How to give your owner a heart attack.......

I'm looking after my sister's JR for a week and took her for her usual afternoon long walk in my local park today. She was off lead in the park as she has a good recall and is well-trained (mostly be me! ). The park is a well-known dog walking area and I've been taking her there to try and socialise her as she is nervous around other dogs. She has begun to let other dogs sniff her and I try to be always calm when she is approached by another dog. But.....

We were in the park today and she was off-lead, just poddling along, sniffing stuff. I spotted a big, fluffy dog about 100 yards away heading towards us at a rapid gallop. I called my JR and she came straight to me. I could hear the BFD's owner calling and calling and calling and being completely ignored. The BFD came flying up to my dog, rolled her and then mounted her. She jumped up and ran behind my legs. I tried to block the BFD but he barged me out of the way and tried to mount my dog again. At which point she took off. So, there's two owners chasing their dogs but of course they outran the humans by miles. But the scarey thing is... there is a main road near the park which we cross to get home and my heart was in my mouth, imagining the worst.....

When I got to the entrance of the park, I could see the BFD had been caught by his owner who then just walked away! I was so ! I got to the road, listening for car brakes or anyone screaming but there was no sign anything bad had happened. I asked a woman if she had seen a JR and four people told me she had run across the road and away. Gulp! From the direction they all pointed, I knew she was heading home. By the time I got home, I could see OH talking to the BFD owner, who then came and apologised profusely to me. I wanted to smack him in the mouth but he was so apologetic I didn't feel I could! I did say the dog needed training though and he had the gall to say 'Oh this dog's terrible, he never listens to anything anyone tells him...'

Luckily my dog is ok. She calmed down a lot quicker than I did!

what a scary incident so glad that your wee jack is ok..

By the way love the abbreviation BFD !! LOL

Well when I got a proper look at him, he was only a pup really. Just a very big, fluffy, boisterous mongrel!

Glad to hear you're both ok-what a traumatic experience for you both-I'm looking after my brother's lab. Sam next week for 2 weeks and after your experience i'm going to take extra care when we are out walking as Sam doesn't know the area where I live-he lives in Derbyshire, and if he ran off he wouldn't have a clue where he was going-hoping my Hatti is going to show him the ropes!!!!

I think that would be a good idea! You never know what can happen on a dog walk..... I shall definitely be keeping an eye out for BFD today!