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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow.  The fact that you took time to craft this lengthy post is alarming.  I gave up after the first paragraph.   So yeah, some dog owners are inconsiderate - nothing new to report there.  It doesn't really matter that this is about dog owners - jerky people are that way in general, and I run into many of them every day... driving, shopping, at work....[/quote]

Read it or don't read it, it doesn't make people who do this stuff any better. I'd rather live next to 100 people writing lengthy screeds about bad dog owners on the internet than a single bad dog owner.[/quote]

Why don’t you confront these bad dog owners then? That will be more effective than spending your time here moaning about it.[/quote]

Because they will "accidentally" let their dog injure me.

Bad dog owners are bad people. [/quote]

My god, what a victim you are. [/quote]

DP, but I agree that it's dangerous to approach bad dog owners. I have done it twice. The first time was to inform someone that they needed to leash their dog in the park (there were dozens of posted signs, so I literally just pointed at the sign) and also to ask them to take their dog to a part of the park away from a playground where kids were playing. The second time was to ask a neighbor to not let his dog pee in our tree box as it was killing all the plantings.

In both situations, the person became extremely angry to the point that I felt uncomfortable. I don't think they were going to sic their dog on me, but I didn't feel safe and the fact that there was an animal involved exacerbated that. There's a reason a lot of people get dogs for protection -- because it can feel empowering to have a loyal animal who oh just happens to have sharp teeth and a loud bark.

After these experiences, I concluded that some percentage of bad dog owners are just inherently hostile people, and the only solution is to just stay away from them. I guess I'm going to have to move if I want to grow anything in my tree box or take my kids to a playground where there are not dogs roaming freely. Better than getting yelled at by some deranged person with a dog.[/quote]

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