hodge911 Posted October 23, 2023 Report Share Posted October 23, 2023 (edited) I know it's been done loads of times but I'm going to have a rant anyway. Had the pup out for a walk this afternoon on lead everything going good when out of no where a flaming border collie cam steaming across the field barking , growling . The useless moron of an owner was stood about 400yds away shouting irs name not having a chuffing clue where his dog was . It frightened the pup big time to the point she was yelping and trying to get Away tail tucked under and looking petrified. When I confronted him all he had to say was what's wrong he only wanted to say hello . The swear filter won't let me say my retort . But it ended with something on the lines of that's my usual walk for my pup and from now on I'll be carrying a 6ft seasoned hardwood stick and if his dog comes anywhere near us again it'll be it yelping not the pup . I really don't blame the collie just the moron of an owner . I couldn't even see a lead on his person , if he had one it must of been in his jeans pocket Edited October 23, 2023 by hodge911 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted October 24, 2023 Report Share Posted October 24, 2023 A "friend" of mine takes myself and my 2 Spanners out once a week and brings his 2 Labs. The behaviour of both his Dogs is shocking, one of them just runs off and does it's own thing occasionally reappearing from the woods and tries to rip a ball from your hand if you have one - if he gets one he just drops it and runs off again. The other dog is worse, it is totally ball mad and will try and rip one from your hand or a ball launcher/ pocket. I like to throw a ball into the undergrowth, walk away, then send a Dog back to find it but his Dog bulldozes in and tears around until he finds it then doesn't give it back, result is my Dogs get little or no training or fun. His Dogs have no recall and pull like Draft horses on the lead. I try to hint but he seems oblivious, a while back he took them for a training session and they behaved impeccably with the trainer, easy to see where the problem lies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted October 24, 2023 Report Share Posted October 24, 2023 I meet these morons on a daily basis. The problem has become much worse with all the new first time dog owners since covid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poor Shot Posted October 24, 2023 Report Share Posted October 24, 2023 I meet these sorts quite often as a lot of my training is done in the back end of a country park where most cannot be ***** to go as it's quite far from the visitor center. I quite often find myself wanting to place the best part of a sized 9 Le Chameau into the dogs ribcage but realise that it's not the dog but the moron owner that needs a good kicking. There are some that think this behavior is acceptable and treat the whole park as their own personal dog park in which their dog has the right to run where it pleases and 'play' with the other dogs. 95% of people there are respectable, have their dogs under control and use common sense. I quite often see an older bloke and his Thai bride who walk a grossly overweight beagle, the dog is always on the lead but it's obviously in control and they go where it pulls them. I do laugh when I hear her trying to reason and plead with the dog to stop when it's pulling them across a muddy bog or toward a river. It's like something out of 00's comedy sketch show with Matt Lucas as the Thai bride and David Walliams as the older Jimmy Saville looking bloke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12gauge82 Posted October 28, 2023 Report Share Posted October 28, 2023 Very frustrating, although if you have a well trained and socialised dog, providing your dog doesn't actually get attacked by another idiots dog, it shouldn't bother it too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hodge911 Posted October 30, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2023 On 28/10/2023 at 18:24, 12gauge82 said: Very frustrating, although if you have a well trained and socialised dog, providing your dog doesn't actually get attacked by another idiots dog, it shouldn't bother it too much. She was only 12 or so weeks old on her 4 or 5 walk out on the lead . It has set her back a little but as she's still a bit nervous of dogs bigger than her other pups or small dogs she'll carefully approach them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12gauge82 Posted October 30, 2023 Report Share Posted October 30, 2023 57 minutes ago, hodge911 said: She was only 12 or so weeks old on her 4 or 5 walk out on the lead . It has set her back a little but as she's still a bit nervous of dogs bigger than her other pups or small dogs she'll carefully approach them Very frustrating and unfortunately can be a bit of a vicious circle, particularly in cases more severe than yours where dogs get attacked, later becoming reactive dogs, that then go on to cause other young dogs issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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