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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My dog is on a perfectly reasonable 5 foot leash. I have PTSD and a bad startle reflex:  if she doesn't warn me that you are there, when you brush past me, I'm probably going to hit you. Get some manners and quit crowding people, dammit. [/quote]

Why does your dog need to "warn" you on public and well-traveled paths? If your PTSD is so bad, you should probably stick to areas where there are not other people. Additionally, your dog doesn't need to "warn" you - unless this is a seeing eye dog, you need to pay attention to your own surroundings. [/quote]

Because people often come up quickly and from behind. That's her job. If you are close enough for her to reach you, you are passing too close to do so without saying something. And I'm quite likely to hit you, if I'm startled. [/quote]

Seriously. If you sneak up behind me while you are running and pass within 5' boundary of me, I am assuming you are a mugger/rapist. Maybe I should pepper spray you![/quote]

If you think everyone on a very well traveled path in total daylight is a rapist, you are welcome to avoid going on such a path.

Those paths by the way, while for everyone, are primarily for human beings - not dogs.[/quote]

Yes, but you don't need to pass by so closely that a dog on a short leash could touch you. It's common courtesy.  By the same thought process, if you think my docile leashed dog might attack you, you are free to avoid the area, too.

This whole conversation is stupid. [/quote]

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