run after the dog and just well, stood there
It's only as it's getting warmer my old cat is venturing out again

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MissMaple82 · 05/05/2022 17:14

I think you are being unreasonable. The dog pulled and she dropped the lead! She first do it on purpose, it was an accident, nobody was hurt. Stop being so dramatic

MissMaple82 · 05/05/2022 17:16

AllThingsServeTheBeam · 05/05/2022 17:08

Don't say anything. Note their address if you know it and report them to the dog warden for having a dog dangerously out of control

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The dogs not dangerously out of control though ffs

AllThingsServeTheBeam · 05/05/2022 17:18

WhackingPhoenix · 05/05/2022 17:12

Are we all reading the same OP? Confused

The dog wasn’t off lead. It was on lead but it pulled away from its owner. Accidents do happen.

The op dog yes. But the op mentions an off lead dog too

AllThingsServeTheBeam · 05/05/2022 17:18

MissMaple82 · 05/05/2022 17:16

The dogs not dangerously out of control though ffs

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@MissMaples82 the dog that the op is referring to is that is never walked on a lead. Read up on it. You'll find I'm correct.

FreeTruman · 05/05/2022 17:21

I misread ‘it pulled, she let go off the lead’

as ‘it pulled, she let it go off the lead’

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MrOllivander · 05/05/2022 17:21

Sorry (typing and talking)

First dog about a month ago not on lead
Dog today was on lead but pulled away from owner and ran across road

Because it's a side road a lot of people walk their dogs off lead but it leads down to a main B road

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FreeTruman · 05/05/2022 17:21

So maybe others did too.

fairylightsandwaxmelts · 05/05/2022 17:22

MissMaple82 · 05/05/2022 17:16

The dogs not dangerously out of control though ffs

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A dog that darts in the road like that is very much dangerously out of control.

AllThingsServeTheBeam · 05/05/2022 17:24

MrOllivander · 05/05/2022 17:21

Sorry (typing and talking)

First dog about a month ago not on lead
Dog today was on lead but pulled away from owner and ran across road

Because it's a side road a lot of people walk their dogs off lead but it leads down to a main B road

The dog with a lead attached was a mistake. Yes it could have ended badly but the owner just dropped the lead. Anyone who walks a dog offlead that has no recall and chases cats, runs into roads etc. Needs reporting.