Out of control dogs

[missmelons88]

The increasing amount of unruly dogs is caused by our humanisation and resulting lack of control of our pet dogs. I see people being dragged to the park all the time, they let the dog go and meet it at the other side.

They don't think their dog chased anything because they didn't see it, meanwhile it's running after ducks. The dog has good recall because it eventually came back.. etc etc.

Unruly = anything from no recall to an dog that bites their handler.

Discuss.

'Dog "haters" need to accept that dogs are a part of life and will exist in shared spaces. Dog owners need to take responsibility for their animals and keep them under close control in shared spaces (which doesn't necessarily mean leashed, but certainly means away from other people and animals without their explicit consent) and never encroach on spaces which are human-only environments like children's play parks. It's really not that hard.'

@CaptainThe95thRifles this is the most sensible comment on this thread.

I love dogs and think we should have dog parks for safe off lead dogs to play. If a person can't control their dog then they should be off lead however nice they think they are

@Tamzo85 thank you! You have described me, my small (rescued) dog and the problems we face perfectly. Do we know you?