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Saskia and I went out for our morning walk today, and we went first to the
small park, because I saw the nice trainer with her Irish Setter over there. She was on her way to a seminar, though, so we walked with her to the train station and then I took Saskers on through it to the other park, and let her go. Bear in mind that these are not "dog parks" but nice parks full of trees and paths and lawns and streams where dogs are allowed to run free. She was cavorting about, then spotted another loose dog, an Anatolian. She bounded into the middle of the field and, quite some way from the other dog, went into a play bow. That owner, not saying anything at all, ran out and put her dog onto a really light Flexi, one I wouldn't expect to hold a beagle, let alone an Anatolian. Saskia bounded one step closer (still pretty far away). The woman seized her dog by the collar with both hands and hauled backwards. THEN her dog started barking and snarling, seriously aggressively, and lunging so that the woman could hardly hold her. I called Saskia over, and she started my way, but then decided the other dog was playing, and started running back and forth barking back. At no time did the woman speak to or look at her dog--she was just glaring at me. I called Saskia a bad dog and told her to Get Over Here Right Now, which she immediately did, and I put her on the lead and had her sit. The other woman started backing away, dragging the snarling and lunging Anatolian with her. When she was at the path, she stopped and just kept glaring at me. I explained that Saskia had wanted to play and had thought her dog WAS playing. She shouted that her dog was NOT playing. I said I could see that, and that's why I had collected my dog and put her on the lead. She said I must keep Saskia on the lead all the time, and started wandering down the path letting her dog sniff trees and stand around and things. Twice, she dropped the Flexi handle. I called after her, asking where I was supposed to let my dog run around and play, then, if she had to be on the lead around this woman's dog (which, if you'll recall, had been loose when we came on the scene). She replied that my dog had to stay on the line. I asked again where she is supposed to play, then, and the woman said, "Not here, it's forbidden." I pointed out that I see several dozen loose dogs playing there several times daily. She said, "Yes, that's normal. It's OK." I pointed out that the local city security people, who patrol there, like Saskia very much and have never commented that she should not be loose there. She said, "It is forbidden here, you have to keep your dog on the line." I said again that lots of dogs play loose there, and she said again that that's OK. I asked why the other people could have their dogs loose and not me. She rolled her eyes. I asked why she could have her aggressive dog loose and not mine. She told me to **** off. I was upset by this; I can be a bit too sensitive at times. I really didn't want to force Saskia to stay on the lead just because some woman with a really aggressive dog wanted to walk her dog on a light Flexi or even loose there, but of course I wasn't going to let her loose as long as the woman was there--or, more to the point, the big aggressive dog. So I waited a while, telling everyone who came along with a loose dog that somewhere ahead was a woman with a big aggressive dog that was either loose or on a light Flexi, and that she would complain about the dogs being loose here where these people have been walking their dogs loose in some cases for 15 years. After a while, I decided that she must have left the park (it's not THAT big), and was about to let Saskers loose, when along came one of her best friends, a huge Newfoundland, and his owner, a no-nonsense Dutch man. This man told me I should have told the woman to get out of my face, and if she persisted in saying Saskia should be on he line, I should have told her to call the police, then. He and I then had a pleasant walk while the dogs cavorted with each other and, as we came upon and passed them, a flat-coat, a border-terrier, two mixes, a Golden, and a Gordon Setter. But sheesh, what a raging loon! AND with a barely-controlled aggressive dog. I will keep my eyes peeled for her from now on--she's definitely one to avoid. --Katrina |
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"White Monkey" composed these thoughts and
posted them : Saskia and I went out for our morning walk today, and we went first to the small park, because I saw the nice trainer with her Irish Setter over there. She was on her way to a seminar, though, so we walked with her to the train station and then I took Saskers on through it to the other park, and let her go. Bear in mind that these are not "dog parks" but nice parks full of trees and paths and lawns and streams where dogs are allowed to run free. She was cavorting about, then spotted another loose dog, an Anatolian. She bounded into the middle of the field and, quite some way from the other dog, went into a play bow. That owner, not saying anything at all, ran out and put her dog onto a really light Flexi, one I wouldn't expect to hold a beagle, let alone an Anatolian. Saskia bounded one step closer (still pretty far away). The woman seized her dog by the collar with both hands and hauled backwards. THEN her dog started barking and snarling, seriously aggressively, and lunging so that the woman could hardly hold her. I called Saskia over, and she started my way, but then decided the other dog was playing, and started running back and forth barking back. At no time did the woman speak to or look at her dog--she was just glaring at me. I called Saskia a bad dog and told her to Get Over Here Right Now, which she immediately did, and I put her on the lead and had her sit. The other woman started backing away, dragging the snarling and lunging Anatolian with her. When she was at the path, she stopped and just kept glaring at me. I explained that Saskia had wanted to play and had thought her dog WAS playing. She shouted that her dog was NOT playing. I said I could see that, and that's why I had collected my dog and put her on the lead. She said I must keep Saskia on the lead all the time, and started wandering down the path letting her dog sniff trees and stand around and things. Twice, she dropped the Flexi handle. I called after her, asking where I was supposed to let my dog run around and play, then, if she had to be on the lead around this woman's dog (which, if you'll recall, had been loose when we came on the scene). She replied that my dog had to stay on the line. I asked again where she is supposed to play, then, and the woman said, "Not here, it's forbidden." I pointed out that I see several dozen loose dogs playing there several times daily. She said, "Yes, that's normal. It's OK." I pointed out that the local city security people, who patrol there, like Saskia very much and have never commented that she should not be loose there. She said, "It is forbidden here, you have to keep your dog on the line." I said again that lots of dogs play loose there, and she said again that that's OK. I asked why the other people could have their dogs loose and not me. She rolled her eyes. I asked why she could have her aggressive dog loose and not mine. She told me to **** off. I was upset by this; I can be a bit too sensitive at times. I really didn't want to force Saskia to stay on the lead just because some woman with a really aggressive dog wanted to walk her dog on a light Flexi or even loose there, but of course I wasn't going to let her loose as long as the woman was there--or, more to the point, the big aggressive dog. So I waited a while, telling everyone who came along with a loose dog that somewhere ahead was a woman with a big aggressive dog that was either loose or on a light Flexi, and that she would complain about the dogs being loose here where these people have been walking their dogs loose in some cases for 15 years. After a while, I decided that she must have left the park (it's not THAT big), and was about to let Saskers loose, when along came one of her best friends, a huge Newfoundland, and his owner, a no-nonsense Dutch man. This man told me I should have told the woman to get out of my face, and if she persisted in saying Saskia should be on he line, I should have told her to call the police, then. He and I then had a pleasant walk while the dogs cavorted with each other and, as we came upon and passed them, a flat-coat, a border-terrier, two mixes, a Golden, and a Gordon Setter. But sheesh, what a raging loon! AND with a barely-controlled aggressive dog. I will keep my eyes peeled for her from now on--she's definitely one to avoid. --Katrina It's the same rules that apply here on newsgroups. "some people" are privileged to do things that they bite everyone else's heads off for. |
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i would have been upset too and dont think you are too sensitive at
all! you keep in mind you have a happy out going dog who will come to you and sit with you,ok she didnt come straight away but so what she came. also keep in mind she has a dog she cant control and should therefore be kept on the lead and whether she did the damage to that dog or not she is adding to this poor dogs problems. take a deep breath and let it go,take the high road here you know your in the right. |
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White Monkey wrote:
Saskia and I went out for our morning walk today, snipped I will keep my eyes peeled for her from now on--she's definitely one to avoid. --Katrina Your subject line says it all - she's an idiot. Perhaps *you're* the one who should call the police if you encounter her with her dog loose again. I do feel sorry for her dog - it looks like he's taking his cues to be aggressive from his idiot owner. FurPaw -- "...curious...that women would move from playing with Barbie to denouncing Barbie to remaking themselves as Barbie." Maureen Dowd, _Are Men Necessary?_ To reply, unleash the dog |
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FurPaw wrote: White Monkey wrote: Saskia and I went out for our morning walk today, snipped I will keep my eyes peeled for her from now on--she's definitely one to avoid. --Katrina Your subject line says it all - she's an idiot. Perhaps *you're* the one who should call the police if you encounter her with her dog loose again. I do feel sorry for her dog - it looks like he's taking his cues to be aggressive from his idiot owner. FurPaw This is what I thought, reading the post. The dog wasn't reacting until the owner started. Just remember, some days it is the international day of the asshole and not just the insert your country here day of the asshole. Beth |
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"FurPaw" wrote in message ... White Monkey wrote: Saskia and I went out for our morning walk today, snipped I will keep my eyes peeled for her from now on--she's definitely one to avoid. --Katrina Your subject line says it all - she's an idiot. Perhaps *you're* the one who should call the police if you encounter her with her dog loose again. Well, thing is, it ISN'T forbidden for the dogs to be loose there--or if it is it's one of those areas of conventional tolerance the Dutch are good at. People I meet there have been letting their own dogs run there for 10 or 15 years, and dogs have been running there for at least 50. The people in charge of the sort of minor offense constituted by a loose dog in a leashed area (the city watch) have seen Saskia running there many times and not said anything beyond what a lovely dog they think she is. One even threw a stick for her. The police could only become involved if this woman's dog bit someone or another dog. Then there is a system that comes into play. Where we lived when we got Saskia, there was a Rottweiler that had bitten another dog. His owners were warned, and had to pay the vet bill. He then bit another dog. The owners were fined and told to keep him on the lead, and they had to pay the vet bill. Then he put a puppy in the hospital, and his owners were fined heavily, had to pay the vet bills, and were told to keep him on the lead and muzzled. They didn't, and had been fined a few more times for just being seen with the dog offlead and unmuzzled. But they at least had the grace to leash him and hustle away when they saw another dog, and there hadn't been another biting incident in a year. I do feel sorry for her dog - it looks like he's taking his cues to be aggressive from his idiot owner. FurPaw That's how it looked. And she (the owner) was *definitely* aggressive. --Katrina |
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"dallygirl" wrote in message ups.com... i would have been upset too and dont think you are too sensitive at all! you keep in mind you have a happy out going dog who will come to you and sit with you,ok she didnt come straight away but so what she came. also keep in mind she has a dog she cant control and should therefore be kept on the lead and whether she did the damage to that dog or not she is adding to this poor dogs problems. take a deep breath and let it go,take the high road here you know your in the right. The owner didn't handle this right but the dog was actually on the lead when Saskia was running up and down barking . Alison |
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I would have been upset too and don't think you are too
sensitive at all! you keep in mind you have a happy out going dog who will come to you and sit with you,ok she didn't come straight away but so what she came. also keep in mind she has a dog she cant control and should therefore be kept on the lead and whether she did the damage to that dog or not she is adding to this poor dogs problems. take a deep breath and let it go,take the high road here you know your in the right. The owner didn't handle this right but the dog was actually on the lead when Saskia was running up and down barking . Alison This is true. Luckily, Saskia, who was doing that because the other dog was lunging and barking and snarling, didn't get very close, and I collected her immediately--she did that for about 30 seconds at a distance of about 6 meters. The other dog's owner had every reason to glare at me for that 30 seconds. The owner did two things that were smart--put her dog on the lead when she saw another dog approach, and then not trust that lead (flimsy medium or small breed Flexi) and so hold her dog by the collar. --Katrina |
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White Monkey wrote:
This is true. Luckily, Saskia, who was doing that because the other dog was lunging and barking and snarling, didn't get very close, and I collected her immediately--she did that for about 30 seconds at a distance of about 6 meters. The other dog's owner had every reason to glare at me for that 30 seconds. The owner did two things that were smart--put her dog on the lead when she saw another dog approach, and then not trust that lead (flimsy medium or small breed Flexi) and so hold her dog by the collar. --Katrina Right. As an owner of a dog-reactive (not aggressive, but doesn't like strange dogs coming at her) dog, I have to say that I would have been extremely annoyed when Saskia started the leaping-running back and forth thing. And I would have indeed gotten a good, but calm, hold on Cala. Because the doberman always gets blamed. One moral of this story is that the owner was a whacko, which she was. The other is that you need to proof your recall better. Saskia should have come to you immediately, the first time you called. Not after 30 seconds or however long it took. Because a dog like Saskia will wind Cala up in a red hot minute. |
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"White Monkey" wrote in message
... I do feel sorry for her dog - it looks like he's taking his cues to be aggressive from his idiot owner. FurPaw That's how it looked. And she (the owner) was *definitely* aggressive. --Katrina I wonder if you could give her the name of your trainer or a behaviourist . She handled this wrong and over reacted but it's no picnic having a dog- aggressive dog. She was probably anxious or even frightened that there would be a serious fight. She didnt know Saskia wasn't aggressive until you told her. Her dog might have been aggressive because he had been attacked before. She was rude and isn't helping her dog but having read lots of stories from peeps trying to rehabiliate rescue dogs with dog aggression problems I know how an incident like this can cause a major set back. It's a good job that Saskia is well trained or it could have turned into a nasty incident . -- Alison http://catinfolinks.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/ http://doginfolinks.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/ |
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