Unleashed dogs...do you speak up?

[Anonymous]

I don't say anything unless the dog is clearly not under the owner's control and is coming towards me. One neighbor has border collies that are well trained to respond to voice commands. Another neighbor uses a 'wireless' leash. I've got no problem with them.

-owner of a large Lab and a toy poodle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP said "I asked him nicely but firmly to leash his dog and that seeing a large animal run at us like that was really scary."

Certainly not telling off -- it was the owner's nasty reply and name calling that was "bad form."

It is not OP's place to police the behavior of others.

The dog jumped on her! that is damn sure her business.

Yes! The second your animal charges me or touches me, it is my business. I have a child who is terrified of dogs, and being charged and jumped on by a Doberman would be a week of nightmares. We're working on the fear, but unleashed dogs do not help at all, nor does the it's-okay-it's-friendly excuse.