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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We had an encounter with an off-leash dog on our walk this morning.  I have two dogs who are a little leash-reactive, so it can be a challenge when we encounter an off-leash dog.  Seems to depend on the dog.  This morning, my husband passed the off-leash dog with our boy dog and all was fine.  I passed the off-leash dog and my girl dog barked and lunged.  No contact was made, of course, because my dog was restrained.  But, it upset the fellow with the off-leashed dog.  He yelled at us.

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Did the off leash dog walk up to your dog?  Or was the off leash dog walking calmly by his/her owner's side, as well behaved as a service dog?

I don't really care if the dog is off leash as long as it isn't wandering up to me and my dog.  But that guy that yelled at you is completely unrealistic to expect that other dog owners will have that same type of perfect control over their dogs.

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The off-leash dog and its owner were coming one way on the sidewalk.  We were heading the other way.  I stepped into the road as much as I could without getting into traffic to give them space.  The off-leash dog was not entirely under voice control, but did pretty well.  There was no physical contact between the dogs, just some barking.  I was more concerned with my dog and getting past the other dog and getting out of the street.

In any event, it seemed to upset the guy who had the off-leash dog.  I suppose if his dog was on leash, he could have kept it more on the other side of the side walk and created more space between the dogs and avoided the entire situation.

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