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To expect someone not to let their three dogs jump all over me

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8oreighty · 23/09/2009 11:51

and "playbite" my arms?!!! I was on a rural path...fair enough, but I think people should control their dogs...I got muddy footprints all over me. It is also kind of scary if you don't know the dogs. There were two women with 3 dogs, not even an apology. Even when I said angrily, "please can you get your dogs off me". That's just not on - is it?

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iggypiggy · 24/09/2009 14:12

weegie I quite agree - I can never tell the nice ones from the wankers (dog walkers or otherwise) when am walking my dog either!

thesunshinesbrightly · 24/09/2009 14:13

i agree iggypiggy.

i know my dog and i dont need to defend her, everyone that knows her, knows she would not bite, she has never hurt anyone including children that torment her.

i shall say it one last time

you hit my dog and shall hit you back twice as hard.
it's not the dogs fault it is the owners.

FimboFortunaFeet · 24/09/2009 14:14

Lets hope then we are not put in the cells together then, Sunshine.

weegiemum · 24/09/2009 14:15

well sunshine lets hope we never meet in the park!

Cos if your dog approached my son and he was terrified, I would hit the dog to make it go away if there was no other option.

And then if you hit me back, I'd go to the police and get you charged with assault.

Because, when it comes down to it, people are more important than dogs.

thesunshinesbrightly · 24/09/2009 14:15

lets hope not eh fimbo

FimboFortunaFeet · 24/09/2009 14:15

But then surely if your dog is as well behaved as you think it is, the likelihood of it being kicked is zilch with you being such a good owner.

thesunshinesbrightly · 24/09/2009 14:17

my dog does not run up to children so i doubt it. my cat is more likely to attack.

weegiemum · 24/09/2009 14:17

But I don't want a dog even sniffing round my kids.

Cos of what we have experienced in the past.

I want dogs kept away from us, by sensible owners.

So I don't care if I get "but he is well trained" from an owner.

If the dog was really well trained, it would be nowhere near my children!!!

thesunshinesbrightly · 24/09/2009 14:18

yes thankyou fimbo

iggypiggy · 24/09/2009 14:20

weegie I have the opposite prob with my dog - children seem to want to run up and touch him/ grab his tail - the parents don't stop them how the hell do they know it's going to be ok?! Much wierdness...

thesunshinesbrightly · 24/09/2009 14:20

better put a label on your head then, cause i'm afraid obviously the people in your area do not know that.

me on the other hand will not let my dog run up to anyone child or adult.

cory · 24/09/2009 14:22

thesunshinesbrightly Thu 24-Sep-09 14:17:12 Add a message | Report post | Contact poster

"my dog does not run up to children so i doubt it. my cat is more likely to attack."

the owner of the other my dog ds met, the one who jumped up and snatched the ball he was holding and disappeared with it, said the dog had never done anything like it before

and it wasn't a particularly young dog

she seemed utterly surprised and flabbergasted, so I'm sure she was telling the truth

thesunshinesbrightly · 24/09/2009 14:22

in my experiance it is the child that goes to the dog not the other way around.

thesunshinesbrightly · 24/09/2009 14:23

corey why do you keep repeating what i say?

cory · 24/09/2009 14:23

esunshinesbrightly Thu 24-Sep-09 14:13:06 Add a message | Report post | Contact poster

"i know my dog and i dont need to defend her, everyone that knows her, knows she would not bite, she has never hurt anyone including children that torment her."

can't you accept that this is going to make less of an impression on people who have heard an owner say that very same thing the second before the dog jumped up and bit?

I have no doubt that those people thought they were telling the truth- but the dog still bit!

weegiemum · 24/09/2009 14:24

My children have never approached dogs, even before the bite, as I told them repeatedly not to!

My ds was coming down the slide in a no dogs children's playpark when a dog ran in through the gate, ran up to him, and bit him so hard he ended up in hospital.

Don't tell me its the children's fault.

If dogs are so trainable, can't you make them learn to run away from children?

DoingTheBestICan · 24/09/2009 14:27

Last time - why cant dogs wear muzzles when outside?

GetOrfMoiLand · 24/09/2009 14:27

How come all dog owners are apoplectic with rage at the thought of their dog being clouted, but have no problem with saying that they will thump another person?

As weegiemum says, people are more important than dogs.

thesunshinesbrightly · 24/09/2009 14:27

my dog does not bite full stop.

all of you can carry on but i know my dog, you do not.

she is the loving, loyal, has never so much as growled at my children or others or people or dogs, she gives cuddles and listens to my every command.

sarah293 · 24/09/2009 14:27

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cory · 24/09/2009 14:28

I quote what you say when I want to make a point about that particular statement, so people can know what I'm talking about.

Ds has had dogs jump up at him twice in the local park recently. In both cases, ds was there first and did not approach the dog, In both cases, the owners said the dog won't jump.

In one case, the dog only snatched his ball and ran away from the park with it, owner was very apologetic and said the dog had never done anything like it before.

The second time, the dog bit him. The owners (an elderly couple) refused to acknowledge that he had been hurt and made off quickly.

thesunshinesbrightly · 24/09/2009 14:29

i think you are venting your anger out on me because i have a collie, did i say it was your childs fault.

cory · 24/09/2009 14:29

"my dog does not bite" is precisely what the owners said before ds was bitten. So if he met you in the park, how would he know it was true this time, when it wasn't true last time?

PeedOffWithNits · 24/09/2009 14:30

i was at school with a girl who had been raised with her family's dog, the dog and the girl had played together for many years. the dog was a softy, didn't bark at neighbours kids playing, all that sort of thing. it was a golden labrador, calm and well trained when out and about.

One day when she was about 8 the dog woke up, saw her sitting playing and just went for her, for no apparent reason whatsoever. The dog was destroyed. The family were distraught.

No matter how well you THINK you know your dog, you CANNOT guaruntee it will never attack anyone.

PeedOffWithNits · 24/09/2009 14:31

that was not aimed at anyone in particular BTW, just read some of the thread and wanted to share my story