People Who Don't Like Dogs

Clueless said:

The laws states that your dog must be under controll at all times....what your dog did is not under controll.If your dogs recall is not spot on then get it on the lead and do more training.

I agree with the person you met out walking...she is in the right not you looking for sympathy.

If you see people comming put a lead on it's polite dont you get that fact.

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Which law is that exactly?

It is illegal to have a dog dangerously out of control but that doesn't seem to be the case here. As far as I'm aware their hasn't ever been any succesful prosecutions for puppies being puppies - unless you know different and I'd be interested to know the specifics.

As far as situations like the OPs case all you can do is apologies. If they are bad mannered and beligerant you owe them no civility. The pup will grow out of it.

:thumbsup: Well said Tony thats exactly what I was thinking.

LM1981 said:

I completely agree that Mae (and in turn my self) was totally at fault in the situation and if it was something that happened every time we passed another person she would certainly be on the lead at all times however it was out of character. If I get any indication that she is going to do something like this she is on the lead again in an instant but on this day we must have passed a good 30+ people with her showing no interest at all.
People do have phobias (which was not the case according to this person she just didn't like dogs) and it is our responsibility as dog owners to respect that and do everything we can to avoid any undue distress to others, however who can honestly say their dog no matter how well trained has never made a mistake or that you have not taken your eye off the ball for an instant. There is only so much training you can do away from people and unless you actually put them in the situation where they are expected to pass and ignore others they will never learn.

My issue is not with being told when my dog has got it wrong only with the disproportionate reaction some people appear to have and I am asking for genuine advice on how to best deal with these situations.

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Nice post.

of course these things happen occasionally and the only way to deal with it is to apologise and move on....some people react more rudely than others and the best thing to do in my opinion is just to remain polite and put whippet on lead and walk away....people who become rude and aggressive will only be further antagonised if you are rude back so you just have to take it on the chin....but obviously keep an eye out for them in future to avoid the problem again.

Use a lead it's realy so simple...everyone's happy. :thumbsup:

Tony Taylor said:

Clueless said:

The laws states that your dog must be under controll at all times....what your dog did is not under controll.If your dogs recall is not spot on then get it on the lead and do more training.

I agree with the person you met out walking...she is in the right not you looking for sympathy.

If you see people comming put a lead on it's polite dont you get that fact.

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Which law is that exactly?

It is illegal to have a dog dangerously out of control but that doesn't seem to be the case here. As far as I'm aware their hasn't ever been any succesful prosecutions for puppies being puppies - unless you know different and I'd be interested to know the specifics.

As far as situations like the OPs case all you can do is apologies. If they are bad mannered and beligerant you owe them no civility. The pup will grow out of it.

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I beleive aspects of the Dangerous Dogs Act touches on this?

Clueless said:

Use a lead it's realy so simple...everyone's happy. :thumbsup:

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Most whippets have a lapse or two (or let's face it, a lot more) in their recall, it's their nature. If you are suggesting the OP keeps her dog on a lead at all times, how will that dog become properly socialised? It's really not as black and white as you paint it. People do react differently to dogs and I'm afraid LM1981 will just have to chalk this up to experience and move on. I don't think you were at fault, LM1981 and I get fed up of the 'these are the rules' brigade. What happened to tolerance? It's a problem much wider than just dogs - the whole of society lacks tolerance towards each other, everyone is 'this is my property and I'll rant if you breathe on it, this is my car and I will drive it like a maniac if I want to, this is my space how dare you come near me.' It's narrow minded and pathetic.

When my dogs were younger one of them ran over to a man with a jack russell, wanting to play. His body language was gentle and clearly saying he wanted to play. The man kicked out at my dog, saying that 'all those types of dogs are vicious and attack little dogs'. By the reasoning of some on here, this man's aggression was justified becasue my dog was off lead, not his fault for being a grumpy stereotyping get. Another person let their two german shepherds off lead and they went straight for my dog aggresively and the owner couldn't recall them, and didn't even try until I asked her to, depsite the fact her dog was trying to bite mine. My dog now had issues around GSDs - suppose that's my fault too becasue he was so scared I couldn't recall him.

I also agree with j.appleseed. People are now too afraid to even ask innocent questions on here now because the holier than thou brigade use it as an excuse to show off or belittle people. It's why I very rarely post anything these days and often don't even bother to come on here at all except to reply to messages. No-one is perfect, and I suspect this especially applies to people who try to make out that they are.

Whatever happened to live and let live?

Mae will grow up and become a lovely well trained whippet :thumbsup:

Horrible intolerant people will never change :wacko:

As i have said...when passing other people use a lead...expecting other's to tolerate your dog's is just not on....i dont expect evey one to love my dog's as much as i do and would never force my dog's upon other's.

I realy cant see what the big issue is about using a lead if your dog cant be trusted to walk at your side when passing other's.

The trouble is dogs are dogs, not robots. Even the best trained dog can lapse or do something unexpected. It's even more difficult with a youngster because you can't train them to recall in all circumstances without letting them offlead at times and in places where you are *reasonably* confident they will come back to you - but there is going to be the odd time you get it wrong.

Fair enough, if people don't like dogs they shouldn't have to put up with being pestered by one, and I'd be embarrassed and apologetic if one of my dogs ran after and jumped up at someone*, but at the end of the day it's a mistake and all you can do is apologise and move on, it's hardly a hanging offence.

I'm sure all of us have been bothered at some time or another by dogs, kids, bikes, horses or motorists doing something they shouldn't. That's life, get over it.

*I'm not even going to mention the time my very obedient old dog came out of the river covered in mud and for some reason and completely out of character decided to make friends with a woman wearing an immaculate white linen suit, I still get hot thinking about it :b

I don't like dogs , horses , bikes , children or motorists annoying me anymore than anyone else but these thing do occasionally happen and I can put up with it .

If the same offender annoyed me on a regular basis then I would have something to say about it .

In a perfect worl everything would be perfect but it's not a perfect world . :thumbsup:

I think the OP did the right thing by saying sorry ,

Maybe the lady was having a bad day and to be honest as much as I love dogs I wouldnt be happy if id got some nice clean cloths on and a strange dog jumped up me.

Best advice, lead on quick as soon as you see another person on walk ,sorted :thumbsup: