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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hope we can have a some what sane discussion of the topic of approaching strange dogs when they are on leash.
There is a proposal to put yellow ribbons on dogs that need their space because they are:

-a puppy in training learning to stay calm in large groups
-a dog that is skittish or fearful, but the owner is trying to de-sensitize it to large groups
-a dog that is "dog aggressive" that is, it is aggressive to other dogs only, so should not be approached by other dogs.

http://news.petmeds.com/article/view/id/800863748/n/obey-the-yellow-ribbon

I have  a really unusually cute jack russell terrier puppy (10 months old). She is white with a brown spot and a black spot on her back. She has a shaggy soft beard on her muzzle. She is incredibly excitable. She will pee and then dart around in circles and lunge and lick. It is just amazing and AWFUL how often people invade our space and rush up to pet her. They will sometimes ask to pet her and when I say "no, she's really to excitable, they pet her anyway. THEY GET DOWN ON THEIR KNEES AND PUT THEIR FACES RIGHT INTO HERS AND SHE GOES INTO A ZIPPY, ZOOMY FRENZY. I stand off to the side in groups to try to ease her into it slowly. I am trying to teach her to be calm and observe groups of people without lunging into strangers faces and jumping on them. Terriers are SNAPPY sometimes. And generally just over excitable. If they are over-excited, they will sometimes nip. She has never bitten anyone! I guess I am asking:
Would people ever consider giving an overly excitable dog her space and just please stop swarming her? If I don't bring her to public places, she will never learn to be calm...I am not a crazy dog person who thinks that dogs have the right to be everywhere--but, how do folks feel about the yellow ribbon concept? Could you spread the word to your kids and neighbors that dogs with yellow ribbons tied on their leashes just need their space? 
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:shock: I thought this post was a joke!

I don't know who is nuttier, you or the dog. You had better ensure that your dog doesn't bite some poor innocent child or elderly person. It's your responsibility.

And NO, the yellow ribbon thing is the stupidest thing I've ever heard. The responsibility belongs to YOU, not to some poor child walking down the street who has to figure out why your crazy peeing, nipping dog has a ribbon on its leash.

Let's leave the yellow ribbons to the military members who are serving their country!

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Ha! Well I didn't come up with the yellow ribbon idea--the dog community has. I use that term loosely--as I am not one these crazy dog people that thinks dogs have the same rights as actual human children. I have kids--the youngest is 6--and I never let them pet other people's dogs unless we're in the dog park and the dogs are off leash. And I never take the youngest to the dog park because his face is just too close to dog level for my sense of safety.[/quote]

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