What do you do when your dog is on lead and another bounds up to it,??

Thought i would ask as i have a collie that is on lead due to reacting to other dogs who walk by her by lungeing and another young lurcher who is off lead that has great recall and wants to play with every dog he sees..he is starting to learn how to approach in a less ill mannered way,but today in the dog walking area we walked by a couple with there dog on a lead i called shadow who came back and as they passed i then let shadow go who turned and got a sniff at this dog who reacted as i thought he may,snarling,trying to lunge,i recalled shadow who was coming anyway and the man went to kick my dog........,ok i should have kept hold of shadow a bit longer,but to try to kick him??i think the man was scared that some damage could be done,so maybe thats why,he had his dog pulled up tight in front of him with his two front legs off the ground??

so given this situation,i should have controlled shadow but also want him to learn and socialise more and he has other dogs on this walk that he plays with so wont lead him all the time,it just got me thinking what do i do when dogs approach evie,,and seeing the mans reaction with his dog made me see how that is easily betrayed to the dog.
When other dogs approach eve on her lead i try to remain calm i try to let the other dog who thankfully up untill now has only been curious,or wanted to play approach her gently and sniff,she is fine with this as long as im calm and dont panick ,then the dog normally walks away its then that my dog reacts by trying to leap,cheecky mare,but actually in a nervous excited way,i think that she needs resocialising and am tryiing to do that,if i thought that she wanted to bite another dog then i would muzzle her,so any thoughts please,what do you do in either situation......

We have had many threads on this subject on here, basically if a dog is on a lead it is polite to either put your on one too or, if you have excellent off lead control, to not allow your dogs to approach them.

Keep your socialisation to dogs which are off lead. I LOATHE it when people say "he only wants to play" as though THEIR dogs have the "right of way" and we have no right to walk unmolested by their dogs.

Sorry, but you did ask...........

Yep sorry i agree, if i see someone with a dog on lead i always put mine on too. However, i would never kick someones dog unless i thought my dog was a risk of being attacked but it is really annoying when people just let their dogs come up to yours when they are on lead. My dogs are both fine with others but how does the other dogs owner know that ? I had it the other day, mine were onlead because we were in the woods car park and i don't let mine off until we get into the woods. A man came along with two off lead dogs, he said to me "its ok mine are friendly" so i said "no offence but mine may not be" but he still didn't get the message and just carried on !

You made a mistake and learnd a lesson, keep hold of him a little longer
You can also ask people while you are holding him if it is OK if he says hello

thankfully 90% of the time when an offlead dog runs up it is friendly and I drop Bens lead so he can intercept and give Mia a chance to say hello

The one time it wasnt friendly it all happend so fast that I had no time to do anything - I just sent Ben behind me and tried to grab the other dog while keeping a hold of Mia (she was on extendy lead so I couldnt drop her lead)
But if possible I would just drop the lead and give them a fair chance

I had the same thing happen to me the other week but the man wonted to kick me, it did upset me for the rest of the week, then next week my wife was with me and coming to wards us was this man with his dog, he was like a different man even stopped to chat.
Never underestimate the powers of a woman....
Reg

Thanks for the reply,i did ask you are right,the thing is im not really blaming this man for reacting in the way he did in some ways as i know i should have held shadow longer then i did,but i have a dog that reacts to other dogs and it just got me thinking about it would i act the same way as this man???would it be good for the situation,would it teach my dog anything positive,and the answer was no i dont and wouldnt act in this way,and yes i would be and am worried when other dogs approach mine.There are always dogs who are curious and will be so i suppose really i was asking what was the best way to react......
I will say that we had too pass eachother in a small little treck area so wasnt ideal to begin.

Well I generally have mine on a lead, or put them behind me, because if anyone is going to react to these dogs it is going to be ME not my dogs.

You have to do what is best for you and your dogs, I want my dogs to see ME as the risk assessor and leader who takes responsibility for situations and keeps them safe.

Bit harsh. Just let him go a bit soon. Had a quid for everyone who's leaded their dog then it's come back for an investigatory sniff I'd have next months dog food sorted.

Mine's quite often on lead to stop him whomping off after squirrels through the grass (which makes his eyes puff up and him sneeze and scratch like crazy - sure he's got hayfever!) so I don't mind him having a sniff and saying hello... and I DO tell people who lead their dogs approaching mine that it's fine, he's just on the lead for squirrel-related reasons - at which point they usually nod sympathetically and laugh!

There was a man in the Park yesterday with a spaniel who he picked up and carried every time another dog came into sight. He didn`t notice us coming up behind him so the spaniel got the chance to have a quck play with Scruffy.
You`ll know the guy next time.