I've just had a small incident whilst out with floral dog . We were on one side of the road on a short lead dog had a ball in his mouth . 2 young boys , probably 9&7 walking a pug on an extender lead coming the other way down the opposite pavement . The pug starts barking and growling so they stop and bend down to try and calm it , my dog carries on walking along with no noise . As we got level on opposite sides of the road one of the boys says 'oh ok go and have a sniff ' and let's the lead extend so the pug now runs across the road towards my dog . On seeing this my dog drops his ball and takes interest as he doesn't like flat faced dogs having been previously attacked by a bulldog . I called out to them 'no don't let him come and sniff , my dog might bite him ' . At this point a car appears ( quiet residential street) so they then have to try and drag the pug back from where he was in the middle of the road , they remained on the pavement at all times . I then followed up by saying to them to never let their dog go up to a strange dog on a lead unless they have checked first . I've probably upset them , even though I was very polite and calm , and they will probably go home and tell their mum that some mad woman shouted at them . So no harm done but I do wish parents would ensure that their children know what to do in these type of situations . Would you be cross if I'd said it to your children ?
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