Dealing with off lead dogs...

[StarfishDish]

I was walking my 14 month old lab and my baby in her pram in our park. A dog came bounding over from nowhere! I told my dog to sit (he is very excitable and just wants to play!) which he did.

This other dog was bouncing about, near me, near my dog as my dog sat there. As soon as it went near the pram, my dog jumped up but sat down as soon as I tokd him.

The owner is strolling up at this point, shouting this dogs name. The dog ignored her as he continues to jump around us.

Eventually, the woman manages to get her dog and then starts shouting at her for being a bad dog!

What can I do in that situation, should it happen again? I didn't want to let mt dog play as i wasn't sure if the other dog was friendly but I was so annoyed with the owner!

We have two retired greyhounds. They have zero recall and strong prey drive. They also haven't grown up with other breeds and can be quite reactive.

We therefore keeps them on the lead when out for a walk. It would be irresponsible to do anything else. We have trained them to ignore other dogs so we have no issues. We still get approached by off the lead dogs, most with good recall but not always. One owner was most put out when one started growling at their dog.

They have then run of the garden all day if they want it. We regularly take them to a secure field when they can run risk free.