stupid stupid stupid dog owners

[I~love~pie]

I am just horrified right now.:

ds took Daisy for a walk. before anyone asks ds is 16.5 and twice the size of me and walks the dogs often.
he took Daisy for a walk, he said he almost got home and saw a lady pushing a carriage and a little girl (smaller than our youngest dd who is 6) walking a retriever bigger than the her. first of all who lets a small child walk a dog when you have no means of helping if something happens.

he said the dog broke free of the little girl, rushed him and Daisy, started attacking Daisy, Daisy fought back , ds tried to seperate the 2 dogs, the lady stood there, he tried to pick up Daisy the other dog would not let him. He said the lady kept yelling over to Ds that she couldnt help b.c she had the carriage. this dog scratched ds legs up pretty good.
she eventually sent the small child over to get the dog.

this makes me SO mad as now I have 2 dogs that have been attacked by other dogs on innocent walks. Our other dog hates dogs b.c she was attacked last summer. how am I supposed to handle 2 dogs that fear other dogs..... I dont know anyone with dogs, and we are moving across country next week...

this just makes me so sad, it makes me sad that , that little girl had to witness her dog that she was obviously in charge of do this. She had to witness my dog attack back...

This makes me not want to have dogs b.c of other stupid people.(im not giving up my dogs, I just wish i didnt have to deal with this)

all the problems ive had with Daisy how far is this going to set me back?

[gumby74]

The ignorance of the dog's owner would make me the maddest. I have to admit that my dogs are not the nicest around other dogs and so when I see another dog I make it a point to cross the street in order to avoid that dog. I could not in my wildest dreams imagine allowing my small child to deal with the dog, much less try to seperate two dogs. I would most definitely say something to her if possible. What an idiot. She is bound to end up with someone getting really hurt. You have every right to be mad!

[I~love~pie]

I told ds from now on no matter what, if he sees another dog being walked, cross the street, or turn around. I feel like I just cant trust other dog owners. which is sad b.c there are people out there who are not so dumb.

im sure in her eyes it was just a accident, but someone could have seriously gotten hurt. and I think if a capable person was holding the leash they would have been able to stop that dog and the dog would have just barked at mine.

hey my dogs are not peaches, they bark at other dogs, I get their attention , put them in their place and walk on in the other direction.

[angie7]

I absolutely know what you mean. I do not understand why people let their kids walk their dogs. Dh and I had 2 of our Danes in PetsMart one time and there was a child, maybe 4, walking a large lab. Of course the lab got lose and rushed our dogs, thankfully our dogs were sweet and didn't attack but still! The parents just stood there like "oh look at Jake playing with the big dogs" We've had several people in our neighborhood let their young children walk their dogs. I don't get it?

[kblackstone444]

Originally Posted by I~love~pie

she eventually sent the small child over to get the dog?

Let me get this straight, I hope I read this wrong... her dog was in a dogfight with your dog, and she sent a six year old over to break it up?! Not only was she an irrisponsible dog owner, it sounds like she's an irresponsible parent, as well. Even if the little girl could get control of her dog, how did her Mother know that YOUR dog dog something, with the little girl in the way? Geez!

[I~love~pie]

Let me get this straight, I hope I read this wrong... >>>

You are not reading that wrong at all. Now my son is 6'1 190lbs, he said he kept yelling at the lady to get over here, b.c he just wanted to pick up Daisy (shes a 1 yr old puppy about 50lbs). she just kept telling him she couldnt , and eventually sent her dd over. I dont know if she was even 6. he said the poor girl was smaller than our 6 yr old. I just dont get it, its not like she was in the street or something. and he was WALKING away from them when this happened.

and she left, he came home , I went out to see if I could find her, but couldnt.

[I~love~pie]

Daisy seems to be acting ok so far today. she is letting us all pat and play with her. shes actually acting more submissive than normal. (if anyone remembers any of my posts from the past)

the only weird thing is if something is different she barks at it (but kinda creeps back to see what it is)
example I was leaning over the tub washing my hair, she walked by the bathroom and barked , jumped back, but came back to see . I turned around so she could see it was me.

[beanma]

Awww...so sorry that happened. She'll probably bounce back fine. I don't know _what_ was going through that mom's head? I mean, I would let my kids hold my older dog's leash for a bit, but not if I saw another dog around. My puppy — that's another story entirely since she's a bigger dog and pulls more. (We're working on it). I certainly wouldn't let my kids hold the leashes where there are other dogs (pet store) or if there was another dog on the street. And I certainly wouldn't expect them to break up a dogfight! Was the baby going to go somewhere? Why couldn't mom just put the brake on the stroller and come get her dog?!?

Most dog owners I have met walking our dogs are not like this. I think Daisy will be okay on future walks. I certainly hope so. Crossing to the other side of the street is maybe a good idea, though. Sometimes when I meet another dog and owner on a walk I'll ask if their dog likes to say hello because mine love to. My pups will settle down a lot quicker for me if they get a quick sniff. I am totally respectful if the other dog owner says no, though.