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I just dispair sometimes......
Today, I was driving home, with Merlin, our 10 month old Mad whippet, and saw a lost looking grey/blue whippet wandering the street. He had no collar, but looked well fed--(actually quite fat for a whippet) I stopped and tried to coax him to me, but just like a whippet he ran off down the street, and had no road-sense, darting accross the road in front of cars etc. I persued very carefully down the street on foot having abandoned the car in charge of Merlin, where a snooty looking woman walking a shaggy four-legged carpet, started shouting that I should keep my dog on a lead, because 'blue' wanted to play with her carpet!--Even when I told her it wasnt my dog, she wouldnt have it, and insisted that I should lead 'my' dog--She of course made things worse by shouting at the 'lost' whippet, and hurling insults at him and me!
I really wish that there was a requirement that prospective dog-owners must attend a course or something, informing them that a dog is a very social creature and loves the company of his own kind as well as humans, plus all the other things we long-term dog-owners have learned over the years....., and that meeting another dog in the street or wherever, isnt necessarally a bad thing to happen, and should be treated accordingly--Shouting and the like can cause fights especially when one dog is on a lead, and hence feels threatened as it cannot 'escape' takes on the 'fear' of its owner ......
Luckly, 'Blue' knew exactly where he was, and I came accross his owner, who was looking for him--He had escaped while she want looking as Whippets do!, so I advised she should have a collar on him at all times with some form of ID say like a post-code and house number, maybe even a phone-number She didnt seem to care for my advice either, and I was as pleasant as I know how to be........
And these two are dog 'owners'................... :rant:
Today, I was driving home, with Merlin, our 10 month old Mad whippet, and saw a lost looking grey/blue whippet wandering the street. He had no collar, but looked well fed--(actually quite fat for a whippet) I stopped and tried to coax him to me, but just like a whippet he ran off down the street, and had no road-sense, darting accross the road in front of cars etc. I persued very carefully down the street on foot having abandoned the car in charge of Merlin, where a snooty looking woman walking a shaggy four-legged carpet, started shouting that I should keep my dog on a lead, because 'blue' wanted to play with her carpet!--Even when I told her it wasnt my dog, she wouldnt have it, and insisted that I should lead 'my' dog--She of course made things worse by shouting at the 'lost' whippet, and hurling insults at him and me!
I really wish that there was a requirement that prospective dog-owners must attend a course or something, informing them that a dog is a very social creature and loves the company of his own kind as well as humans, plus all the other things we long-term dog-owners have learned over the years....., and that meeting another dog in the street or wherever, isnt necessarally a bad thing to happen, and should be treated accordingly--Shouting and the like can cause fights especially when one dog is on a lead, and hence feels threatened as it cannot 'escape' takes on the 'fear' of its owner ......
Luckly, 'Blue' knew exactly where he was, and I came accross his owner, who was looking for him--He had escaped while she want looking as Whippets do!, so I advised she should have a collar on him at all times with some form of ID say like a post-code and house number, maybe even a phone-number She didnt seem to care for my advice either, and I was as pleasant as I know how to be........
And these two are dog 'owners'................... :rant:
nowadays, shes fine 
