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[quote=Anonymous]I'm a fairly new dog owner and we have a yard so we don't take regular walks. I was walking my dog over to the groomer's yesterday and I passed someone else with a dog. I shortened the leash so my dog couldn't get over to hers but as he pulled over towards her, I made eye contact to see if she wanted to stop and let them sniff each other. My dog was never close enough to reach her dog.

She said, "My dog's not friendly!" and I was like, "OK, have a nice day!" when I heard her mutter, "You could have ASKED" and I was like, huh? Is that a thing? I'm thinking back to all my interactions with other dog owners and obviously I know that some people have aggressive dogs, but you usually see those people cross the street when you're coming. I've had people ask if my dog was friendly, but I've also done the whole non-verbal thing where we make eye contact and smile while our dogs sniff butts. (I'm an introvert and not looking for reasons to chat with strangers.)

Anyway, I figured this was someone who found social interactions stressful and she wished she wouldn't have to be in the position to announce her dog isn't friendly all the time. But I thought I'd check in case I was missing something. Am I supposed to shout, "Is your dog friendly?" every time I see someone with a dog, even if I'm planning to walk right on by and keep my dog close? You would think it would be on the person with the problem dog to manage this? I could understand if my dog actually got close to hers, but he didn't, so she may have been having a case of the Mondays, lol. [/quote]

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