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[quote=Anonymous]This morning I was walking my kid to school. I saw that on the next block there were multiple people walking dogs, so I chose to cross the street. My kid is fine with dogs but it's just annoying to navigate through multiple dogs at once sometimes.

Sure enough, a moment later we heard one of the dogs barking and growling, and looked to see this (leashed) dog barking and freaking out at two dogs being walked (again on leashes) by someone else. The other two dogs seemed calmer but were still reacting to the barking dog. So there were three dogs pulling at leashes, barking loudly, and one of them was lunging and jumping. This is just 8:30am on a Wednesday.

Your dog needs to be on a short leash not just to protect people from your dog, but to protect your dog from other people, and to limit the likelihood that another highly reactive dog could create an even bigger problem by provoking your dog. I'm really glad my kid (or I) didn't wind up in the middle of that situation, because I had the forethought to skirt around those dogs. And I didn't even expect them to be aggressive! I just know from experience that multiple dogs can sometimes create issues. But sometimes you can't cross, sometimes you don't see the dogs in advance, etc.

Short leash, dog under control, keep your dog away from other dogs and people, take extra care around kids who are more vulnerable because of their size and lack of experience with dogs.

If you don't like this, don't get a dog. You don't have some fundamental right to be a dog owner.[/quote]

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