Lovely dog, strange owner (as usual)

Was out walking my two, and we'd been on the beach; when I saw a woman walking a stunning chocolate Dobe on a lead.

I called my 2 back, put them on lead and made them sit (as Max is "funny" when on lead.

The lady slowed when getting towards us and I called out that her dog was lovely (he was absolutely beautiful). We had a little chat, and she was very nice and obviously Dobe-mad

Then she asked if it was me she had seen with my 2 dogs "charging all over the beach", so I said yes, I let them off lead on the beach, as they can let off steam out of everyone's way.

She leant her head towards her dog and said "titanium legs.... both back ones". I said "Pardon?"

She explained that because her boy (who was 15 months and about 7 or 8 stone in weight) was so large, his legs had given out due to his weight. He'd had metal rods in both his back legs to strengthen them.

She looked over my two and said, looking specifically at Murphy "that's what he'll need if you let him run around like that"

I must have looked at her a bit funny, as she said that Murphy looked like his legs and joints were under a lot of pressure and I shouldn't let him run around off lead like that until he was 2 or 3.... (by this point Murphy was laying on his back doing a roody-doody ). She said that her boy wasn't allowed off lead except in the garden anymore.

I just sort of "humphed" and said "right, best be off then"

Wasn't quite sure what to say when a complete stranger tells you that your dog will need new back legs if you let it off lead

Verrry odd!
Teagan hasn't got metal legs yet!

Strange woman , My three ear around like loons all the time , And non of mine have titanium legs yet lol xxdk

Hope my boy doesnt need...metal legs!
Hes only 12 months and runs round like a looney when he plays wiith is doggie mates!
Better ALWAYS...keep him on lead then!

Maybe he got too much exercise as a puppy and had to get hip replacements

None of mine have metal legs either and I would have thought running on sand wouldn't do much harm as it's usually soft, mind you it knackers me

very odd lol mine have three runs a day and im GLAD to let them off the lead ,to run riot ,because they are dogs ,and thats what dogs do if you see her comeing again RUN OFF

lol very odd! maybe he had problems cos his so big???

was her dog overweight or something? very strange..

The amount Bryan runs round off lead he'll need 4 metal legs!

Strange woman!

My OH has a titanium rod in his leg, he broke it in several places when he fell off his motorbike.