Why do dog owners think it’s acceptable for their wet dogs to jump at people ?

I’m increasingly fed up with irresponsible owners with no dog manners. Out 7am, young teenager hugely excited to be heading for the river. Stop at the side of the bridge, sit my dog, ‘watch me’ command to avoid the 2 off lead equally big labs coming over the bridge. Yep, both all over my dog, owner walks past doing nothing. My dog hits his limits and snarls barks, in a common then if yiu want a fight mode. Man eventually calls his dogs but my youngster had another negative on lead experience

I am overwhelmed by people thinking along the same lines as me. Does anyone challenge the owners when their dogs have jumped up, an apology I believe should be given? All owners seem to do is pathetically call their dogs or just walk on by ignoring me. I now swing a walking stick in front of me, so hopefully that will help though I did feel awful the other day went it accidentally hit a dog on the nose and it yelped, owners of course said nothing!

I'm not about to apologise for feeling that way. If people don't like dogs, they're not welcome in my house - simple. Our dog is as much a member of the family as any other. And likewise, if a dog - or indeed any animal - takes a dislike to a particular person, then that raises immediate red flags to me. Animals know. They just know. We could all learn a lot of lessons from them

Blondiescot are you saying that if your dog growled or attacked a visitor to your home or pounced on someone in the park you would believe it had happened because the dog sensed they weren’t a nice person so therefore not the dog’s fault?

Kate1949

That's ok Blondiescot. I know I'm a good, decent person whether a dog agrees or not.

You keep telling yourself that. I'll keep putting my trust in my dog.

Kate1949 absolutely this. I wouldn’t want to visit such a house anyway.

That's ok Blondiescot. I know I'm a good, decent person whether a dog agrees or not.

Kate1949 and Smileless
When I was young, probably only about 10 or 11, I used to take a neighbour's Pekingnese for a walk; we'd go off together over the fields and he was very well-behaved. Although those teeth looked threatening, he was a real sweetie and I loved him because we didn't have a dog.

I hesitate to post his name now but it was the 1950s (he was called Chinky).

Kate1949

It's not hatred. I think guide dogs, assistance dogs, police dogs etc are wonderful.
It's the attitude of 'You're not a nice person if you don't like dogs' that gets to me.

I'm not about to apologise for feeling that way. If people don't like dogs, they're not welcome in my house - simple. Our dog is as much a member of the family as any other. And likewise, if a dog - or indeed any animal - takes a dislike to a particular person, then that raises immediate red flags to me. Animals know. They just know. We could all learn a lot of lessons from them.

Makes me mad as a responsible dog owner that inconsiderate dog owners g8ve responsible people a bad name. We don't have water by us but our rescue dog has been trained to come away from the path onto the grass at the side if pedestrians need to walk by. If they are incapable of training or can't be bothered to do it why don't they put the dog on a lead. Doesn't matter if the dog is wet or dry not everyone is a dog lover, grhh.

I think I'd arrange a home delivery for that couple.
Send it back from whence it came!

Chewbacca

I was in a garden centre yesterday and a couple were in there with their large dog. As they approached the till area, the dig suddenly stopped, squatted and s**t on the carpeted floor. They calmly waited until it had finished and then walked out, leaving the stinking mess for the staff to clean up. Poor staff.

I think it I had worked there I would have told them to clean up their dogs need before leaving the store, that is totally unacceptable as are most of the other stories on here. We walk along our seafront promenade, there is often dog poo that hasn't been picked up , even though there are plenty of doggy poo bins all along the front to put it in? hubby is in a wheelchair and it can be an obstacle course around it.

We (Mum, daughter and i) were regularly trapped in rooms and unable to get out.
Open the door, and there would be a snarling alasation waiting to pounce.

We had a Pekingese called Cheng Kate not long after we were married. He was a sweet heart and never bit anyone, but the breed does have a bit of a reputation.

MissA My husband's aunt had a Pekinese called Chang who used to sit beneath people's chairs and bite their ankles!

I blame your Nan, then, for that new rule!

My nan invented it, I think. 50+ years ago "Oh, he's just mouthing you!" As he chased you around the house, biting your legs and,m jumping up info your face.

MissAdventure

Yes, my nan was a bad owner, Calli
Her dogs were supposed to be guard dogs, but they bit everyone (except the person who broke in stole all of nans jewellery. (Apaarently)

Oh, I didn't mean your nan was a bad owner, MissA!
I should have posted the two things separately.

Mouthing is something fairly new to me and I disagree with it!

Maybe so Yammy. People are entitled to have dogs. I just don't want them near me. Like your DH, I will change my route to avoid them. If I see one coming towards me, on a lead or not, I will cross the road.

Oh yes.
We used to get told off for being fearful that nan's dog would bite us.

We knew he would.

Kate1949

*Yammy*. I have had some awful experiences with dogs, including one which nearly ended in me having to give evidence in court against the owner. In a previous thread about dogs when I mentioned some of my experiences, a dog lover on here implied that I couldn't possibly have had so many bad experiences, so I must have been lying. I wouldn't do that.

So sorry they took that attitude with you. I have had quite a lot of bad experiences too. Aged about 10 I was taken to friends of my parents for tea their dog took a liking to me and made "sexual' advances, to put it mildly, I was scoffed at by the adults for crying, My parents took me home and explained what it had been doing.
To some people, they think more of the dog than they do of their children.
My DH is frightened of them as well even though they had one. He would walk miles to avoid dogs on the loose and if a footpath goes through a farm yard he finds another route.
I can really appreciate how you feel. I sometimes wonder if they smell our fear and that makes them worse.

Excuse my writing errors.

Yes, my nan was a bad owner, Calli
Her dogs were supposed to be guard dogs, but they bit everyone (except the person who broke in stole all of nans jewellery. (Apaarently)

Would it be illegal to take a dog photo, not the walker, and upload it on the local Facebook to shame them?

MissAdventure

My nan used to tell us off for making a fuss when her dog was just "mouthing" us.
It ruddy hurt!

I don't agree with "mouthing" - I'd never heard of it when I had dogs and it seems to be a new fashion in training.
Dogs should be trained firmly not to do this imo.
(I expect someone will be along to explain why it's a good thing!)

Some dogs do cause problems because they belong to the wrong owners.

Many people cause problems because, well because they are unpleasant and sometimes wicked.

AmberSpyglass

Is the water cold? Because the wet dog can come and shake all over me and cool me down!

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