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Obnoxious dog owner rant
I just have to rant here. Last Saturday, they had an early Fourth of
July celebration at a small local park. As I was sitting in a lawn chair eating some food booth food and waiting for it to be dark enough for fireworks, a woman came by with a yellow lab on a leash. She obviously was not in control of the dog, as her way of keeping the dog from walking her was to sit down on the ground, at which point she would slide in the grass while the dog barely even slowed. The next thing I knew, the woman was looking at me horrified and the dog was right at my chair. I looked down and realized the dog had eaten my daugher's chicken teriyaki, that had actually been left out of the way UNDER my chair while she went off to do something. I was a little bit annoyed, but it wasn't like she'd eaten some expensive prime rib or anything and the woman looked so upset that I instinctively said, "That's okay. Don't worry about it." At this point, the woman went completely ballistic. It turns out she had been upset because she could not believe that I "saw her [the dog] going after the chicken and hadn't stopped her and she might have chewed some of the wooden skewer thingie [that the chicken had been on] and choked." So this woman has the other end of the leash that is attached to the dog but I am responsible for doing something about what it gets into? What did she want me to do, kick the dog in the head in the split second that it goes under my chair to eat my daughter's food? Sorry, but that never occurred to me, and I wouldn't do that to a dog even if it had. She's lucky the dog didn't nab the food of someone who would, though. She demanded an apology when I told her that if she didn't want her stupid dog eating dangerous things, she should keep her under control and I have to admit that I do owe the dog an apology. It is smart enough to score people food at a public park even when on leash and was just being a dog. It is the owner that is stupid. You could have knocked me over with a feather when I figured out that the woman was not apologizing or even thinking there was anything to apologize about, but was furious at me for sitting around the park with my family eating without assuming that her dog would steal my food. Guess I just don't know right from wrong if she was in the right and I was in the wrong. A related problem is that there has been a movement in the community to ban dogs from the park instead of just unleashed dogs. So my dogs, who are under better control than that even when in the hands of my six year old, will suffer because of idiots like this. I just pray no child got bitten or knocked over when the fireworks started. Heaven knows the owner would not have prevented a tragedy if the dog had spooked. Disaster waiting to happen or what? Days later and I am still wishing I could give that woman a choke chain demonstration --- with the chain on her neck, not her dog's. Paula |
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But, Paula.... One should Never take responsibility for one's own
stupid, immoral, or illegal actions today, let alone those of one's dog.......... grin It's Always "the other person's" fault. Jo Wolf Martinez, Georgia |
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But, Paula.... One should Never take responsibility for one's own
stupid, immoral, or illegal actions today, let alone those of one's dog.......... grin It's Always "the other person's" fault. Jo Wolf Martinez, Georgia |
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But, Paula.... One should Never take responsibility for one's own
stupid, immoral, or illegal actions today, let alone those of one's dog.......... grin It's Always "the other person's" fault. Jo Wolf Martinez, Georgia |
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"Paula" wrote in message I just have to rant here. Last Saturday, they had an early Fourth of July celebration at a small local park. As I was sitting in a lawn chair eating some food booth food and waiting for it to be dark enough for fireworks, a woman came by with a yellow lab on a leash... Sheesh, some people! We have a neighbor with a gorgeous, very large yellow lab, just over one year old. He's cute and friendly and out of control. If he sees another dog, well, there goes he. Yesterday (this has NOTHING on your story, though), the woman was walking him and he pulled her straight across the street by his collar, with her leaning back and not saying anything, but pulling as hard as she could, to sniff noses with my Great Dane puppy (4 months old and 56 pounds). I am on good terms with this whole family, so I felt I was in a position to hazard some sort of very polite comment, so I pointed out that I have had very good luck working with Saskia in her body harness (not an anti-pull one), which has a chest strap connected between the front legs to a ribcage strap (and is not tight or restrictive in any way). Saskia prefers wearing this to her collar, as well, when going for a walk. She said she has a choke chain but could not find it. At no time have I seen this choke chain make any difference to her ability to control the dog. So I smiled and said that I find that I have a greater degree of control without having to force anything or jerk or use excessive strength because the harness pulls back from Saskia's chest when I need it to. She allowed as to how that could well be but pointed out that the dog is much better behaved with her husband. I then did NOT say (partly because I find that even when I try hard, polite things I'm trying to say in Dutch come across rude sometimes), "Well, then, what are YOU doing walking him without going to some sort of training course, and for that matter why do you let your 8-year-old take him out most of the time?" and we parted ways in a friendly manner. The eight-year-old actually has more control than she does--he will wrap himself around a tree or telephone pole rather than let the dog haul him across the street, and start bawling, "Sit!" until the dog does, but this woman just gives people a "What can I do?" look and gets dragged wherever the dog wants to go. --Katrina --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.712 / Virus Database: 468 - Release Date: 6/27/04 |
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"Paula" wrote in message I just have to rant here. Last Saturday, they had an early Fourth of July celebration at a small local park. As I was sitting in a lawn chair eating some food booth food and waiting for it to be dark enough for fireworks, a woman came by with a yellow lab on a leash... Sheesh, some people! We have a neighbor with a gorgeous, very large yellow lab, just over one year old. He's cute and friendly and out of control. If he sees another dog, well, there goes he. Yesterday (this has NOTHING on your story, though), the woman was walking him and he pulled her straight across the street by his collar, with her leaning back and not saying anything, but pulling as hard as she could, to sniff noses with my Great Dane puppy (4 months old and 56 pounds). I am on good terms with this whole family, so I felt I was in a position to hazard some sort of very polite comment, so I pointed out that I have had very good luck working with Saskia in her body harness (not an anti-pull one), which has a chest strap connected between the front legs to a ribcage strap (and is not tight or restrictive in any way). Saskia prefers wearing this to her collar, as well, when going for a walk. She said she has a choke chain but could not find it. At no time have I seen this choke chain make any difference to her ability to control the dog. So I smiled and said that I find that I have a greater degree of control without having to force anything or jerk or use excessive strength because the harness pulls back from Saskia's chest when I need it to. She allowed as to how that could well be but pointed out that the dog is much better behaved with her husband. I then did NOT say (partly because I find that even when I try hard, polite things I'm trying to say in Dutch come across rude sometimes), "Well, then, what are YOU doing walking him without going to some sort of training course, and for that matter why do you let your 8-year-old take him out most of the time?" and we parted ways in a friendly manner. The eight-year-old actually has more control than she does--he will wrap himself around a tree or telephone pole rather than let the dog haul him across the street, and start bawling, "Sit!" until the dog does, but this woman just gives people a "What can I do?" look and gets dragged wherever the dog wants to go. --Katrina --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.712 / Virus Database: 468 - Release Date: 6/27/04 |
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"Paula" wrote in message I just have to rant here. Last Saturday, they had an early Fourth of July celebration at a small local park. As I was sitting in a lawn chair eating some food booth food and waiting for it to be dark enough for fireworks, a woman came by with a yellow lab on a leash... Sheesh, some people! We have a neighbor with a gorgeous, very large yellow lab, just over one year old. He's cute and friendly and out of control. If he sees another dog, well, there goes he. Yesterday (this has NOTHING on your story, though), the woman was walking him and he pulled her straight across the street by his collar, with her leaning back and not saying anything, but pulling as hard as she could, to sniff noses with my Great Dane puppy (4 months old and 56 pounds). I am on good terms with this whole family, so I felt I was in a position to hazard some sort of very polite comment, so I pointed out that I have had very good luck working with Saskia in her body harness (not an anti-pull one), which has a chest strap connected between the front legs to a ribcage strap (and is not tight or restrictive in any way). Saskia prefers wearing this to her collar, as well, when going for a walk. She said she has a choke chain but could not find it. At no time have I seen this choke chain make any difference to her ability to control the dog. So I smiled and said that I find that I have a greater degree of control without having to force anything or jerk or use excessive strength because the harness pulls back from Saskia's chest when I need it to. She allowed as to how that could well be but pointed out that the dog is much better behaved with her husband. I then did NOT say (partly because I find that even when I try hard, polite things I'm trying to say in Dutch come across rude sometimes), "Well, then, what are YOU doing walking him without going to some sort of training course, and for that matter why do you let your 8-year-old take him out most of the time?" and we parted ways in a friendly manner. The eight-year-old actually has more control than she does--he will wrap himself around a tree or telephone pole rather than let the dog haul him across the street, and start bawling, "Sit!" until the dog does, but this woman just gives people a "What can I do?" look and gets dragged wherever the dog wants to go. --Katrina --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.712 / Virus Database: 468 - Release Date: 6/27/04 |
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"Paula" wrote in message om... I just have to rant here. Last Saturday, they had an early Fourth of July celebration at a small local park. As I was sitting in a lawn chair eating some food booth food and waiting for it to be dark enough for fireworks, a woman came by with a yellow lab on a leash. She obviously was not in control of the dog, as her way of keeping the dog from walking her was to sit down on the ground, at which point she would slide in the grass while the dog barely even slowed. The next thing I knew, the woman was looking at me horrified and the dog was right at my chair. I looked down and realized the dog had eaten my daugher's chicken teriyaki, that had actually been left out of the way UNDER my chair while she went off to do something. I was a little bit annoyed, but it wasn't like she'd eaten some expensive prime rib or anything and the woman looked so upset that I instinctively said, "That's okay. Don't worry about it." At this point, the woman went completely ballistic. It turns out she had been upset because she could not believe that I "saw her [the dog] going after the chicken and hadn't stopped her and she might have chewed some of the wooden skewer thingie [that the chicken had been on] and choked." So this woman has the other end of the leash that is attached to the dog but I am responsible for doing something about what it gets into? What did she want me to do, kick the dog in the head in the split second that it goes under my chair to eat my daughter's food? Sorry, but that never occurred to me, and I wouldn't do that to a dog even if it had. She's lucky the dog didn't nab the food of someone who would, though. HAH! What a joke. I would have insisted she purchase you some new chicken. |
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"Paula" wrote in message om... I just have to rant here. Last Saturday, they had an early Fourth of July celebration at a small local park. As I was sitting in a lawn chair eating some food booth food and waiting for it to be dark enough for fireworks, a woman came by with a yellow lab on a leash. She obviously was not in control of the dog, as her way of keeping the dog from walking her was to sit down on the ground, at which point she would slide in the grass while the dog barely even slowed. The next thing I knew, the woman was looking at me horrified and the dog was right at my chair. I looked down and realized the dog had eaten my daugher's chicken teriyaki, that had actually been left out of the way UNDER my chair while she went off to do something. I was a little bit annoyed, but it wasn't like she'd eaten some expensive prime rib or anything and the woman looked so upset that I instinctively said, "That's okay. Don't worry about it." At this point, the woman went completely ballistic. It turns out she had been upset because she could not believe that I "saw her [the dog] going after the chicken and hadn't stopped her and she might have chewed some of the wooden skewer thingie [that the chicken had been on] and choked." So this woman has the other end of the leash that is attached to the dog but I am responsible for doing something about what it gets into? What did she want me to do, kick the dog in the head in the split second that it goes under my chair to eat my daughter's food? Sorry, but that never occurred to me, and I wouldn't do that to a dog even if it had. She's lucky the dog didn't nab the food of someone who would, though. HAH! What a joke. I would have insisted she purchase you some new chicken. |
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"Paula" wrote in message om... I just have to rant here. Last Saturday, they had an early Fourth of July celebration at a small local park. As I was sitting in a lawn chair eating some food booth food and waiting for it to be dark enough for fireworks, a woman came by with a yellow lab on a leash. She obviously was not in control of the dog, as her way of keeping the dog from walking her was to sit down on the ground, at which point she would slide in the grass while the dog barely even slowed. The next thing I knew, the woman was looking at me horrified and the dog was right at my chair. I looked down and realized the dog had eaten my daugher's chicken teriyaki, that had actually been left out of the way UNDER my chair while she went off to do something. I was a little bit annoyed, but it wasn't like she'd eaten some expensive prime rib or anything and the woman looked so upset that I instinctively said, "That's okay. Don't worry about it." At this point, the woman went completely ballistic. It turns out she had been upset because she could not believe that I "saw her [the dog] going after the chicken and hadn't stopped her and she might have chewed some of the wooden skewer thingie [that the chicken had been on] and choked." So this woman has the other end of the leash that is attached to the dog but I am responsible for doing something about what it gets into? What did she want me to do, kick the dog in the head in the split second that it goes under my chair to eat my daughter's food? Sorry, but that never occurred to me, and I wouldn't do that to a dog even if it had. She's lucky the dog didn't nab the food of someone who would, though. HAH! What a joke. I would have insisted she purchase you some new chicken. |
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