I really do despise some people!

Whilst walking Vinnie today, we were approached by 2 ladies and a large Golden Retriever. I had clipped Vinnies lead on and the other dog was also on a lead(makes a change!). As the dog passed he went to have a sniff of Vinnie to which the ladie said " He will have you for breakfast!" Why do people do this when her dog was clearly twice the size of Vinnie!! There thats better now I have had a moan! People!!

now that is a comment I am used too!!

Yes Janey I know previous to that a man had passed with 2 spaniels of whichone approached Vinnie (not on lead!) And he said to the dogs are you bloody stupid!!

My oh my , just a daily thing in the life of a staffy owner. Had a guy let his BC come pounding from nowhere up to Tilly and Tommy today , saw him and clipped them on . He stood there whilst his dog was clearly harassing mine and I just shouted rather firmly "Can you please call your dog away mate" He responded that he just wanted to say hello , and I politely responded that on this occasion mine don't

I'm well used to it too Inez. I tend to try to come out with the most dry sarcastic comment I can possibly think of

MatLogan wrote:I'm well used to it too Inez. I tend to try to come out with the most dry sarcastic comment I can possibly think of

Usually I would Mat but I had a sore head this morning, so she would have had it all guns blazing!!

inez maria wrote: Usually I would Mat but I had a sore head this morning, so she would have had it all guns blazing!!

I wonder what gave you the sore head...

MatLogan wrote:

inez maria wrote: Usually I would Mat but I had a sore head this morning, so she would have had it all guns blazing!!

I wonder what gave you the sore head...

Ruddy wine! will have to sample another later just to make sure thats what caused it!!

Jeez you can't be doing that again tonight!

Dave wrote:He responded that he just wanted to say hello , and I politely responded that on this occasion mine don't

To be fair it would be nice if people generally sped up past me and Stig, as long as they don't make a clever comment I wouldn't mind them hurrying past. Only I get the opposite most of the time, being in a village where the majority of people have dogs, and a high volume of Staffies I get stopped by almost everyone that approaches so they can make a fuss of Stig . I must admit I'm just as bad when I come across a nice dog.

vinnie would though tbf ..

round my way is different and worse.. people reckon they've got the hard dogs.

they are bad here too just cross the road and mutter

Ita horrible when people are like this the twerps! I would have come back saying that he wasnt his choice!

stig wrote:

Dave wrote:He responded that he just wanted to say hello , and I politely responded that on this occasion mine don't

To be fair it would be nice if people generally sped up past me and Stig, as long as they don't make a clever comment I wouldn't mind them hurrying past. Only I get the opposite most of the time, being in a village where the majority of people have dogs, and a high volume of Staffies I get stopped by almost everyone that approaches so they can make a fuss of Stig . I must admit I'm just as bad when I come across a nice dog.

The bloke was 40 yards away and the dog was right in front of us though , like you I don't have any problem people making a fuss of the dogs or if they have well controlled dogs that just zoom past ours

I would panic if i walk Cassie and a strange dog runs up to Cassie, i got told dogs can sense fear/panic in the person walking them, how would i cope if Cassie sensed it and thought she had to fight for me or the other dog attacked her? i am a novice dog owner really and people don't consider this? i would keep her on a lead but i had that drummed into me

We were walking Roxy on the road the other day and a woman, probably close to 1km down the road and on the opposite side of the road, picked up her yorkie and told her husband to keep close to her. Um, what? In case roxy lunged across a busy road desperate to play?!?

pongy wrote:I would panic if i walk Cassie and a strange dog runs up to Cassie, i got told dogs can sense fear/panic in the person walking them, how would i cope if Cassie sensed it and thought she had to fight for me or the other dog attacked her? i am a novice dog owner really and people don't consider this? i would keep her on a lead but i had that drummed into me

I really don't like people who let their dogs run up without asking first. It's very irresponsible. I just ask for dogs to be put on the lead if I think it would be a problem. You can sort of tell though which dogs are ok or not.

Logan would never start a fight but he would definitely finish it. So I find the best thing to do is ask for them to be kept under control.

inez maria wrote:

MatLogan wrote:

inez maria wrote: Usually I would Mat but I had a sore head this morning, so she would have had it all guns blazing!!

I wonder what gave you the sore head...

Ruddy wine! will have to sample another later just to make sure thats what caused it!!