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Walking Pepa and Phoebe Today on the field, and let them off like usual. And two little lads were walking across the field. Pepa goes up to say hello like she has always does to everyone but the littlelittle kiddy with him starts screaming he must have been about 5-6years old. and his older brother about 10-11years old so i run up and got pepa by the collar, apologizing. I was walking away and as i did so i got called all the names under the sun, by the older boy, i felt sorry for his little brother having to hear it all. I felt that if i hadnt have ran over and got pepa they would have kicked her or something as the older one was getting angry. I do know why he was angry but, he must have walked around the field as they are loads of routes,and he must have known that every minute of the day there are dogs off there leads on the field.

I also remember pepa doing the same thing like running up and saying hello when she was a puppy and she did actually get kicked by a lad about my age, 14, Pepa wasnt hurt she just ran to me tail between her legs and it made me angry, the lad ran and i shouted after him yelling him 'Yer, you better run!'. It didnt stop pepa from doing it again. And im sure neither has todays experienced but every person she has said hello to she has been stroked accept these 3 people, so im not going to stop her from doing it.

There are ovbiously people who can argue that im wrong and that i shouldnt ler her do this ever ever again. But i know that pepa nor phoebe would attack anyone unless they hurt me or my mum or dad.ect. for protection but any stranger they wouldnt hurt and plus they have muzzles on, so they cant harm anyone anyway, and before you think they have muzzles because they bite people. thats wrong, they like to nip each other when they run together, so thats why.

Im sorry about this long rant, but i have to get it out of my system :D

One last thing,

Has anyone ever experienced anything like this with there dogs,

Thanks

Jade xx :huggles:
 
In an ideal world it would be nice to let our friendly dogs go and greet other dogs and people.

But unfortunately in todays society and with the dog press as it is many people are scared of dogs bounding up to them.

It is for this reason that I am (trying to) train my puppy to stay close to me when we come across other dogs/people on a walk.

Then when I am close enough I ask if it is ok for my puppy to say hello, then release him if they are ok.

It is lovely that your dogs are so friendly and happy in life.

But a stranger doesn't know that.

It does annoy me slightly when you are in the park or another busy place and people are paying no attention to their dogs (not you, just explaining one experience). I met a couple of lovely greyhounds the other day and Austin had great fun saying hello to them. It would have been nice to have a chat with the owner, but she was walking in the other direction and talking on her mobile so didn't have a clue what her dogs were doing.

I hope you continue to have fun walks with your dogs.
 
Hi Jade....lots of people don`t know the first thing about dogs , nor do they even try to understand them.....Try not to let it upset you.

It is this way with friendly dogs and although YOU know they don`t mean any harm..Other people don`t. If it happens again..Run up and put Pepa on her lead and introduce her to the children/ adults properly. let them pat her and stroke her and then they will know not to be frightened or wary.

Don`t let Pepa jump up though as Whippets are quite big and strong. My Bluebell frequently nearly knocks me over as I am only 5` :- " hahahahaha !

I hope all goes well next time and don`t worry about it. :huggles:
 
oh dear jade, im sorry to hear what happened today, i have been in a situation like that as well, and was told to keep my "agressive dog" on a lead, she only went over to say hi to their dog, and they were playing nicely, unfortunatly gypsy was barking at the dog (not in a horrible way) and i was called a few choice names as well!!
 
Do you feel better for ranting? It often helps! :huggles: Poor Pepa and Phoebe I hope they are feeling okay.

Okay voice of reason now - think about how you would feel if an unknown dog or two ran up to you and your small brother - especially when in the news at the moment there is so much about dog attacks - and they are wearing muzzles which if you don't know much about sighthounds or dogs in general you will assume it is because they are nasty. That's just how it is at the moment.

If their recall is good then there's no reason you shouldn't let them off the lead but maybe only approach people when you are right there with them - not everyone loves dogs unfortunately and it can be a bit intimidating if you aren't used to dogs belting up to you. I'm not criticising you in any way by the way! :huggles:

I have experienced negative reactions from people - mostly with my old gsd - people used to actually cross the road from us because they saw a german shepherd and thought "viscious" without even speaking to us. It used to wind me up no end. :rant:

I've found the best way of dealing with people like that is to smile at them and say good morning. Don't say "they won't hurt you" that freaks them out more and don't say "do you want to stroke them" cos they might not be the type of people you want near your babies. If they see you react reasonably it tends to rub off on them and the next time you meet them they shouldn't be so hyseterical and they might then ask to stroke them or whatever. :thumbsup: I've found that works for adults so I guess it's the same for kids too especially if you are near their age.

Anyhoo, good luck and try not to flip cos that makes a worse impression. :thumbsup:

Hope that wasn't too boring for you. :)

Claire xx
 
:( aww poor jaydiiee ,this is why i like to walk my dogs were no one is around as all 3of mine if they see somone or another dog would run up to them and it must be bit frightening for somone who doesnt know them ,on the rare occasion we do come across anybody the dogs take off and i shout as loud as i can that none of the dogs will hurt them or ther dogs ,you can see them relax from a distance :teehee: i mean id be scared 3mad demented dogs running up to me wouldnt you :huggles:
 
Thanks all this is all very appreciated. I never really thought of it in them kinds of ways, it just upset me and i was worried they would hurt pepa, or something. Im sure i would be scraed if a lurcher like pepa came running up to me, her being the crazy dog she is. Thanks all xx.
 
There's some good points here, Jade :thumbsup:

I think it's very difficult to strike a happy balance when there are so many people sharing the same areas :(

I do wonder why such a small boy was with a not much bigger boy and no adult around but then I suppose I'm rather old fashioned and things have changed these days :- " :)

As for the verbal abuse from the older boy, it isn't a good example for the younger lad at all. It leads me to wonder what the parents are teaching their boys ... obviously isn't anything to do with understanding animals and their behaviour :(

Never mind, hun! Put this one down to experience and steer clear of any young kids in future :thumbsup: :D

:huggles: for Pepa & Phoebe!!
 
Jade it doen't only happen when dogs are of their lead. Lat year I was walking Ben to his kick boxing class with William and Button .I lad ran round the corner straight into William the just shoved him out of the way.I said to him ' that was a stupid thing to do' The lad turned round and gave me a mouthful

Ben turned to the lad who was about 16 yrs and said 'OI thats my mum youre talking too' The lad went towards Ben then saw his kick boxing gear which he was wearing under his coat and turned and walked away.

Another day a group of older lads saw me walking back from dropping of Ben One looked at William walked up to him and looked between his back legs .He then went to grab William's nuts I said don't do it He walked of then came back and went to do it again at which point I just said to him

'You grab his he'll grab yours only he'll use his teeth' The lad ran of holding his bits (w00t) :lol: :oops: and William and even looked at him
 
'You grab his he'll grab yours only he'll use his teeth' The lad ran of holding his bits and William and even looked at him

Brilliant (w00t)
 
hely said:
'You grab his he'll grab yours only he'll use his teeth' The lad ran of holding his bits    and William and even looked at him


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It was supposed to say

and William hadn't even looked at him :oops:
 
I can feel for you, I have had some experiences myself, and I think its difficult when its a younger person like us, although im a little older than you (21) and especially if its an experience with an older person.

Like everyone here my dog is so friendly and really loves people, ive never seen her be aggressive to any person or other animal. She does however chase bikes, she runs along side them and barks, she doesnt jump up and when the bike stops she just walks away. In the summer when I took her to the public park, like I do alot, it has 3 main entrances that I constantly watch, there is lots of space and she loves to go there and play with other dogs, but I always watched the entrances for bikes etc.. but one day a bike with a young girl about 11 came from in the bushes and I didn't have time to catch her, so off she went chasing this bike, and the girl started screaming. I went in to panic mode, quickly put Penny back on her lead and went back to apologise and explain to the people, but they didn't speak much English so im not sure if they fully understood.

A second time, for some reason, if we pass people with dogs, she is fully interested in the dog and doesn't seem to be too interested in their owners, but if there is someone just walking down the park on their own, this is when she seems to have an interest, although she doesn't always, she often runs up to people. In the summer, I was walking with her and she walked passed someone quite the thing, but then she decided she wanted to go back and play so she jumped up at him and started wagging her tail and going into play mode. Well he was not happy.

Whats worse as I have this bad obsessive habit that when things like that happen I dwell on them, so now I've got that out my system!

What I do now is we have places where we can let her off where no one goes, but I always like going to the park now and again so she can run around and play, so what I do is I only let her off when there is a dog to play with and its quiet, and im constantly watching the entrances. Its a shame as she means to harm and wouldn't hurt anyone but I understand that not everyone likes dogs and it can be frightening. She just wants to say hello and be everyone’s friend.

What I think is worse than your dog running up to them boys is the verbal abuse you got, I really can't stand cheeky kids.

And Oakmoorehill, I can’t believe someone would be so cruel to try and do that to poor William. I really don't understand people at times.

Oooops, that went on a bit longer than I though, just want you to know your not the only one who has had this experience.
 
It is sad that you can't let a friendly dog go up to people, but some children are genuinely frightened of dogs and would be terrified of a strange dog running up to them.

I have to watch Taz like a hawk, he loves children and would go up to them for a fuss if I let him, but he's a big dog and moves at about 35mph which I can understand could be quite alarming for anyone who didn't know him (his brakes aren't that good either, so people are probably right to be worried..... :- " )

There's no excuse for the bad language from the older boy, though :(
 
It's just getting to the stage where you can't let your dogs off the lead anymore and kids and dogs aren't allowed to mix.

I'm off to a council meeting tonight to support our local group of dog walkers to try and prevent proposals to ban dogs off lead in our local park. :(

I personally don't let Stan off lead in the park any more anyway, as he's just not reliable with other dogs and occasionally barks in excitement at small kiddies running around, but Fred still needs his daily run.

It's all very frustrating isn't it? I do sympathise :huggles:
 
Jaydiiee said:
Walking Pepa and Phoebe Today on the field, and let them off like usual. And two little lads were walking across the field. Pepa goes up to say hello like she has always does to everyone but the littlelittle kiddy with him starts screaming he must have been about 5-6years old. and his older brother about 10-11years old so i run up and got pepa by the collar, apologizing. I was walking away and as i did so i got called all the names under the sun, by the older boy, i felt sorry for his little brother having to hear it all. I felt that if i hadnt have ran over and got pepa they would have kicked her or something as the older one was getting angry. I do know why he was angry but, he must have walked around the field as they are loads of routes,and he must have known that every minute of the day there are dogs off there leads on the field. I also remember pepa doing the same thing like running up and saying hello when she was a puppy and she did actually get kicked by a lad about my age, 14, Pepa wasnt hurt she just ran to me tail between her legs and it made me angry, the lad ran and i shouted after him yelling him 'Yer, you better run!'. It didnt stop pepa from doing it again. And im sure neither has todays experienced but every person she has said hello to she has been stroked accept these 3 people, so im not going to stop her from doing it.

There are ovbiously people who can argue that im wrong and that i shouldnt ler her do this ever ever again. But i know that pepa nor phoebe would attack anyone unless they hurt me or my mum or dad.ect. for protection but any stranger they wouldnt hurt and plus they have muzzles on, so they cant harm anyone anyway, and before you think they have muzzles because they bite people. thats wrong, they like to nip each other when they run together, so thats why.

Im sorry about this long rant, but i have to get it out of my system :D

One last thing,

Has anyone ever experienced anything like this with there dogs,

Thanks

Jade xx :huggles:

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Poor you!!

My Lurcher is the same,would lick children to death.I suppose with so much neg publicity about dogs and children,some people can be ignorant.As you say,you know your dogs,and i am sure you must have been upset.Don,t let it worry you,some strange ,and rude!!people out there.

Amandaxx :huggles:
 
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Nicola said:
It's just getting to the stage where you can't let your dogs off the lead anymore and kids and dogs aren't allowed to mix.
I'm off to a council meeting tonight to support our local group of dog walkers to try and prevent proposals to ban dogs off lead in our local park. :(

I personally don't let Stan off lead in the park any more anyway, as he's just not reliable with other dogs and occasionally barks in excitement at small kiddies running around, but Fred still needs his daily run.

It's all very frustrating isn't it? I do sympathise :huggles:

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Good luck with that Nicola ;)

And go william

and everyone else for sharing there eperiences ;)
 
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