This one is for dog owners...
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Would also just comment that on many occasions we have pitched behind the dog walk at Moreton as we like those pitches. However, it is a pain when some people who are exercising their dogs at 7am, or even earlier, start shouting for Henry/Pixie/Willow etc. to return to them. We have all heard this sort of thing, come here, come to mummy,I won't tell you again, come back now and on it goes. We just wanted the dog to return so that we could continue to sleep!
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"I firmly believe there is no such thing as a bad dog, its traits, issues or general behavior are a result of the owner, be it lack of training and understanding and more often than not treating them as a human being."
You cannot always blame the owners, Milo. Our dog was a lurcher and it's not uncommon for lurchers not to socialise well with other dogs. Furthermore, he was a rescue dog and we have no idea what transpired in his early life.
Although owners may often be at fault, please do not assume that every dog's behaviour is somehow due to its current owner.
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I accept what your saying TW my comment was a general one though. I also have always had rescue dogs, 7 to date. My forum name comes from a very special boy, a Collie Cross called Milo. he was a resident of Battersea Dogs Home for a very long time before we found him. he was about 4 then and on that basis we had him till he was 17. he was very disturbed, trusted nobody, timid and dealt with situations he didn't like by being seen to be aggressive. by barking in most situation. He wasn't though it was just his way of dealing with it. From his injuries and reactions, and what Battersea knew he had been beaten with sticks and rolled newspapers and his muzzle burned. it took us over a year to change him using love, affection and firm levels of obedience training which he was rewarded for. Theres still not a day goes by I don't think about Milo.....
So my comments are based on experience not just an opinion and stand by what I said in most cases. it's not the dog it's the people sadly.
This is him at 16 with our Parsons Jack Russell pup also from Battersea. who we sadly lost from illness linked to puppy farming.
The second picture shows Buddy, (on top) our latest rescue (advertised in Wales as a bait dog at 11 weeks old
he too had issue but time and patience over the last 2 years has made him a different dog. The other one is Sparky
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80% of the time, in that scenario, the dog is on a lead because the owner doesn't have enough confidence / understanding to let it off.
As long as you can recall your dog if needed, in that sort of environment dogs off lead are, almost always, absolutely fine. Yes, there are some dogs that aren't to be trusted off lead - and often that's due to lack of training / lack of owner understanding. If you can't trust your dog with others a) you have to ask why b) perhaps it should be muzzled.
If your dog doesn't like others near it, get one of those yellow jackets that advertise the fact. And loosen up
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Another factor here is that many dog owners hear dogs growling and barking and facing up to each other and judge them by human standards. Even when dogs are playing they will often growl and bark at each other in a way that frightens inexperienced owners. But all they're doing is communicating with each other!
Unless you know that your dog is a) one of the minority that is truly vicous or b) one of the minority that is scared out its wits of anything that moves, then I'd say have some trust and let them interact. Far too many people are over-protective and as a result bring problems on themselves.
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Is there a notice in the dog walk ,saying all dogs must be OFF the lead ! ! .🐩
No probably not , that's why it's up to the dog's owner to decide how they go about walking their pet , after all they are the only ones who know their pets reaction to perhaps unwanted attention from other dogs.
The whole point of the on site dog walk is to ensure dogs perform there , rather than anywhere else on the site .💩💩💩
It's just nice to respect other dog walkers choices .....isn't it 🐕👍
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Poor thing,sounds like a dog's life😜
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A responsible dog owner who genuinely have the dogs welfare at heart will always respect other dogs and their owners, and this means if you cannot bring your dog immediately then do not let it off lead, you may think or even know your dog means no harm but then don't be aggressive yourself when a dog on a lead reacts to yours by snapping when it gets too personal it ma be what dogs do but you are supposed to be the more intelligent one( although this is some times in question!)
Also my pet subject Do Not encourage your dogs to deficat on the pitches by walking them off the road on site, even if you clean up, accidents happen especially in pups and elderly dogs. But keep up the allowing to this to continue and we will end up by having dog free sites.
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