I'm so sorry Donna you had such a horrible experience. Try not to let is knock your confidence, it wasn't your fault at all. Our puppies are at that adolescent stage and Bess, like Buddy, just loves to greet other dogs and play ... she generally flops down on her back submissively and gets covered in dirt and leaves!:laugh: I only let her go and greet if I'm sure it will be well received and the other dog will be fine with it. We do meet quite a lot of "regulars" on walks.

Re calling her back, I find it's only successful if I call her the minute she thinks of running off (if she's already half way there it's unlikely to work). She's very food oriented so knowing she will get something for coming back helps. But the biggest help is using a whistle (four sharp pips), it seems to work much better than calling her name. I have the whistle handy at all times while walking.

My dog trainer said to make the whistle useful you should use it every time you feed the dog at home and do this for a fortnight.

Just keep being consistent, the adolescent phase will pass. :hug:

 

Hi Donna,so sorry to hear about your awful experience,what a horrible man!! What he should have done was stop and wait for you to get buddy instead of swearing and shouting like that,especially in front of a child and he surely must be breaking the law kicking buddy,thats animal abuse! Dont let idiots like that put you off,a long line lead does sound like a dab idea,hope it goes well and big hugs to buddy xxx

 

Hi hope youre feeling a bit better,its not worth letting some ignorant git upset you as everyone says you didnt do anything wrong its awful to say but there is quite a few people like that,my buddy is not very good off the lead he just thinks everyone wants to play,lve kept him on his extending lead for the last 2wks its just hit and miss if he comes when called or not and he just loves people and he expects them to love him but obviously not everyone does they are so lovable dogs its hard to understand anyone that doesnt like them.

 

That's a disgrace, I think I would have been in such a temper that I would have reported him,
What a pleb,
He was obviously the insecure owner, and not you.

Hugs and kisses. Cockapoo style. X


Jeanie x

 

Donna, Izzy has always had a great recall, but just today some rabbits were apparently far more exciting than me, or the treats she knew I had in my pocket. I think adolesence is kicking in with avengence. I remember when we got our pups, a few people here were going through this stage, and the long lead seemed to be the way to go. I am anticipating Izzy being in season soon, and intend to do a lot of lead training then, meanwhile, I am getting my house line out, and working on her recall.
Hope you, Mia and Buddy are all ok tonight :hug:

 

The way that man reacted was ridiculous. I probably would have lost it if i saw someone kicking my dog! Your poor little girl too. How awful.

Someone asked if you are never supposed to let your dog of lead in public and around here you aren't allowed. There is a leash by-law here and every park has a sign that says dogs must be on a leash at all times. Hence the reason for the dog parks we have around here. I do let Olive off leash is a huge nature park near my house as do other dog owners, but we're breaking the law as there is a big sign saying not to do that. Technically i could be fined for that. Last year a handful of people complained to our town about people letting their dogs off leash in the park and in a way i see their point. I personally don't mind a friendly dog coming up to me, but a lot of people don't and i hate when big dogs charge at me and my kids.

As a new dog owner i see the side of dog owners too. I love walking off leash with Olive. So much that i break the law to do it! I do not live in a dog friendly place at all.

 

What a horrible experience, I wonder if the guy was actually a bit nervous of other dogs himself but shows it through aggression, absolutely no excuse to act like he did though, especially around your daughter. Last year we looked after a border terrier a few weekends who was dog aggressive - if a pup bounced over to us I would shout to the owners that ours wasn't friendly. I certainly didn't yell at them. one occasion was difficult when a bouncy cocker pup was quite a way from her owners but when they finally got her we were all saying sorry to each other! That guy was obviously just an uneducated ******* (fill in word of your choice!)

 

Thanks everyone for the kind words,i think i underestimated how unpsetting this was for Mia she woke up in the night crying having a nightmare!

Im so angry im a very respossible owner (hence the reason i have been talking about how to better train Buddy when other dogs are around) but the more i think about it the more i believe this man was the problem.

Whenever Buddy's ran off to say hello the owner will stop let the dogs play while i catch up we will chat while they have fun and 9 times out of 10 i will pop his lead on and carry on walking.Shouting and screaming and kicking only seemed like a game to Buddy making him run around even more!

 

Poor Mia!!!!! I hope she manages to forget that idiot quickley.
Weller used to do this too and try as I might I couldn't get him to stop, the only thing that stopped him was a a couple of serious tellings off by other dogs. ( I am not recommending you just let Bud do what he wants and get himself into trouble) . Just that I really struggled to curb my dogs natural excitment and curiosity. All training went out the window when something fun was happening but he grew up and now has brilliant doggy manners. He approaches but gives space, if he gets a bad vibe he gives the dog a wide bearth, or if a good vibe tigger bounces over to say hello.
However this whole episode has more to do with the owner than the dogs. I think this man could do with some more socialisation!!!

 

Ha ha Karen i agree!

What i dont understand is that i think Buddy has fab manners if he sees a dog approaching he lies on the ground he will then go up and have a sniff if the dog seems like he wants to play yes he will play but if he has a go at him he will give it space,he has met lots of different dogs little and small and im always amazing at how different he is with each one ,he's had very full on dogs jump on top of him (just very agressive play fighting nothing more) and he's lied on his back till theve gone ,he knows what to do in certain situations.This is way i thought the dogs were fine playing together they both looked happy??

 

Ha ha Karen i agree!

What i dont understand is that i think Buddy has fab manners if he sees a dog approaching he lies on the ground he will then go up and have a sniff if the dog seems like he wants to play yes he will play but if he has a go at him he will give it space,he has met lots of different dogs little and small and im always amazing at how different he is with each one ,he's had very full on dogs jump on top of him (just very agressive play fighting nothing more) and he's lied on his back till theve gone ,he knows what to do in certain situations.This is way i thought the dogs were fine playing together they both looked happy??

 

Hey Donna, sorry that you had such a terrible experience
Vincent is very similar, he wants to run up to every dog and play wherever he is :/ At the weekend I almost had a 'Fenton, Jesus Christ Fenton' moment when he manage to get onto a golf course...................

It the unfortunate truth that about 50% of dog owners have no idea how to look after their dog, no training, no socialisation, no manners. As sad as it is I think that everyone will, at one point, have a similar experience with either a bad owner or a bad dog.

As responsible dog owners we have to work extra hard to ensure our dogs are well behaved and are good dogs!

I'm not saying you're not working hard here, in my mind you did everything you could have done in the situation. It is incredibly unfair on Buddy to keep him on the lead all the time, if he's anything like Vincent he loves to bound and run and speed around! I think you're doing it all right! Don't lose confidence, Buddy is a fab dog and other owners should learn from you!

 

Hope you have a lovely walk today Buddy, Donna & Mia xxxx

 

What a terrible experience. If Buddy had been jumping up at a small child then I perhaps might have understood but really ....

I think I would have reported him. Just in case there have been other incidents - I realise that you don't know him from Adam but it might help if others have been affected.

I had a similar experience once (not with a dog) when I parked outside someones house (it was just a residential street - no restrictions) and man blocked me in while I was unloading my middle son into his pushchair. I asked him to not get so close while I took the pram out of the boot and he kept reversing so I gently knocked on his car to show he was too close. He leaped out hurling abuse in front of me & son and took my number plate & reported me !!! The police came to my houdse (because they had to) but said that he was already on their books as a trouble maker !!! It affected me quite badly as I was in the throes of depression at the time.

So I do hope that you can put it behind you & that you can explain to your daughter that there are some very strange & angry people in the world.

 

Hugs Donna what a dreadful experience One of my fears for my new pup will be off the lead walking. I know dogs jump up and I know that kids get scared and I want to try and nip that in the bud asap. But as for playing with other dogs.. bizarre reaction from the man. He's probably just a very aggressive person in all walks of life.. would hate to work with him or be his wife!!!! xxx

 

Just had a nice walk kept Bud on the long lead (felt a bit sorry for him though),we only met one dog and she was lovely it was quite funny there were three old men with her and because Bud was on the long lead we were all playing jump rope!
I told them what had happen hence the reason Bud was on the lead and they were all shocked ,Buddy played nicely then came when i called him perfect!!! The men were walking towards the field where the attack was and shouted "dont worry if we see him we'll kick him for you " which made me laugh !

Jo jo just want to say thanks for the review of the hooves i ordered Bud a load and some pigs ears.

 

So pleased you had a good walk today Donna ... really upset me about yesterdays walk .. grrr

We have hooves everywhere today .. think the girls have 6 of them around the house in the garden ... warning they really hurt when dropped on bare feet ... Picnic is a toady for coming up to be all proud with her hoof then drops it right on my toes .. ouch ... but worth it to see them enjoying them for so long .. really long lasting .. enjoy your hoof Buddy xxx

 

I ve given Buddy two pigs ears so far but when ive come to look for them i cant find them im assumeing he's ate them quite quickly???? Or i may find them hidden somewhere in weeks to come?

Yep the hooves last a long time

 

Picnic can eat a pigs ear so quickly ... she has it down to a fine art now lol ... Honey sniffs and takes her time, she is so lady-like whereas Picnic is like me ... I must have that last wedge of cake

Really pleased Buddy is being spoilt with pigs ears and hooves