How precious are you as a dog owner?

[MarcoPoloCX]

How precious are you as a dog owner?
You get some dog owners who think of their dogs as their babies. They're very precious and overly protective of them and get really emotional over a little "dog squabble"
Dogs will be dogs.

They don't always get on with very dog they see. And you don't always know what exactly trigger them off with that particular dog until something happens but you know pretty much what it is.
Some will play rough and squabble over treats, balls and sticks. Even friendly dogs can have a go at each other if something triggers them off.

My question is do you accept that not all dogs will like each other and accept it as one of those things and move on when it happens or do you get really emotional and precious about it and dwell on it, and feel wary and nervous about going out.
When I say squabble I don't mean a full on nasty incident.

Oh it's absolutely not silly to take reasonable steps if you've got a reactive dog.
One of my friends has a rescue that's really reactive and taking her out in public is a nightmare. I have to leave mine at home when we meet up because although mine are friendly and chilled out, I know friend's reactive dog is always looking to be first to start a fight. Mine don't mind an hour at home alone so I leave them when we do coffee

I think it's how things are done. E.g. moving away, distraction, taking a quieter route, keeping out the way if off lead play etc is all fairly reasonable. Seeing a dog that's not close, scooping them up and fussing risks only reinforces the fear

Walks with a reactive dog aren't easy

Ain't that the truth . My walks have been way longer then intended due to doubling back on myself, finding a safe place to stand until the other dogs have gone past, crossing back and forth of roads...I've even picked the boy up many a time when there was no other option

Lots of very sensible people on here, though the tread is self-selecting to a point.

I'm A and am precious about recall. Until it's as good as it can be I'm a bit of C. I try to make sure I'm always as, if not more interesting than anything else that's going on (random provider of chicken, sausage, bits of kibble).

I'm also very much of the mine goes on a lead if yours is school - whatever the reason yours is on a lead, mine goes on too. Much more so than I was after reading lots of threads on here.

So I'm glad about that. Good to learn not new things as such but really appreciate why it's necessary. Now I do it without thinking.

I'm also very much of the mine goes on a lead if yours is school - whatever the reason yours is on a lead, mine goes on too. Much more so than I was after reading lots of threads on here.

I am exactly the same, even if its a dog we know really well and are friends with, when I see them approaching she goes straight on the lead till they are closer and both off lead together.

I’m very precious about mine.

Mainly because they are big (30kg each) and are German shepherds so I can guarantee if something did kick off mine would get blamed.

Mine wouldn’t ever start a fight, they are very indifferent to other dogs however if a dog runs up and attacks or challenges them it would be very much told off and I don’t want the hassle of that
They are also protective of me as most dogs of this breed can be and I’m not sure they would tolerate an aggressive dog charging at us no matter how small.

I keep them on leads around other dogs, around livestock apart from my own and places where they could run up to people. They are only ever off in open spaces where I can see we are alone or in my own field.
They are very friendly on the whole though and I don’t mind people stroking them if asked beforehand, I don’t really like on lead greetings by dogs as I find these can be confrontational.

I don’t see the need to have them socialising with badly trained or badly behaved dogs, I used to not mind so much but after a few play sessions turned too rough I can’t be bothered with it now and prefer to walk on.

If a dog attacks mine though I would give the dog and owner hell so I probably am a bit over protective

Its a bit of a catch 22 with greetings I find. They need to be on leads for meet and greets, but I always find the lead is a source of tension for the dog. Meet and greets between dogs are a lot more successful off lead when the lead barrier isn't upsetting the dogs, but to get to that point you need to know they will react well together.