Your negligent owner was some distance away tying a shoelace or something. You saw me (a small grey terrier ON A LEASH) and came charging over, towering over me and forcing me to back away–you intimidated me, and my male owner wasn’t happy with you either. Then you went after the woman strolling about 10′ behind us, lunging against her legs, knocking her off balance, and the irritation on her face was plain to see. Yet your owner had the nerve to make a rude face at her, as she passed and asked your owner to get you under control; I half expected your owner to stick her tongue out like a 2-year-old. Neither I nor my male owner nor the woman strolling behind us welcomed your aggressive, boisterous, UNASKED-FOR attention. Not every stranger enjoying a quiet stroll in peace “loves” somebody else’s aggressive dog lunging at them. PLEASE ask your owner to teach you sociable good manners and self-control around others. —You and your owner’s homework assignment: figure out what a leash is for (my owner already knows)
This article appears in Apr 21-27, 2016.
Hey, this is the lab in question here. I just wanted to say I’m sorry. All I wanted to do was say hi. Hey, what coincidence that are both able to write and use a computer. Too bad we didn’t have computers with us when I scared you, I think we could of had I nice chat. One more thing. What’s up with these humans? Never, not once have ever saw a human sniff the ass of another human… weird creatures they are.
There is a leash law for a reason. Not every person or dog wants to say “hi”. It does not matter if the dog is friendly.
Hi I’m Flowey. Flowey the Flower. I happened to be growing on the grass near the area. I see humans with no sense of responsibility all the time. Take me for example: I’m a flower and I don’t even have the higher brain functions of certain mammals, hell I don’t even have a nervous system, or even organs for that matter. How the hell am I even responding to this on the internet!!!!
Unlike you very squishy humans I happen to be very responsible, day in and day out I filter out Carbon Dioxide and replace it with wonderfully sweet Oxygen, and I smell nice to. I even contribute to the pleasant atmosphere of the place. If humans could be like us flowers the world would be a much better place.
Longtime dog owner here. There is never – NEVER – a need or a reason to walk a dog off leash. It’s ALWAYS dangerous for the dog, you, and others around you. Unless you’re in a dog park or in a big open field, you should always have your dog on a leash. People are idiots.
Agree with Selina. People are assholes. Especially the rabid ‘my dog doesn’t need to be on a leash’ asshole types.
This is one of my biggest pet peeves. I have two large dogs. They do not have perfect recall, so they are NEVER offleash in public areas. Our girl is leash reactive and I cannot tell you how many times a dog has charged at us exuberantly and all I hear is “don’t worry, my dog is friendly!” And? My dog is not. I love seeing the look of panic when they notice the muzzle and I call out to them to call off their dog, which of course they can’t.