Am I the c#%t??

[cantthinkofausername26]

Walking my cavapoo today in a big open and empty field. He trots along happily off the lead, if he comes across another dog he will go and give them a sniff and be on his way.

usually if I see another dog on a lead I will put him on a lead too. I didn’t see this woman soon enough as she appeared from behind a bush. Big gnarly dog on a lead XL bully type dog. My dogs starts trotting in her direction, she goes mental shouting “go away, this is a dangerous dog, get your fucking dig away” etc. I called Doggo over and put him on a lead, no drama. She is still mouthing off at me, to which I replied “all right calm down!” This set the mad woman off shouting that I’m a fucking idiot and her dog would rip mine to bits and I shouldn’t let him off the lead. To which I replied “you’re the one with the aggressive dog you can’t control, who is the real idiot here?” I then got called a butch and a c£&t!

Now is it me that is a c£&t? Or the person with a massive aggressive dog that was literally pulling her along??

Christ, have you been out in public recently? With the best will in the world it takes a split second for a child to approach a dog.

Quite obviously they “shouldn’t” but accidents happen and it doesn’t mean the child should be at risk of being savaged.

Any known aggressive dog should be muzzled and on a lead in public.

Any dog off lead should not approach an on lead dog.A responsible owner would recall their dog the second you see an on lead dog and walk them to heal on / off lead to endure they don’t go any where near an on lead dog.

Named calling was horrible - but appears that both dog owners were at fault and neither were being fully responsible owners.

It's down to the parents then. We always drummed it into our DD that you should NEVER run up to a dog in case it doesn't like it. We told her you approach slowly and always ask the owner first if it's okay to say hello.

No. What I actually say is that i let him go up to dogs off lead. If I see a dog on a lead in the distance he will also be put on a lead.

Ok I don't own a dog and I dont know the rules but I thought from the dog programmes I've watched that everyone is supposed to have a well behaved , easy to control dog when out. Surely anyone who has to shout at other people to get away is completely one hundred percent out of order. When I read your post I started laughing. I imagined the XL bully woman being dragged on the ground round the field by her snarling dog while shouting "get out of my way, getaway" to everyone it dragged her past. And just for clarification, she's a c* , not you.

She was the cunt. In fact I feel I’ve met this banshee woman myself.

Jesus Christ, read the post!!

Being aggressive looking or genuinely aggressive toward other dogs does not automatically equate to aggression towards humans, adult or child.

If the dog is aggressive to humans as well then yes, the dog should be muzzled - we have absolutely no idea if thats the case here.

So the 'what if it was a child' argument is spurious - it wasn't, and if it was the dog may well not be aggressive towards humans. They are capable of telling the difference.

No they shouldn't, but equally you shouldn't be walking around with your dog off lead. Doesn't matter if his recall is good if you are letting him approach other dogs and not actually calling him back unless asked.

There's a difference between a dog sniffing and a dog ripping another to shreds.

I agree with this.

no but dog owners should keep their dogs on leads as parents don't want other twatty people's dogs annoying their kids.

whyy do you think different rules apply to you and your dog

they were curly haired things.

sadly our dog seems to have a face for biting.

I was speaking to someone the other day who said that the floppy bull type faces aren’t as expressive due to all the folds and other dogs find them hard to read and therefore find them to be ‘uncertain’ so the other dog goes on the definsive.

it was an interesting take.

Again, enough with the patronising.

If it wasn't an XL bully then the woman wasn't doing anything wrong. She had it on the lead and told you to back off. You were wrong letting your dog run up to it.

Did she shout ‘cunt’ repeatedly, even when she was the other side of the field? She was a real gem this one

The thing is though, you risk your dog getting hurt if you let it approach other dogs, even if it’s gentle. A dog can also turn with little warning.

Of course it's not ideal if your dog is going up to other dogs in public (though it sounds like it's not doing it to on-lead dogs, and dogs that would react aggressively to other dogs should obviously be on the lead). However, the other woman was clearly in the wrong here as it was her who set up a situation where tiny mistakes like you not seeing her could lead to trouble.

Humans and dogs are both imperfect - don't react instantly, sometimes delay coming back - if your dog truly can't be near a dog without attacking it, it should be muzzled in public and ideally not in public much at all. (Yes, that's a tough life for dog and owner. It's better than a dead child.) She was also wrong for getting aggressive (which won't be helpful to her dog's behaviour either). Hope you've been able to relax and recover from what sounds like a pretty unpleasant incident!

But she appeared from behind a bush so in future only have it off lead when in an open space like a field or a beach as none of us can see round corners or through bushes. Try to be more responsible and understand many if not most dog owners don't want stranger's dogs approaching them.

Lead or no lead, your dog should be trained to walk on. It shouldn't be given free reign to approach other dogs and/or humans
But your responses indicate you think your right so good luck the next time your called a cunt 😂

time to move along now I think

She was unreasonable to use vile language towards you and to be aggressive.

You are unreasonable, and incredibly naive, to allow your dog to approach other dogs whilst it’s off lead. Please stop doing this. You need to recall your dog when it starts to approach others.

The woman in question, should have shouted over to you “Excuse me, my dog is aggressive and does not like other dogs. Please recall your dog”. However, some people aren’t rational or polite about a lot of things.

I love it when people try to insult you but they can’t use basic grammar correctly

Maybe learn about dog behaviour? Some dogs are fear aggressive. Attack is the best form of defence, and all that.

Are only people who agree with you allowed to comment now?

It would appear so