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All time Greatest Hits of the Idiot Dog Owners!

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DejaWho · 27/10/2011 13:56

OK since we're the ones who AREN'T the rabid child-eating nightmare dog owners - let's list the ones you've seen that just make the mind boggle. I'll start with a couple of mine that I've seen.

"Trevooooooorrrrr come back 'ere or I'm gonna kill you" as a means of recall! (No way I'd have wanted to come back to that horrible screechy noise - even if I didn't understand the kill you bit)

The woman who showed up to my dog training class - no treats, nothing... not even a dog-lead, but had the dog restrained with a plastic swing bin liner tied to his collar (and did so fairly regularly by all accounts).

Dog owners who drive to the park, don't bother with those lead things and just open the car boot, letting the dog run straight across the carpark at will. This one's a regular pet-hate of mine.

The guy who felt really really aggrieved (and swore so much they turned the air blue) when they got bollocked by the dog wardens for not owning a collar (see the previous section on just opening the car boot and letting the dog fly out).

The bin-liner one just blew my mind though.

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toboldlygo · 27/10/2011 14:10

I've got scars on my ankles from an idiot man who was walking a hugely obese teenage choc lob on a flexi lead, the kind with the thin cord. As the lab saw us approaching he lunged forward, pulling the useless lump of plastic handle out of the bloke's hand. The cord was unfortunately locked so when the dog started bounding around us in circles, scrabbling at me and sending my (on lead) dogs into a frenzy, it wrapped around my ankles and the dogs' legs and pulled tight, giving me a rope burn in several places. Took fucking ages to disentangle the mad lab from us all and I had blood all over my legs by the time he managed it. It didn't hurt at the time as I was all -rage- but by god did it sting and go all blistery in the following days.

I would like to reserve a special place in hell for anyone using flexi leads incorrectly, anyone using the cord type at all, people who don't pick up their dog's poo, who don't train their small fluffy dogs who then go on to exhibit behaviour that would have a larger dog destroyed but it's okay because they're small and cute and can't bite you as hard, who don't adequately exercise their dogs, who feed Bakers, Pedigree et al., who breed their pet dogs for money or cuteness factor, who breed or buy without a damn good reason and a battery of health tests. I think that's it. Oh, wait, people who buy a dog of a traditionally working breed, don't do anything with it beyond a walk in the park once a day and then wonder why it is incompatible with family life.

And breathe...

Goldenbrown1981 · 27/10/2011 14:15

Going to other extremes there was a woman in my Mam's puppy class who NEVER let her dog off the lead. Doesn't sound too bad you say, but not even in the house!!! The dog is now 18 months, very much loved but has only ever had her lead unclipped at puppy class (when she understandably goes mental)

DooinMeCleanin · 27/10/2011 14:20

The man who let his Whippet off to run in the on-lead area of the park an dthen made no attempts to stop it chasing me and Devil Dog and our bike other than to scream "It's only a fucking bike, get back 'ere" at the dog and "He's only trying to play" at me, whilst walking in the opposite direction expecting his dog to follow him . All the while my dog was going bat shit trying to get at the Whippet in order to kill it. Man didn't seem very bothered when I yelled back "My dog is not trying to play, come and get your fecking dog before it gets hurt". He still walked away. I strained a muscle in my armpit trying to drag Devil away whilst trying to keep the bike upright and standing on one leg (the other leg was blocking the Whippet's advances). This meant I could only do left side planks in my bootcamp this morning and now one side of my abs is going to be stronger than the other and it's all this mans fault

I also agree that those flexi lead owners should have a place in hell reserved along with Whippet man.

Avantia · 27/10/2011 15:08

My poor lab has had a buster collar on for three weeks and has been walked on a lead therefore, so big hint to other dog walkers that something might be up with her don't you think.

The number of owners , and I must say it is those with smaller dogs , who let their dogs run up and yap at my dog ' it's the collar it freaks them out ' they shout - whilst small dog still yapping and my lab on lead desperate to play but being bribed to sit with my hand in treat pocket !

My lab the other day nearly scooped in her buster collar a sausage door that got too near .

I find bigger dogs who do come up to her are very gentle and quiet.

HazleNutt · 27/10/2011 16:03

People who a don't train their dogs to understand commands but expect them to follow random orders. You see it quite often, goes something like "you stupid dog how many times have I told you that you should listen when I tell you to come back to me..." All dog hears is "blah..blah blah...". How the heck is he supposed to know what "come here!" means if you never teach him that?

People who punish puppies for peeing indoors. It's your fault if you havent' toilet trained them!

QuietTiger · 27/10/2011 18:35

Man who was driving his car along a path and holding his dogs lead out of the window so that the dog ran alongside the car.

I saw it with my own eyes. I was gobsmacked.

RottenRow · 27/10/2011 18:57

My neighbours who have 2 little dogs that bark most of the day, are left out in all weathers and only seem to get walked occasionally. They bought home a new puppy today. Oh joy.

PetiteRaleuse · 27/10/2011 19:10

I turned up to my first dog training class without treats. I was a complete novice and just didn't think it through. I borrowed some from someone else and came loaded the week after to make up for it though :)

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DejaWho · 27/10/2011 19:15

Bet you brought a dog lead though!

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PetiteRaleuse · 27/10/2011 20:55

Yes, I did :) (though it was the wrong type - I brought an extendable one and needed a short one

musicposy · 27/10/2011 21:47

"Dog owners who drive to the park, don't bother with those lead things and just open the car boot"

This drives me mad. We have a footpath/ cycle path opposite our house. You wouldn't believe the number of people who drive their car to the entrance of the lane and just open the boot for 10 minutes. Do they get out and move their fat lazy arses themselves? Do they check to see if their dog has done a massive dump in the middle of the lane and go and pick it up? Do they heck!

It's called taking your dog for a walk, you numpties, not taking your dog for a car. The clue's in the name!

And breathe.......

LordOfTheFlies · 27/10/2011 22:41

Can I also add to the mix:

People who let their dogs wander from side to side, tripping them up with the lead. Fine if you are in a forest and the dog is doing some serious sniffing'n'marking. (Especially if they are off lead, they want to wander)

People who let their dogs take control and run on the lead, and the owner is running after them, usually laughing at their lack of control.Again fine in a park, but on a pavement near a busy road

And I don't even want to think about owners who let their dogs lick humans plates.Boak

Goldenbrown1981 · 28/10/2011 00:10

People who assume that dogs arrive fully trained. My Brother, much to my shame, has had 5 dogs. Each one acquired with the best intent, to have a lovely, happy family pet, each one has had a sad ending because as soon as he realises that he actually has to WORK to get it to come to a whistle or similar he gives up. We have massively fallen out over this on more than one occassion and at least 3 of them ended up in a shelter (even more shocking, one was PTS and one 'disappeared'). The weird thing is, he's a lovely guy and perfectly rational in every other way.

Oh, and people who think they are experts on Dogs in general and feel the need to impart that advice to everyone they meet. "what you need to do is", "with that breed you have to" and similar. I have a dog trainer and a vet for that thanks

Principality · 28/10/2011 09:31

Similar to golden brown, people who don't have dogs but have heard/seen something on tv (usually that awful cesar milan ) and start telling me what i really should be doing... i really need to make sure my 14 week old puppy doesn't dominate me....

Principality · 28/10/2011 09:35

Or even worse (now you've got me ranting!!) those who go on about pedigree dogs being "inbred" and that my older dogs issues are due to this (they are not! He is a lab who had major spinal surgery for something v rare and random- but his hips and elbows were perfect when they were xrayed!) and that if we had got a non kc dog we would have beeen better ........i can't even begin to explain to them the issues with that one without exploding!!!

FrightNight · 28/10/2011 09:54

My sister has a lovely staffie that I walked whilst she was on holiday. Its one of those country park walks, and I didn't like to let him off the extending lead because I didn't want him to run away nor do I have wide knowledge of his reaction to other dogs.

But i was staggered by the number of owners that let their little, yappy dogs charge up and aggravate him. One bit his poor ear. Then when I tried to hurry him on they'd get all indignant and say the yappy yapster just wants to play.

My place in he'll goes to the owners that scoop poo into a little bag then festoon said baggies all about except in their or a doggy poop bin. I actually have one on my drive this morning!!

SpookhettiTwirlerAndProud · 28/10/2011 10:05

My BIL. Him and his partner are very 'anything you can do I can do better'. Their childminder bought a puppy. So they did too. A working cocker spaniel. They got him with the intention of taking him to work with them. This lasted about 3 days before they got bored of that so crated him, all alone for at least 8 hours a day, they'd get home, let him out for food and wee, then crate him again, all night. Out for food and loo, again in the morning then crated for the day. This went on for 2 months before MIL said enough was enough and took the dog away from them. MIL has a massive garden and the dog lives there happily now. He literally only comes in the house to eat and to sleep, he doesn't stop running all day long.

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