Today's walk rant -_-

Well just been for what started as a nice walk with the boys and went to the little park down the road where there is a little area thats almost fully enclosed where i can let Chance off the lead to practise some recall which he was doing brilliantly!

Anyway after a bit a lot of people started walking past as there was a footy match on down the road, so getting Chance to come back to me, all going well until some kids opened the gate at the top of this area (nothing wrong with that) they then screamed and ran round and away from Chance leaving the gate open, of course Chance chased them but i got him to stop and come back to me! (very proud of him for that) they then started throwing stones at the boys threw the fence

Then someone took a short cut through this area (again fine) called Chance to me and held his harness as he has a habit of jumping up without any warning and headbutting people Harvey i told to wait which he did, the man the walked 'through' harvey throwing him to the side! and THEN walked past me and Chance and punched Chance in the face as he walked past. Now i have no patience for people as i'm sure most of you will know and i won't repeat what i said, but Chance will not have strange people touch never mind that so he went, well mental and it's a good job i had hold of him as i won't like to think what he'd have done.

Anyway calmed them down gave treats etc off they went playing again, only for three other kids to start tormenting them through the fence with sticks and trying to stab them as the boys ran past, again won't repeat what i said (and before anyone says anything about swearing at kids seriously keep it to yourself i DO NOT care) they were having a right laugh until both boys jumped the 4 ish foot fence and they very quickly left.

Anyway sorry for the essay but very * off with people today but very proud of the boys especially Chance for coming back to me in each incident.

*le sigh*

OMW.. poor you and poor Chance ad Harvey.. i think if some people treated river like that i would'nt be responsible for my actions... you did very well as well as your boys... why an earth would that horrible man punch a dog for no reason is he ok? not tramatised or anything? maybe take them somewhere else in future.. hope you ok now...

Take it you live in a strange area, we've had problems with the people that are scared of staffys and stuff but never behaviour like that. As far as swearing at the kids I wouldn't worry about it one bit as they probably know far more words than you do In my day if I behaved like that and me mam and dad found out I would have a sore * for a week, and that would be after I had been made to go round and apologise. And as for the bloke that punched chance in the face

TBH he's lucky i had hold of Chance not only would he have bitten him, i'd of floored the * as i'm not a patient person never had been!

Hopefully won't see him again, but the park is where we meet alot of dog walkers we no and the boys play with so i wouldn't want to stop going there as it would be a shame

davemck3834 wrote:Take it you live in a strange area, we've had problems with the people that are scared of staffys and stuff but never behaviour like that. As far as swearing at the kids I wouldn't worry about it one bit as they probably know far more words than you do In my day if I behaved like that and me mam and dad found out I would have a sore * for a week, and that would be after I had been made to go round and apologise. And as for the bloke that punched chance in the face

It's not the nicest area lets put it that way, well exactly i'm sure they probably do I just don't understand why he thought it would be a good idea to punch a dog that someone is holding out of the way

I think I would report this incident to the police. So many things like this go unreported and nothing gets done. The more reports they have then maybe something will be done. Well you have to live in hope.

who punches some ones dog in the head! what a freak. we used to have the same kind of problem with kids walking past our house and throwing stones at our staffies Jack and Zep. we never knew why the dogs were getting so worked up about kids walking past until one day i was home from school sick and caught them, and i'll tell you, i had some choice words to say to them too. would have let them loose on the bast*rds too, zep was not stranger friendly, but i didnt want my dogs put down.

kathytake2 wrote:I think I would report this incident to the police. So many things like this go unreported and nothing gets done. The more reports they have then maybe something will be done. Well you have to live in hope.

I've already reported it to the local police station but it's unlikely that anything will get done

does your park have cctv in operation, i know the ones by us do, to combat muggings and under age drinking, may be they could get an image of the guy off that

No unfortunately it doesn't

What the hell, some guy just punched your dog!? I would have bloody throttled him with my chain lead. What kind of mental aslyum place do you live in, it sounds awful!
Seriously just thinking about if someone touched my boy...

ella, I'll be honest with you I havent read the other posts as something you wrote stood out for me. someone punched chance in the face... id go fu****** mental at that mate. your dog and yourself have much more mental stability than me. credit to you and chance. sometimes i want to cry at the freaking dumbness of humans

can't believe some one would do something like that, like... I wouldn't be surprised by the kids and all that cos kids are like that which is sad, but for someone to punch your dog in the face, while you are holding it back - Wtf? I don't understand???? surely this guy had some problem in his head? god im gobsmacked. well done for not resorting to violence yourself.

OOOO MMMM GGGG

OMG, OMG, OMG......my head is still reeling after reading this.

Did I say O M G ???

Can't believe that. Seriously, there are some right dim-witts ( that's my family friendly forum word for something a lot stronger ) out there. By the sounds of it, your boys were doing the right thing, as were you when these "people" passed by and what do they offer in return? OMG, stones, sticks and a deliberate unprovoked punch to the head ?????

Sorry, i'm at a loss for words.

More and more these days, I see and hear things that make me wonder what makes some poeple tick

I hope you and the boys are all ok after this horrible incident. ><

I think I just swore at some innocent kids after reading this. Seriously, you should carry a walking stick or mace to use on bas!ards like him. I think I'd have done something stupid like slip and let go of my dog... Unfortunately it would have been chance to get in trouble, but I also don't have patience for stupid! So sorry for such a bad outing. Hope it never happens again.

You handled that much better than I would have. I believe the better half would have come to get me out of jail.

TBH the air was a very vivid shade of blue but he's just lucky i was holding Chance as i'd of * killed him

If he has punch my dog he would of ripped his arm off...

Believe you me Chance tried but it would have only meant Chance getting in trouble

Bloody hell! What is the matter with some people! Hope you're all ok. If you see him again, just walk up and punch him in the head, see how he likes it!

Aye definitely!

Loopy wrote:OOOO MMMM GGGG

OMG, OMG, OMG......my head is still reeling after reading this.

Did I say O M G ???

That was my reaction, too.

What a complete p*at! Why? You did well to keep your temper, it would have been so easy to just let go of Chance & let the guy take his Chances!

I hope both dogs are ok, that's the last thing you need to happen when you're training!

I agree with Kathy about reporting it. At least they will hav e a record. If Chance had bitten the a*hole then of course it would be the b* staffies again.

I cannot comprehend the behaviour you guys have to put up with in the UK.

its kind of a.. "forget the dog, beware the owner" and i'm in the same pot with these guys... i would have whipped him in the face with the lead

Romeo wrote:its kind of a.. "forget the dog, beware the owner" and i'm in the same pot with these guys... i would have whipped him in the face with the lead

Haha to true

But I've reported it anyway, and been back out with the boys again just now and had a much better walk today

Woah!! who does that!! :@ i'd of ended up repaying the favor and punching him in the face!! lol i have a short fuse when it comes to people around my dogs! lol but it would of made matters worse i spose lol.
As for kids! they do my head in lol if i dont know them or related to them then i dont do kids lol

i can imagine what language you used the air was probably blue as it would have been for me too but i would have punched the bloke that punched my dog too. they all desered what they got infact more just a pity theres never a copper around when you need one co si would have complained and maybe they would have been given a warning or told to go away.