small dog and small dog owner behavoir - Page 2

Your dog belongs on a prong or choke collar not a harness. The harness is only going to build her up in this type of situation.

off the topic can someone tell me which avatar I have now? to me I still see wolf but its wide set now..also anyone else is having avatar issue when they change it?...

this is what i see....

Take a riding crop with you and smack the shit out of every small dog that gets within range......the stupid owners will learn to avoid you........Tell the cops that you were afraid of being bitten as they where exhibiting aggression.

I was walking my old Aussie and one of those little shits (a Boston Terrier came running up and  bit (unprovoked) the under belly of my her  -  I had to kick the dog as hard as I could several times to get it to let go. There was blood everywhere! 28 staples were used to put her back together.

The cops were waiting when we got home, and the lady was ticketed for having a dangerous dog, and not having it under control. Then they almost threw her in prison for screaming at them.

Weeks later that same dog came running and I wacked in right in the face with the crop, it make a "U" turn and screamed all the way home. Once again the cops came for a visit and this time the dog went to the pound and the lady went for a car ride. There was no avoiding them, since they lived only 2 doors away.

OH and the owner didn't pay for the vet bills - of course!

LF, your avatar shows a GSD now...

THANK YOU shady lady....

I agree with most all I have read here, especially the complaints about the little ankle biters and their owners.  However, I saw with my own two eyes a woman correct her JR terriers righteously.  Someone else was walking on the other side of the street from her with their dog and she had her JRs on a brace/single leather leash (not one of those stupid retractable things that I hate so much).  She was also pushing a baby stroller with a small child in it.  Her dogs went typical terrier behavior when they saw the other dog.  She immediately put the brake on the stoller, stepped up close behind the dogs and yanked them up into the air by their leads and gave a firm shake and yelled for them to shut up.  They protested just a bit and she did it again, very loudly and very firmly told them NO.   They calmed right down and she continued on her way.  I all but stood up and applauded her.  I was beautiful to see.  Brought a tear to my eye. 
RLHAR...too funny.  Me too.  Punt to kill. 

I'm not sure what kind of damage it would do...and I really don't want to hurt a dog...but I'm tempted to carry that long distance wasp spray.  You can head them off at the pass with that stuff from several feet away.  I wouldn't mind using it on a pit simply because of the damage those dogs can do.  I've noticed a few of them being walked in the neighborhood.  If their owners didn't wear their pants down around their knees and their hats on sideways I probably wouldn't be too concerned about it.  They gots them a tough dog so that makes them tough.  Funny, they tend to shy away from my PO-LICE dog.  I had a young man tell me matter of factly that my B/T GSD was not a GSD but rather a po-lice dog because she is mostly black...that's how you can tell.  LOL 

DebiSue..you must live in the south...LOOOL...

I agree with most of the comments. IMO, I'm not saying you don't have the right to walk down the street but if it's an ongoing thing is there no other place to walk? Now hold on don't get upset. If that's THE only street and you don't have time to drive a couple blocks over and walk or drive to another location then I would make an honest effort to attempt to talk to the other dog owners and voice my concerns. If I did that it would only be once as I did make an attempt. Now I know how the majority of small breed owners are but I DID make an attempt. Try and become friends with some and see if you guys can "train" together? You could be the "instructor" and you might (maybe) see them say "I never knew?" or "I always wanted well behaved dogs like yours, I just didn't know how to do it." Neighbors/neighborhoods are funny. The bottom line is "Not a bad dog, a bad owner" because WE know if that little shit was ours there's no way he/she would be acting like that!

 Thank you for all your tales (or tails ) of small dog syndrome. Apart from my dog - who I love and want to be a well behaved and love and accept all other dogs - I was prompted to rant  also about so often seeing on the rescue sites GSDs who are perfect in every way - except ' dont like small dogs' - and I wondered - is there a connection with them and the small dogs they they have encountered
They are all dogs and we should (and probably mostly do) love and care for them and wish them no harm but when the owners become involved...................
anyway  my Lola is a sweet dog - I am probably the aggressive one! 
Thank you for listening to my subject and replying in such a good and informative way

I know where you are coming from 99% of small dogs near me are neurotic and have no manners their owners are not much better either! excuses after excuses, last one was 'he only wants to play and it is common knowledge dogs bark at other dogs"  B***S*** only neurotic and fearful dogs do this, bark at every dog it sees, most are too lazy to train, some even too lazy to exercise them and just throw them out on the street.