| Big as* strollers with kids in them that clearly are old enough to walk. They're full on wagons. |
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Kiddos
I may smile politely when you use that term but inside I am judging and almost repulsed by your immaturity |
| So far none of these things seem irrational to me! |
Or in line at every single store. Besides singing loudly what is the solution? |
Nope, any dog can bite, even trained, well-behaved dogs. I've seen great digs get spooked and do aggressive things. They are animals. If you live in a city, you need to be willing to keep your dog on a relatively short leash in public spaces. If you feel your dog needs more room or freedom, move somewhere with more space. |
Which is why you need a short leash for control. |
Oh and that reminds me of something else that makes me angry -- when city dwellers get large, energetic dogs and keep them in small apartments and row homes and struggle to control them on busy urban streets and turn the local playground into an off leash dog park (even though there's a real dog park 6 blocks away they could walk to with their dog who needs the exercise). But I don't think my anger is irrational. These people are selfish and stupid and I feel bad for their dogs. |
They need to be kept at a safe distance from people which is the point of the leash. A shorter leash means less chance they’ll be able to get to someone to bite them. This is not rocket science. Beyond that I don’t care what they do with their dog. |
If your dog bites someone because you have have failed to properly secure him, you will be held liable. I’m not sure you understand how deranged you sound putting dog above children. You are a lunatic. |
Not just biting. If your dog (or their long, slack leash) trips someone, or causes them to move into traffic where they get hit by a car, you could be found liable. Especially if it's a child. It's reasonable for a child to back away from a dog on a slack leash who is approaching them -- kids are closer in height to dogs and to a great degree their fear of dogs is just a rational recognition that it's an animal with teeth and claws who in some cases is their size or bigger. So maybe you don't care that your wandering dog might result in a kid falling off the curb and smacking his head or jumping in front of an oncoming vehicle, because you are a horrible person who doesn't care about the well being of children. Okay. But trust me when I tell you that those parents are going to sue the $hit out of you and your "my dog is just occupying space, it's that dead kid's fault for being afraid of an animal he's never met before that I was doing nothing to keep under my control" schtick is not going to go over great with most juries. Enjoy! |
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This morning I was walking my kid to school. I saw that on the next block there were multiple people walking dogs, so I chose to cross the street. My kid is fine with dogs but it's just annoying to navigate through multiple dogs at once sometimes.
Sure enough, a moment later we heard one of the dogs barking and growling, and looked to see this (leashed) dog barking and freaking out at two dogs being walked (again on leashes) by someone else. The other two dogs seemed calmer but were still reacting to the barking dog. So there were three dogs pulling at leashes, barking loudly, and one of them was lunging and jumping. This is just 8:30am on a Wednesday. Your dog needs to be on a short leash not just to protect people from your dog, but to protect your dog from other people, and to limit the likelihood that another highly reactive dog could create an even bigger problem by provoking your dog. I'm really glad my kid (or I) didn't wind up in the middle of that situation, because I had the forethought to skirt around those dogs. And I didn't even expect them to be aggressive! I just know from experience that multiple dogs can sometimes create issues. But sometimes you can't cross, sometimes you don't see the dogs in advance, etc. Short leash, dog under control, keep your dog away from other dogs and people, take extra care around kids who are more vulnerable because of their size and lack of experience with dogs. If you don't like this, don't get a dog. You don't have some fundamental right to be a dog owner. |
Your child is the center of the universe to no one except you. Glad we could clear this up. NP |
“Two foot leashes” aren’t legally required, but please do seethe harder. |
My child and any other child will ALWAYS be more important, have more rights, and enjoy more privileges than your dog. Glad we cleared that up. |
Restraining your dog so it doesn't hurt anyone very much is. Seethe even harder. You're dumber than your dog. |