Ddog is not comfortable with most other dogs for a variety of reasons. In public places he is on the lead at all times. Most other dog walkers respect this and call their dogs when they see him coming. Most other dogs ignore him and he's happy like that. He has 2 or 3 dogs that he likes and is interested in/plays with but that's it.
I wanted to share our walk this morning and the very different approaches to him that two different dog walkers took.
Walker 1 saw us coming. She called all three of her dogs to her and treated them as soon as they came. Her dogs had noticed mine so she carried on treating them while they walked past. They watched him go past as we crossed but the treats were flowing; they were being rewarded for ignoring him and it worked beautifully.
Walker 2 also saw us coming. She was on her bike, on her phone and dog not on a lead running beside her. Her dog had zeroed in on mine. She realised this and from her bike made a half hearted attempt to grab its collar. Mine was on the lead, not even looking at hers and having a good sniff of something. Her dog makes a beeline for him, speeding up even as she started to call it. Said dog jumps for mine's throat. I kick it, it runs away before any physical damage is done.
I roared at her 'GET YOUR DOG UNDER CONTROL'. Her reply was 'Oh sorry, she's never done anything like that before to any other dog. It must be something to do with yours.' To which I replied something along the lines of, 'so what you're saying is it's my dog's fault yours just went for him when he was just minding his own business, not even looking at it and on the lead. And FWIW there's always a first time.'
FFS. My poor boy. 
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