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Originally Posted by
smokeybear
I think one of the key points in this thread is that you said:
While they were there, Lucky (who is ten years old, not bouncy and not remotely aggressive) wandered over to near where there were a group of three men and their dogs.
So, was this dog under control, it ignored the recall command, so perhaps some work is required by the owner of this dog as well, after all, depending upon your point of view, it may have been invading another dog's personal space?!
Does the responsibility for this incident lie SOLELY with the OTHER people?
I don't disagree with you
Apparently Lucky didn't actually go up to them, he just wandered over to the part of the park where they were.
But Lucky's recall is terrible and my brother's GF never keeps him on a long line
All of that being said, from what my brother says, Lucky wasn't that close to the dog before it literally hurtled over to him and sank its teeth into his neck...
But I agree with you, if Lucky had come back when my brother recalled him, this
might have been avoided.
Also I think that - rightly or wrongly - in parks there are always going to be dogs that do wander over to greet other dogs. If someone does know that their dog will respond violently to another dog's approach, then really the aggressive/defensive dog ought to be leashed or muzzled OR a warning shouted out to the owner of the approaching dog.
I agree that in an ideal world, we would all have dogs who either had perfect recall OR who were kept on long lines - I keep my own dog on a long line precisely out of fear of an incident such as Lucky has now experienced.
But it's not an ideal world and I think these men KNEW their dog was aggressive.