How often do you encounter loose dogs?

I seem to encounter them fairly frequently. Most aren’t aggressive but sometimes an aggressive dog runs up. Last night I was walking our Rottie when a loose aggressive Belgian Malinois came up and was trying to dominate our Rottie. The owner was maybe 20 feet away but stood there and hesitated to come over to get his dog. I do everything I can to keep my dogs out of scraps but it sucks when other people don’t do the same.

my husband was approx 100 feet behind me walking our el negro dog that was also leashed. The dog went ballistic and wanted at the malinois. Only then did the guy come and get his dog. My Rottie is strong and is a tough cookie but he doesn’t have the mentality for defending himself but for so long but my el negro dog would have turned it into Belgian waffles. Thankfully no dog got hurt.

how often do you encounter loose dogs?

 

Almost never and when I do it's usually a smaller breed of dog. I tend to walk more at night though. Less people around. Thankfully I've never had a large breed or guard breed run up on us while walking.

I'd feel terrible having to shoot someones dog but Fido's going on a tee shirt if they run up on me and mine. We got a leash law. The discharging a firearm in the city limits is less of a charge than the animal cruelty charge if my dog gets a hold of the other dog lol.

 

Always with the little dogs… Must’ve been something in the air that night because a little dog bolted out of an open garage and ran up on me and my dog from behind. Tried to bite my dog on the ass when it wasn’t looking lol.

The owner did her best to chase after it but I had to punt that little dog twice to save it from a fate far worse. Second time it went through the field goal posts, landed on its back, flopped around like a turtle for a few seconds and the owner was able to grab her dog. Then she actually apologized and thanked me for punting her dog to safety lol.

 

Very rare

 

Tired of brain dead bastards walking unleashed dogs they 'THOUGHT' they could control, until one day they encounter a bulldog who doesn't want to play or say hello.. Near every dog owner thinks they're Caesar Milan now, and worst (here in UK) are professional dog walkers, out strolling with a pack of maybe 8 dogs, all off leash and the idiots think they can control them with commands and dog treats? Whenever I see them coming I pull my dog close and get offside, but do they read the signals? Do they even recognise them? Do they fck!

I was in the woods a few months ago with a 55lb male, saw a couple of Caesar Milans walking towards me with a Springer Spaniel and 2 German Shepherds all off leash, I pull my dog close, step into the trees to offer them space on the path, but the retards never even had leashes for their dogs. The Springer decides to attack my dog who I now grabbed by the collar and he's in the zone, the German Shepherd takes a bite at me, then my dog nips me hoping I'll let him go. I'm shouting abuse at the imbecile owners who scuttle away (as usual) with their Caesar Milan fantasies shattered.

IMO there's no point appealing for common sense, or attempting a rational discussion over Bulldogs, the media already successfully demonised them.. Everyone knows what they are, everyone got a camera on their phones now and far as the public is concerned, Bulldogs are a threat that needs eliminating. I think it's sad and not right, but that's how I see it.

 

Yeah dog parks can be crazy. I tend to stay away from them nowadays.

A friend got a male dog from a friend of theirs that had an accidental breeding with a mayday male and a rottie female. All pups were fixed but he couldn't resist getting a puppy.

He took it to the dog park when it was still puppyish but almost adult age. It was playing well with the other dogs. Out of nowhere a bull terrier attacked it. His mayday/rottie fired up like I had never seen him do before. He quickly overpowered the bull terrier. They split up the dogs pretty quick but my friend was blamed even though the other dog started it since his dog got the upper hand and was more intense than the other dog.

Safe to say he won't be going back to any dog parks.

 

Another loose dog wonder story thread?

 

There used to be a doberman across the street that always was off leash. This was many years ago. One morning I was out with my dog, and this doberman decided to come over to my dog. I didn't know this dog, I didn't know if the dog was aggressive or not. I picked up my dog and this doberman was trying to grab my dog. Sad to say I started kicking off the doberman. The owner eventually came out and I told him if he didn't keep his dog on leash, there was going to be major problems. Never had an issue after that.

 

Had my dog up in my arms a couple of weeks ago Michelle, 55lb and going nuts while 2 (off leash) English Bull Terriers circling round me and and snapping at him in middle of a barley field.. The male English Bull got sent into orbit with a size 9 steel toe cap boot and their owner got told, next time I let my dog kill them.. Fckn sick of it!

 

I try my best to exercise my dogs in my yard unless it's un avoidable and I don't have the space at the moment ..but it's always good to keep pepper spray .it's looked at as a self defense thing vs offensive ..

 

Yall will be mad as hell one of these strays cur you're dog out lmfao

 

Shit start wondering if ur walking the wrong dog home

 

If your assessment of a bulldog based on outcome of a confrontation with a cur, maybe you're walking the wrong dog home haha!

 

"This mufuckin labradoodle was game as shit! Should've seen the way it snatched my jeepredboymccoypatrickscarverdoublepurplenurple dog up! Tossed him around, then dry humped the life outta him until he skeeted across his back"

 

Just shout that your dog,bitch or male,it doesn't matter LOL, is in heat and you don't want pups, the owner of the loose dog will grab his dog quick after that warning. Used this trick a few times and it works,LOL.

 

All the time, seems to have gotten worse during the pandemic with people buying dogs, but yea almost always the small dogs, couple of notable ones over the past 4 years

-neighbors St Bernard, backyard gate left open ran up on my female, kiss to the face he left tail tucked

-neighbors corgi jumped a gate I was walking two dogs, little son of a bitch no fear right for us able to side kick him until owner came (never walked two dogs same time again)

-few miles away from the house someone's mini poodle somethings came out from the side of a car like a bolt of lighting before I knew female had him by the head, amazingly his owner just stood there, was able to get him loose, owner apologized a bunch I left

Only times I was "worried" were incidents a with German shepherd and a rottweiler both 100lb + dogs charging off of front porches, luckily both were recalled and listened but they were definitely going to be "let's find out" moments

Dog parks have always been a no no just trouble waiting to happen

 

The chances of that happening are slim and none. lmfao