I was "snippy" with my neighbor this morning...
Aug 16, 2014 16:41:06 GMT
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Post by monklady123 on Aug 16, 2014 16:41:06 GMT
I thought the Peas might have opinions about this story. lol.
Backstory: A family a few blocks up from me, mom, dad, two young children, large chocolate lab dog. Big house sits on a corner, garage with driveway, no fence around the yard. When they're all outside the dog was always with them, unrestrained. I'd often see him sauntering up and down the street, just sniffing, etc. It's a quiet neighborhood, no sidewalks, not a lot of cars but still people are driving by, obviously. One day back in the fall I was walking my dog by and their dog came charging out of the yard and was being very assertive with my dog. Not exactly aggressive, but male-dog assertive. Mine is kind of timid with dogs like that so she was trying to hide behind my legs, and get away from him. This was not the first time this had happened, but it was the most dominant that the dog had been with my dog. I stopped and was trying to get him away from us and the owner came over to get him. I said to the owner "you guys need one of those invisible fences..." (thinking to myself "....if you don't want to put up a regular fence.") He said, "well, if you had just kept on walking...!" with a not-very-nice tone in his voice. okay...
Fast forward to this morning. I haven't seen the dog in awhile and I thought maybe he had died. My dog and I were passing this morning. Lovely day, everyone was outside. Before I could even blink this large dog had *launched* himself onto mine. It's a new dog, also a chocolate lab, and at that "teenage" stage -- pretty big, lanky, exuberant, etc. He flung himself on top of my dog, leaped around, grabbed the leash in his mouth, twirled, jumped, rolled... omg, teenage energy. lol. My dog -- fortunately! -- just looked bewildered and then twisted around to try to avoid him. Meanwhile the owners were calling for him, but not chasing after him. And he was completely ignoring them.
So... I kept on walking. hehehehe I walked very quickly down the street and that dog leaped and pounced and whirled his way down the street with us. The man started shouting for him, and then I could hear him running after us. I kept walking, although keeping my eyes out for cars because I didn't want the poor dog to get hit just to make a point. I was well into the next block when I saw another neighbor with her VERY large akita. This dog is totally well-behaved, trained, and under complete control. Still, if a large teenage lab launched himself at the akita things could have gone very badly. So I had just decided to stop before the loose dog could see the akita, but then the man caught up with us.
Not one word of apology. He said to me "I wish you had stopped walking!" hahahahaha Okay, passive aggressive or not, I replied "Hmm... last year when the same thing happened with your other dog you told me you wished I had kept on walking. So, I kept on walking."
Am I a bad person?
Ugh, people who don't believe leash laws apply to them. And never mind that even... doesn't he think about his kids and how devastated they'd be if they saw their dog hit by a car?
Backstory: A family a few blocks up from me, mom, dad, two young children, large chocolate lab dog. Big house sits on a corner, garage with driveway, no fence around the yard. When they're all outside the dog was always with them, unrestrained. I'd often see him sauntering up and down the street, just sniffing, etc. It's a quiet neighborhood, no sidewalks, not a lot of cars but still people are driving by, obviously. One day back in the fall I was walking my dog by and their dog came charging out of the yard and was being very assertive with my dog. Not exactly aggressive, but male-dog assertive. Mine is kind of timid with dogs like that so she was trying to hide behind my legs, and get away from him. This was not the first time this had happened, but it was the most dominant that the dog had been with my dog. I stopped and was trying to get him away from us and the owner came over to get him. I said to the owner "you guys need one of those invisible fences..." (thinking to myself "....if you don't want to put up a regular fence.") He said, "well, if you had just kept on walking...!" with a not-very-nice tone in his voice. okay...
Fast forward to this morning. I haven't seen the dog in awhile and I thought maybe he had died. My dog and I were passing this morning. Lovely day, everyone was outside. Before I could even blink this large dog had *launched* himself onto mine. It's a new dog, also a chocolate lab, and at that "teenage" stage -- pretty big, lanky, exuberant, etc. He flung himself on top of my dog, leaped around, grabbed the leash in his mouth, twirled, jumped, rolled... omg, teenage energy. lol. My dog -- fortunately! -- just looked bewildered and then twisted around to try to avoid him. Meanwhile the owners were calling for him, but not chasing after him. And he was completely ignoring them.
So... I kept on walking. hehehehe I walked very quickly down the street and that dog leaped and pounced and whirled his way down the street with us. The man started shouting for him, and then I could hear him running after us. I kept walking, although keeping my eyes out for cars because I didn't want the poor dog to get hit just to make a point. I was well into the next block when I saw another neighbor with her VERY large akita. This dog is totally well-behaved, trained, and under complete control. Still, if a large teenage lab launched himself at the akita things could have gone very badly. So I had just decided to stop before the loose dog could see the akita, but then the man caught up with us.
Not one word of apology. He said to me "I wish you had stopped walking!" hahahahaha Okay, passive aggressive or not, I replied "Hmm... last year when the same thing happened with your other dog you told me you wished I had kept on walking. So, I kept on walking."
Am I a bad person?
Ugh, people who don't believe leash laws apply to them. And never mind that even... doesn't he think about his kids and how devastated they'd be if they saw their dog hit by a car?