Why are people letting their dogs go out in public with no leash?
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Anonymous
| Like what is the purpose? This morning I dropped my dog off at a groomer and not 1 but 3 dogs were let into the facility unleashed and just walked right up to my dog. My dog is friendly but having 3 strange dogs in another strange dog’s face is easily a recipe for disaster. I kept moving him closer to me but the owner didn’t say or do anything even though they saw how uncomfortable I was with the situation. |
Anonymous
| It's one of my biggest pet peeves with other dog owners. It's illegal and dangerous and I don't understand why people do it. I've physically blocked off my dog from others running at us and yelled at owners to recall their dogs. I have 60 lb dogs and when it's a small dog I think the owners are tempting fate and when it's a 140 Cane Corso or something I think the owners are basically antisocial people getting off on scaring people a bit. |
Anonymous
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It's so annoying, and I say that as a dog lover.
I have two dogs, and my next-door neighbor recently got a young dog. Our houses are fairly close together, with no fences. For years, I've never so much as allowed my dogs to set foot on their lawn. My dogs are always on leashes. I have a light plastic gate we use to keep the dogs on our deck - they are small and don't push through it. Anyway, twice in the past few weeks, we have been out on the deck and the neighbor's dog has pushed through the gate and wound up on our deck. Then, a few days ago, I had the screen door open to let fresh air in the house. I was in the laundry room and my dogs were going nuts. I ran out and found that the neighbor's dog on our deck sticking his nose into the screen trying to get into our house. I mean, really? |
Anonymous
| Thankfully I only see this near me with ancient dogs, the kind of sweet ones that walk ever so slowly right by their owners. What you describe would definitely annoy me! |
Anonymous
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It’s entitlement, pure and simple. The rules don’t apply to them because their dog is “perfect”. They have no regard for the welfare of the other dogs around them, and can’t fathom that just because their dog is perfectly trained, not every other dog is.
I was at a park a few months back with my kids, and witnessed a large mixed breed nearly plow down a young girl who was screaming because he was jumping on her. The clueless owner called out to her “it’s ok, he just wants to play.” The girls father was able to distract that dog and get him off her, but the poor girl was hysterical. I could only imagine what might have transpired if the girl had been allergic. Also, before anyone pens me as a dog hater, we own two, and they are always leashed and not allowed to harass anyone. It’s not difficult… |
Anonymous
| My faves are the entitled ones who walk on the leash required trails (with signs) holding a leash in their hand as dog wanders unleashed. |
Anonymous
| In general, people just seem to have gotten less considerate. Dogs off leash really irks me. |
Anonymous
| I’ve been noticing dogs more frequently in grocery stores, and these are definitely not service dogs. I would never think to bring my dog into any establishment that has open food, but these dog people are crazy. I’m also a dog owner. |
Anonymous
Poor girl. Incidents like this are how so many children develop a fear of dogs. Amazing that the owner would be so clueless. |
Anonymous
This! I was a crazy dog owner before it was a thing to be a crazy dog owner. I have a owned dogs all my life and I'm now in my early 60s. However, I believe in being a responsible dog owner, and my dogs are always leashed, and I would never dream of bringing my dog into a grocery store. I lived in Europe for 10 years and while dogs are allowed in all sorts of places, grocery stores were not one of them. I have seen dogs in a local grocery store several times now. And one of them stunk. It was not even a clean dog. Yuck. |
Anonymous
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I was hiking with a friend the other day, and two massive dogs came running down the trail towards us with no owner in sight. They were both wet and muddy from a nearby pond they must have been playing in and tried to jump on my friend who's pretty petite. We were able to fend them off as we both also own dogs and are familiar with interacting with them. The owner finally appeared and she actually acted as if we had gotten her dogs all wound up and gave us both attitude. I told her that they should be leashed like all the other dogs in the state park and she told us to mind our own business.
When your dog starts harassing others, that becomes other peoples business. |
Anonymous
| I had an ex girlfriend who's cousin and wife had a horribly trained trained dog who would jump all over you every time you went over, would harass you while you were eating, and steal food off of plates and their counter. I love dogs but I put my foot down and told her I wouldn't visit this cousin with her due to the dog. The cousin and his wife would never take the dog away from guests, and allowed this behavior. I don't understand people who get dogs and then make no effort in training them. |
Anonymous
If a dog is unleashed and under control than I have no problem. It is the dog that in your situation invade your dog's space. |
Anonymous
The purpose, I'd guess (since I'd never do this), is to have your hands free for your phone, coffee, or some other distraction. These people parent their kids this way, too. They just let them run feral around the restaurant they shouldn't have been at in the first place... |
Anonymous
| Because they think their dog is special. In reality, it's the owner who's *special* |