Except for restricted areas like tow-paths, pavements and the like then I consider someone approaching me as doing so under their own volition and not something that requires me to alter on or off lead status.

I have a reactive dog that I keep leashed so I am well aware of the irritations of owners who do not control their dogs. I expect other owners to show consideration but that consideration cuts both ways and if I see an owner with off-lead dogs I take a different path/direction or keep a distance. If people, like myself, with reactive dogs expect other owners to show us consideration then we must be equally considerate.



As described the OPs dog were under control.

Totally agree with this. Better a safe gun dog than one running off. You never know why they are onlead, so it is unfair to judge.

Nah, sorry. When I see an essex blonde with a croydon face lift and white boots picking her way across the country park with this year`s dog (weimie, - springers are so last year dahling) on a short lead, both immaculate, dog overweight, mad-eyed, slobbering with excitement, demented and sporting a diamante collar I reserve the right to judge.

I would certainly judge in that situation. Never seen that before. I was thinking about ordinary dog walkers.

They are ordinary round here! Well, them and the cheerful DINKYs with the designer crosses running amok. One brown dog ran up to me yesterday - body of a labrador, head of a spinone. It`s a labradoodle they said proudly. Yeah, right.

What's a Croydon facelift?

They are ordinary round here! Well, them and the cheerful DINKYs with the designer crosses running amok. One brown dog ran up to me yesterday - body of a labrador, head of a spinone. It`s a labradoodle they said proudly. Yeah, right.

What's a Croydon facelift?

Never mind.


What did we do before google?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croydon_facelift

I know this thread will start arguments, therefore i apologise now if anyone should take offence to my comments.

I was out this morning walking my two "erberts" before work. Jake (EBT) was sniffing around happily when something caught his attention, seconds later Jack stopped what he was doing and also looked in the same direction. I looked over to see what was so interesting and noticed a lady walking a Minature Terrier of some sort on a lead in the distance, By now my two had lost interest and where carrying on with their business. so i returned to my coffee and practicing my jedi mind tricks on the boys to do their thing so we could head back home.
A couple of minutes goes past and this lady walks past me with her dog, my boys started to amble over to say hello when all hell broke loose! This women starts screaming "NO NO NO NO YOU DON'T!" She picks her dog up and then to my complete astonishment turns to me and says i'm reporting you to the council for having out of control dogs!

I can honestly say i have never been so confused and angry all at the same time. I managed (through gritted teeth) to say "excuse me? could you explain to me EXACTELY how you interpretted my dogs actions as being out of control?" she said " i've seen these sorts of dogs in the paper their dangerous, they were about to attack my (i swear she actually said this) poochums i can tell"

What follow's is as true and as accurate as i can recall.

" You've seen them in the papers have you? wow that must make you the worlds foremost ( F word) expert on dog breeds and behaviour! what else did you read in the paper or do you just look at the pretty pictures?"
"Just out of interest, why do you keep your dog on the lead in the park?"
"i keep him on the lead because he gets so excited with the smells in the park he won't come back" was her reply.

I think i may have turned blue!

"Are you taking the (P Word)! you have the (F word) audacity to accuse my dogs of being out of control for no reason other than you saw a similar picture of a dog in a (F word) newspaper and you can't even teach your dog the simplest (F word) command in the book!"

I feel the need to describe the scene to you. My two dipsticks were sat down looking at me waiting to see when their walk could carry on occasional looking over at the the women carrying her now frantic "poochums" who was desperate to get down and play.

"You have no (F word) idea how to be a responsible dog owner, i'm a trained Army dog handler and take great pride in having two very well behaved and balanced dogs who as you can see are perfectly calm and happy, where as you haven't got a (F word) clue what your dog needs or wants and can't even get him to recall. He's in your arms now struggling to get down but it's already to late because if you did put him down now he's so hyped up HE would start a fight, all he knows is these dogs arrived and then you picked him up, therefore something is wrong and these dogs are the only possible cause. Your a (F word) idiot who is destroying what could be a lovely dog. Go and get some training lessons for you then take him along aswell!"

I left scene before i said something i would regret.
Any one else had an encounter with a moron?