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by candis on 02 February 2009 - 15:02
Oh I know exactly what your saying there.. I had a guy send his little dog in a full attack after me and my gsd.. I looked at the guy and told him he was insane! He said what? I said one snap and your dog is dead. Oh no can you control your dog? Of course I can! Can you? Off we walked.. Some people are just to stupid!
by Langhaar on 04 February 2009 - 07:02
My youngest dog has travelled all over the UK with me since he was 7 weeks old; we train at hotels, motorway service stations, public parks, beaches, car parks, etc etc etc
This is how you get the Martini Dog (any time, any place anywhere)!
This is how you get the Martini Dog (any time, any place anywhere)!
by Langhaar on 04 February 2009 - 07:02
My youngest dog has travelled all over the UK with me since he was 7 weeks old; we train at hotels, motorway service stations, public parks, beaches, car parks, etc etc etc
This is how you get the Martini Dog (any time, any place anywhere)!
This is how you get the Martini Dog (any time, any place anywhere)!
by jayne241 on 04 February 2009 - 08:02
Once I was out with my dog (off-leash) and a woman on the other side of the parking lot was with a group of kids about kindergarten age, and a dog, about the size of a pit bull. One of the little girls was holding the dog's leash, one of those retractable things. The dog came running toward my dog, the little girl dropped the leash (of course!), I stepped in front of my dog and the other dog wrapped his leash around my legs as I tried to grab his leash. It was all I could do to hold him inches from my dog, as my dog just looked at him. The woman came and got him, glaring at me cus my dog was off leash (my dog never left my side). She never apologized. The rope burn from the leash took 6 months to heal.
And I've had men with Chihuahuas grab their dogs and give me the ugliest looks, while my dog is sniffing trees and not even glancing in their direction. So I had a vicious dog without him even LOOKING at the Chihuahua!
And I've had men with Chihuahuas grab their dogs and give me the ugliest looks, while my dog is sniffing trees and not even glancing in their direction. So I had a vicious dog without him even LOOKING at the Chihuahua!
by steve1 on 04 February 2009 - 16:02
I probably give some such a look when they go to pet one of the dogs i frighten them off anyway
Nothing to do with Dogs but i was shopping once in a supermarket and these three kids were running about bashing into the trollies or wheelie baskets
I scowled at them and the mother said you have no patience with children
I replied, i have but they could cut themselves as the basket is up to face level for the kids
She said to me, i do not think so, then she said
YOU WERE A CHILD ONCE
I replied
Madam' I was never born a child'
She went off mumbling
I thought to myself afterwards, I must have a Scowly face, but it does come in handy sometimes
Steve
Nothing to do with Dogs but i was shopping once in a supermarket and these three kids were running about bashing into the trollies or wheelie baskets
I scowled at them and the mother said you have no patience with children
I replied, i have but they could cut themselves as the basket is up to face level for the kids
She said to me, i do not think so, then she said
YOU WERE A CHILD ONCE
I replied
Madam' I was never born a child'
She went off mumbling
I thought to myself afterwards, I must have a Scowly face, but it does come in handy sometimes
Steve
by Mindhunt on 05 February 2009 - 02:02
I just keep smiling and thinking "with three big shepherds, my friends shepherds and one friend with pigs.....they will never find the body" tee hee hee. Stupid people. Goes right with the time my son was a toddler and another older child walked up to my son (who was playing with his fire engine) and hit him. Before I could even get over there, hitting boy's dad walks over and gives his kid one hell of a head wack and said
drum roll please .........."WE DON'T HIT PEOPLE".
drum roll please .........."WE DON'T HIT PEOPLE".
by angusmom on 05 February 2009 - 02:02
mindhunt - i wish i could say that i've never said that to my son after giving him a whack, but
. sometimes we say (really stupid) things without thinking...i have learned (a little).
i've taken angus out since he was a big fuzzball and gone thru training anywhere and everywhere. private is great - we all want our dogs to behave at home, but PUBLIC is so very important with our "vicious" dogs. i've been really lucky, the overwhelming majority of people have responded very well to angus. maybe it's cuz he's a "cuddly" longcoat, i don't know.
he's also what some trainers have called a "neutral" - he doesn't seem to raise aggression in most other dogs. i do try to be selective with people just coming up to pet him, but most have been pretty good about asking first. i once had a woman in a petsmart with a shih tzu or something whose dog was pulling at his (retractable) leash, barking and growling at angus, who was in a sit at my side. she started to get all huffy and the woman who worked there scolded her and said" he's behaving, just because your dog is small doesn't mean he shouldn't be trained!". good for her. i've also had people with dogs or puppies chase me down so theirs could meet mine. angus loves to meet other (friendly) dogs. he really doesn't know what to do with an aggro one. but, they don't know that he's a big marshmallow, so i try to warn them not to just run up to any dog. maybe they listen, maybe they don't...
angus just got his therapy certification and we were able to go into and thru a restaurant to the outside patio with our dogs. the waitress didn't want them in the restaurant, but the owner said "sure". we made sure our dogs were "perfect". our whole lunch we had them on a down stay (except for a few moments when the texas blue lacy sang for some treats). i think any place is an opportunity to train and show what a good dog looks like...
. sometimes we say (really stupid) things without thinking...i have learned (a little).i've taken angus out since he was a big fuzzball and gone thru training anywhere and everywhere. private is great - we all want our dogs to behave at home, but PUBLIC is so very important with our "vicious" dogs. i've been really lucky, the overwhelming majority of people have responded very well to angus. maybe it's cuz he's a "cuddly" longcoat, i don't know.
he's also what some trainers have called a "neutral" - he doesn't seem to raise aggression in most other dogs. i do try to be selective with people just coming up to pet him, but most have been pretty good about asking first. i once had a woman in a petsmart with a shih tzu or something whose dog was pulling at his (retractable) leash, barking and growling at angus, who was in a sit at my side. she started to get all huffy and the woman who worked there scolded her and said" he's behaving, just because your dog is small doesn't mean he shouldn't be trained!". good for her. i've also had people with dogs or puppies chase me down so theirs could meet mine. angus loves to meet other (friendly) dogs. he really doesn't know what to do with an aggro one. but, they don't know that he's a big marshmallow, so i try to warn them not to just run up to any dog. maybe they listen, maybe they don't...
angus just got his therapy certification and we were able to go into and thru a restaurant to the outside patio with our dogs. the waitress didn't want them in the restaurant, but the owner said "sure". we made sure our dogs were "perfect". our whole lunch we had them on a down stay (except for a few moments when the texas blue lacy sang for some treats). i think any place is an opportunity to train and show what a good dog looks like...
by Mindhunt on 05 February 2009 - 21:02
Angusmom, that is great, congratulate Angus for me. I have had more than my share of "bad parenting moments" and when my son was young, he wrote a book called "How to Tell of Your Mommy is a Pod Mommy" (that is what I get for letting him watch an old movie) which was very creative and quite funny. He has also threatened me with showing up on Oprah or Jerry Springer (all in fun of course).
Back to the original topic of obedience in public places. I too have had some really good experiences and some not so good. I try to remember my mom and her misconception about "locking jaws" so I use every opportunity to teach people about dog/human relations.
and when my son was young, he wrote a book called "How to Tell of Your Mommy is a Pod Mommy" (that is what I get for letting him watch an old movie) which was very creative and quite funny. He has also threatened me with showing up on Oprah or Jerry Springer (all in fun of course). Back to the original topic of obedience in public places. I too have had some really good experiences and some not so good. I try to remember my mom and her misconception about "locking jaws" so I use every opportunity to teach people about dog/human relations.
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