"Don't pet my dog"....What would you have done? - Page 4

I agree completely with Rik.  Any dog that jumps on me is going to get corrected - and fast.  It is completely unacceptable to have a dog in public (or a puppy)  that is not under your control - especially if he's going to jump on people for any reason. 

If he's not on a leash, and not in your control - they you forfeit any primary disciplinary rights you my have had.  Keep him on a leash and under control and you won't hve to complain about other people's behavior.   

Rik, no my post was not stupid. You stated don't take your dog walking anywhere you have to ask permission...guess what, Lowes and wal mart do not allow dogs in their store here...Anubis was not off leash...why  would I have a dog off leash in public?  They would have allowed him in the fire dep also, and the leash was fairly tight, but the guy pretty much walked up to us doing that while I was talking to the other guy.  For any of you who thought he was off leash...don't bother posting your comments, I would never trust a puppy off leash in high traffic areas or most anywhere for that matter.  You also stated if I let him jump on your 1 year old....whatever you said.....I wouldn't allow him jumping on any child like that, and typically don't allow him to jump on people for that matter. I was in a conversation while the other guy did this,...yes I should have paid more attention, but hey, you live, you learn, right?  Theres no need for foolish comments. And to the comment earlier about Elite k9 they don't have any vests that would fit Anubis.

If you don't want a dog to jump on you, stay away from my dogs.    Some of your ideas of manners is not always what others allow.  I hope you teach your children and grand children NOT to run up to strange dogs, that is bad manners and dangerous for all involved.

GSDguy, get the patches and put them on your own vest or harness.

Most people even ones who own dogs dont really understand how a dog learns or thinks etc.  I personally try to socalize my dog more at club training days at first then slowly broaden the horizen.  There are too many people that think that they know more than the owner of the dog as to what will do or how the dog will react.  There are dogs that will not take a correction from a stranger.  They may not be sharp toward their owner but if they have a fair amount defense drive a stranger giving a correction may not end in a positive note for anybody.

Yes you need to have better control of your dog.  It was a bad situation but could have been worse.

Try to pick and choose your places for training in public and set up what you are trying to accomplish ..at times it is better to have someone with you


Remember some people are just plain dumb.  Try to avoid places where they congregate

habanaro the dumb person would have been the guy at the mechanic shop previously that wouldn't quit following us lol.   All of my other dogs are well mannered, well trained, but I also have spent numerous hours working and training them....and they aren't young pups except for Buck the other Husky pup. My Huskies have to be in full respect to me and very well trained to the letter with the places they go, so many dogs around in the areas the Huskies go that if they were out of control we would have problems.  Anubis doesn't go through those areas though and has been allowed to get away with more up to this point in certain situations.  I have been allowing less people to pet Anubis now, like in the park we played games, did things, and he ignored literally 60-70 or more playing/screaming  kids while doing this.   Most everyone who pet him in the past when he was even younger encouraged jumping. Hopefully though, when the vest IS on it will keep unwanted people from trying to pet him, and I will work on the whole jumping thing.

Well good luck with the training

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gsdguy,
this is exactly why I want complete control of my pups and dogs.  I pick who pets, I pick when they pet, I pick where and what they are allowed to do.  I do not allow any one to dictate to me or my pups/dogs what is proper or appropriate behavior.  I have a general rule that only I break.  That rule is that no one does squat with my pups or dogs without my permission.  If I have the rule that there is no petting, it is easy for me to back off when I am comfortable with the person.  If I have the philosophy or rule that all can pet my pups/dogs, than it is much harder to tell people "no".  I would rather go into public with the idea that they are off limits, but I can break my own rule.  I hope this makes sense, it is just a psychologically easier way of maintaining control. 

I always let people know what is up, and what the rules are.  I have no problem doing this.  Here in the US. people have got to be the most dog ignorant people in the world.  All of our technology and 95% do not have a clue as to how to raise a dog!!  Amazing.  I am always amazed when I do some simple obedience with them at the park and people stop with there mouth open and say , wow, that is great, what a dog,  how did you get him to do that" 

When people ask me if they can pet my pup/dog, I always use the opportunity to give them some real history on these dogs, what they were bred for, how to train them 101, and dispell the many myths that they believe like "my friend has a 185 Lb. gsd.  I than ask them how much they think my dog weighs and they are always way over, than cant believe it when I say 85Lbs.  I am just throwing this last part in because I think it is critical of all of us that work with our gsds to educate the public.  If we don't, the dingbat animal activists will feed them their garbage.  Good luck, hope you got some good info on here.

You don't even want to know what I would do. I would tell my dog to "stay away from that asshole ". I would say it loud enuf for the person to hear me . If some one is going to be mad I would rather it be them then me . I would put my pup before some yak yak jerk . I may not be welcome back there ,but I would not go back with my dog to where a jerk hangs out with his buddy boys back up's . PS . My old man is a fire man, fire police, first reponder ambulence driver and all the rest of the fire people ya ya .  They do not mess with me or my dogs .LOL