I don't mind either way. Woody is friendly enough, but he is so interested in the world its rare he stops to play. His recall is spot on so if we're approaching someone that doesn't look right (dog on lead, owner stiffens etc) I'll just call him back and pop him on. Usually he goes around them anyway.

He's not a fan of being mobbed so I will usually call him away if it's a big or boisterous group though.

Your walk sounds bliss! Miss the dunes!

Dutch loves meeting other dogs, its just a shame we never meet any nice ones! (unless I go on a Dogsey walk, of course!)
I couldnt tell you the amount of times we have been approached by offlead dogs and they have snapped at Dutchs face or body, and then I get the blame because my dog is aggressive!

Its got to the point where if I see an offlead dog in the park we leave, just incase. And its so sad becuase he doesnt get to play and he so badly wants to play!

My 2 are good with other dogs can't remember the last time I had any issues with dogs out on a walk. Saying that though I don't let them go to every dog we meet I will call them back if a dog is on lead. If the other walker keeps coming I let mine carry on too.

We met a Great Dane on a walk once and my 2 were sniffing and having a chat. The owner was really pleased as she said so often other owners were afraid to let their dogs near hers because of his size

One look from Daisy puts most dogs off any untoward approaches. There`s something about GSD bitches that puts other dogs on their best behaviour, I`ve found.
And Shamus is a Big Boy so makes other owners nervous - even though he`s the biggest wuss out, making huge detours round little dogs in case they eat him.
So no, we`ve never experienced trouble. Daisy stops and greets other dogs sometimes, and Shamus occasionally finds another who is a nutty as himself and has a play, but our life (touch wood) is largely peaceful.

I have a friend with a couple of Rotties - they are lovely boys - but she gets people running away screaming

She feels very similar - the feeling being that dogs of certain breeds have to be extra well behaved

I have found that the majority of the park (town) i go to accept it, and leave them to it. At first, i noticed that people were fast at calling their dogs off, but that was purely coz they didnt know if the other owner would be annoyed... now everyone knows each other, we are all pretty much ok to just let them get on with it coz we know the others dont mind and the dogs are just being dogs.

I agree, we have two rotties who walk in the park and some other owners freak out and actually walk right out the park when they see them...

I have only seen one dog around here not on lead and he is very old, slow and just plods along beside his owner. At the beach 4 miles down the road people tend to put their dog on lead as any people and dogs approach, ask if dogs are friendly, if so let them off, if not walk to opposite end of beach.

When i was knocked over by the deerhound it was where i used to live, in smaller towns and villages (i have found) dog owners are more responsible.

(just my opinion based on my experience's)

Kiba would think he'd died and gone to heaven. He /loves/ other dogs and the ones I have out with me are never enough so he has to go see every other dog around as well. He sounds very much like Zeff actually, he loves meeting and greeting other dogs, but is more wary of groups of people. But Zeff probably has much better recall!

So Kiba would love it and I'd be standing somewhere half a mile away wishing I'd kept him on lead because I'd never get him back!

We're getting there with the recall again now though...slowly but surely.

I tend to take Kiba and my walking dogs up onto the Salisbury Plains where it's so big you don't really meet many other people and dogs except at the car parks. Kiba is a very well socialised dogs, but unfortunately people tend to get a bad impression of him when he runs over to say hello to their dog and think he's going to eat them

Possibly.....I am very much of the school of thought being that if you ain't gonna win don't try - so Zeff has a fab recall if you look at it that way!

Well with me when I walk in the park its common to see other dogs, and they are generally allright (it just depends on how the other dog, Honey has a three second rule to sniffing when she is on the lead, if the dog goes too far over that or is rude, or worse a humper she tells them to get lost) Diesel is generally a friendly dog, although if there has been a lot of squirrels he can be distracted and have a lot of energy and excitment in him because he has a good prey drive, and he can be less tolerable of other dogs in this state.

When we are walking off lead in the meadows or by the river its rare to meet another dog, and generally when they do its off lead, and its very rare to get aggression there, but they can try to play and scare other dogs, which always leaves me with my heart in my mouth when another dog is running scared and they think its a chase me game (most the time the other owners ignore it, and recall is bad at this time but if the other dogs are off lead and running towards us I find it can be safer and easier at this time to let mine off because of Honey's past aswell).