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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

Most paths aren't 5+ feet wide. furthermore, if you're walking on the right but your dog is to the left of you, you're not using common sense or thoughtful etiquette to walk your dog. Or, you have not trained your dog to walk properly alongside an owner/caretaker.

I agree with you that this whole conversation is stupid. There are some considerate dog owners - this thread isn't about them. This is about the selfish assholes that thinks others ought to accommodate their personal pet, instead of understanding the world and public community does not revolve around your pet. The former understand, and aren't replying. The latter know they're assholes, and are defensive about it.[/quote]

No, I am not an asshole. I leash my current dog and she's too skittish to go to parks with strangers and bicycles so it's really not an issue for us.  BUT the OP was being totally irrational by saying s/he would pepper spray a dog that was off-leash but not doing anything to harm/threaten/notice him or her.  The OP is the asshole, even though I agree that dogs shouldn't be off leash where it's not permitted. [/quote]

Incorrect. A dog off leash IS doing something wrong- they are illegal and unrestrained. Or rather, the owner is doing something wrong. Agin, it is not the responsibility of everyone else around to know and accommodate your pet. the other day, a saw a dog off leash weaving in and out of people, causing one person to fall. An unleashed dog is illegal, a menace, and danger to others.

Op isn't saying they're going to dog parks to pepper spray unleashed dogs, but most areas prohibit them to be leashed. That responsibility fall on no one else to deal with, but the owner.[/quote]

Again, if the dog isn't doing anything offensive, other than being illegally off leash, it is cruel to pepper spray it. I don't understand why you don't get that. Maybe you need to look up what menace means....[/quote]

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