To have pushed the dog with my foot

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I did not kick it, or hurt it, but pushed the barking, growling, yapping thing away with the side of my foot as it kept biting towards my ankles.

I'm SO fed up of dog owners not controlling their dogs!

I'm a runner and will go out of my way to give dogs lots of space, I stop and walk if one is wearing an 'I'm nervous' vest, I never run up behind a dog and their owner, I love dogs and have fostered many so I recognise when a dog may be triggered by a runner and I give space/start walking/Cross over the road etc.

But it's always little yapping ones on extendable leads, IF they're on lead at all, and owners not giving a crap, as they run towards me, with zero recall, nipping at my ankles. Yes, I will push your dog away if it's not under your control.

Dog owner/lover here-of course you’re not wrong-

One man's push and another man's kick.

Was it a genuine push? If it was, have at it.

Bet you wouldn’t have done that to a larger dog. 🫤

Nope. You're not unreasonable at all. Tbh if it was growling and barking, though I personally wouldn't, you wouldn't have been unreasonable to actually kick it if you were scared it was going to hurt you.

If someone let's their dog off they need to be able to control it or accept the repercussions

Strap some Olde Fashioned spurs to your ankles!!

Because it wouldn't work on a larger dog. You'd push a wheelie bin if it blocked your drive, but you wouldn't bother pushing a Ford Focus.

That's what I take my big stick for

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YANBU at all

YANBU. I've used my crutch before to stop a little dog getting near. I held back from thumping them with it but I put it on the ground to block it's path, no different to using a foot.

YANBU.

If I hear one more entitled dog owner who has limited control of their dog tell me "it's okay, he's friendly!" I may lose my mind.

I think you'll find Kurt Zouma got community service for doing the same to a cat.

Was the cat attacking him? No.

If a dog, however small, is biting at you and the owners aren't in control of it then you can push it away. If it's a bigger dog attacking you then bloody boot the thing. I don't feel any regret at all for booting a dog which had my little dog in it's mouth.

While I think YANBU I can see how some dog owners would take any contact with the dog as a sign to take the same approach as the dog.

I owner a medium/large sight hound who thankfully has a very low prey drive considering and is more likely to run alongside a cyclist/jogger looking concerned and trying to get back to me. My last dog however (she was a larger sight hound) saw everyone and everything moving at speed as fair game and would've made an amazing police chase dog, would've caught and detained every single criminal she was set upon. It sounds like you're a more considerate jogger/cyclist than many round here as they approached from behind silently and when I asked them to stop/slow they'd just continue while I frantically tried to put her on the lead and get her to one side so they could pass without her chasing them.

It's a hard balance to strike when there's people competing for the same space but you're not wrong to defend yourself.

He drop kicked the cat and then continued to chase and abuse it.

That is in no way similar to defending yourself from a dog attacking your legs.

This! Always the same stock answer. Not very one likes dogs or wants them jumping up at them/getting under their feet etc.

Drop kicked? I think not. Watch the videos.

It was the owner that needed kicking, not the dog. I only let our dogs off lead in dog parks or on our land as I’ve seen people kick dogs that didn’t approach them. Some people like to kick them, the sorts that then tell people about it afterwards.

Don't be so fucking ridiculous, he drop kicked his cat across the room. He's a footballer. Drop kicked a cat.

ffs

Regretfully I did. Not sure why you don't understand? He dropped kicked his cat. For laughs. For Tic Tom/insta.

stop making excuses for the abusive wanker.

Drop kick

@VeniVidiWeeWee He was holding the cat, dropped it and kicked it before it hit the floor. What would you call that? 🤔

Maybe you should watch the videos

You should have kicked it. That's how animals learn. By trying it on with bigger guys and getting put in place.

It sounds like you're a more considerate jogger/cyclist than many round here as they approached from behind silently and when I asked them to stop/slow they'd just continue while I frantically tried to put her on the lead and get her to one side so they could pass without her chasing them

you seriously ask cyclists and joggers to stop whilst you get your dog on a lead? I can see what they don’t listen!