Seriously!? People should have control of their dogs. It's that simple! I've seen someone walking their Chihuahua - the dog was going absolutely mental, lunging and barking madly at the traffic (ive never seen such a frenzied dog) while the owner was glued to their phone, completely ignoring the carry on. That lead just had to slip out of his hand and that dog would've been squished.
I use a front control harness on our dog if there's a chance she's going to get over excited while we are out (there are a lot of roaming dogs out here and she assumes they might want to play) but she's generally pretty good because I have put effort into training her. No dog is perfect but training is part of the responsibility of having a dog.
Anyway, I feel your frustration!
Exactly!!! That was my fear. Thankfully this owner shortened the leash up and was trying to hold her and didn't appear to be on his phone or have a flexi lead but still. They should work on training
It was this post except instead of the beginning I had why are people so annoying and why does no one train their dogs?
Probably not the best way to start it.
But people were saying I sounded stuck up or entitled, it wasn't actually on our property and nothing happened so what's the big deal, that at least he had the dog under control. Or like saying why am i getting mad for the dog sniffing at the corner not even near my driveway. And oh what if the dog is new to him or he's dog sitting or that everyone has bad days and I'm judging him or on my period or something. And also that because i didnt use my blinker that somehow means I'm a terrible driver and dangerous? Not even remotely relevant to the post. And yeah i should have used it but theres no cars on my road hardly and you have to be off the main road to get to our road anyway.
And also that I'm overreacting, being dramatic, nothing actually happened so why do I care and why so many what ifs, etc. Also mad about the middle aged means hard of hearing bit and tearing up over the do blinkers make noise bit.
We live near a busy road and i didnt want the dog getting hurt.
I get it, I could have worded it better and i suppose sounded pretty rude looking back but no need to be so mean. And I get it, the hearing thing and blinker thing were funny, i think I so too now, don't mind jokes, but to tear me up over a post?
I realize I probably did sound somewhat pretentious and dramatic and i shouldn't have started it with why are people so annoying if i was concerned about the dog but really?
Also people say i could've just honked or rolled my window down and said excuse me and it would have been solved.
Also said what the dog did was normal and I startled him. Yeah, even startled dogs shouldn't charge straight towards a car......
Reactivity isn't even that hard to fix. Usually.
Also yes I should have honked maybe but i don't like honking at people.
Also they were mad cause they interpreted it as dog was sniffing and guy didn't hear me right away and i freaked out? And no issue
I don't get how some guy was blocking my driveway and his dog lunged at ME yet i am the one at fault and a bad/dangerous driver and judgemental/snobby?????
But whatever, i need to stop thinking about it.
But do you think the below post is that bad???
I guess maybe it DOES sound a little rude and i couldve not posted it but it literally got like 200 comments.
And also we've had lots of people walk all the way down our driveway to where our yard starts, ignore the signs (no trespassing and dogs on premises), and sometimes let their dogs poop along our driveway or yard. So maybe i was a little bit harsher because of that but idk.
That's true! I do know some people like that where they are just annoying or childish or do the slightest things to annoy you purposely. Like grow up lol
However, this is about something else.
It also begs the second question:
Why does nobody train their dogs?
I was pulling into my driveway and there was this guy there right in the middle of the entrance to the driveway. He was letting his dog sniff which is slightly annoying since people do come down our driveway a lot but it was at the very beginning, kind of a corner, and not technically our driveay yet so whatever. But I stop, waiting for him to move. He doesn't move. Granted, I didn't have my signal on (are those audible from outside?) And I didn't open my window and say please move but still. My car is a Subaru, not loud but not exactly silent. Usually you hear cars. But okay, he was middle aged so maybe hard of hearing, whatever. But long story short, his dog, a little medium sized orange doodle mix of some kind, sees me and freaks out! Comes charging at my car! Then the guy finally is like oh there's a car there/notices his damn dog and moves out of my way and wraps the leash shorter and stuff. Meanwhile, his dog is barking and trying to get away to come after the car and he's trying to get him to stop and probably slightly embarrassed.
But like.... you should probably teach your dog not to lunge at and come after cars, dude!
I mean, I'm not even some stuck up jerk or something that thinks he's a bad owner, my own dog has been known to react to some dogs (working on that), but lunging at cars is just a safety hazard! He's lucky I was stopped cause that dog was at the end of his leash and almost in the road or maybe even was slightly in the road. If I hadn't been paying attention he could have been injured or killed.
Why does no one train their dogs? And why does no one pay attention to their dogs when walking them? Theoretically it could have been noticed BEFORE the dog got to me.
Oi vey.
Just a little frustration. Haha
And unfair. I don't blame you for being upset.
Thanks for the giggle too.
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That is a doctor you wanna keep … being only 15, she should be around for a while! 
