lol I get the very quiet, barely audible whistles

I have had a guy 'act brave' jump out in front of us going 'big dobermann ooohh' whilst raising his hand (that had a bottle in it) the dog went mental and he fell into the fence oops

Also had a very burly looking drunk guy shout something crude, get no reaction, take a step towards me and see a dobe 'face to face' He suddenly went very quiet and toddled off. Amazing how quickly men can sober up

Mine has a big fluffy curly tail !

Things like this make me glad to be out of the UK. This is so symptomatic of society today. Bring back dog licences? If only those youths had rules boundaries and limitations!

When I used to live in London, there used to be many people I knew who ended up getting status dogs.

Now I have moved, dog fights etc are ever increasing there

I never used to get any abuse off those types of youths as i had a large blue staffy and they all used to come over and ask me a million questions and tell me what a 'sick' dog i had

At one point when i took in some rescue dogs i walked down the street at 5'2 with Milo (the staffy) a Bullmastiff, a wolf breed (who came past my hip) and a tiny Patterdale terrier puppy, quite an odd mix i just usually got 'is it crufts?' comments the only people who gave me abuse were people with small dogs who didn't like the fact my 'dangerous' dogs were offlead

the thought of these idiots made me smile....

LOL . I parked in the carpark at the park one afternoon and as I let the two terriers out of the car some lads started stamping their feet at them and trying to wind them up. Maisie started barking at them and backing off, so I let the dobe out of the car...

They disappeared very quickly.

Love it!! I can just picture the scene

made me smile all the way home
Some people are just such numpties

I shouldn't really smile about this....but couldn't help it!

Lots of kids ask if he bites, say no and they think they have ultimate rights to all grab at his collar, pet him, speak loudly at his ears....so today I just couldn't be bothered with it, they said from behind "he's huge!" so when one said "does he bite?" (to which I normally answer "no he doesn't") I said ( as I turned, they were behind me - with a straight face) "yes" and turned and kept walking......I really shouldn't have but I am just fed up having to explain to other peoples children that he does not bite and asking if he bites does not mean you can touch him, and then why not....

so wrong but so very easy

Your main concern ought to be the dog's (and your own) safety - just do whatever you must to keep him and yourself safe, screw what they think. As C&D said, they have sad pathetic lives - they really aren't worth the bother.

I would consider finding somewhere else to walk or, find someone to walk with so you're not alone. Do any of your neighbours or friends have dogs? They probably feel the same way as you regarding these idiots.

not really, i just have to cut down on the multiple short walks and go on fewer long and more rewarding walks. it just stuns me that a dog that barks at anything that passes by pulls cant even sit on command is "better" than a well behaving calm and contained CC is not. anyway need to forget about it thinking of joining a local dog walking group.