Yet another Dog incident - and another Coward outs himself!

maniac said :

whitelaughter said :

Dogs are social animals, and respond to their owners. If an owner is abusive and erratic, it is (sadly) reasonable to assume that the dog will become violent.

This comment makes no sense. Dogs respond to a dominant owner. An owner who has never trained a dog and lets the dogs do what they want is not at the top of the pack and thus the dogs will do whatever they want without consequence. The owners may love them to bits, but if they are not the alphas in the pack, they won’t have obedient dogs.

You statement is true, but does not contradict mine.

crackerpants said :

Call me old-fashioned, but I think SUVs are for hauling the groceries home, no more, no less.

Wrong! School run.

Postalgeek said :

crackerpants said :

Postalgeek said :

crackerpants said :

I’m getting a little tired of people inflicting their wouldn’t-hurt-a-fly/would-lick-you-to-death-first/just-wants-to-play/say-hello dogs on me and my pram-riders.

WTF is a pram-rider?

One is a baby, one is a toddler. Small, ride in the pram at about mouth-height of the average Weston Ck canine, somewhat lacking in the self-defence department.

Tsk, that’s your problem. You should be going for walks in a 2-ton SUV.

Call me old-fashioned, but I think SUVs are for hauling the groceries home, no more, no less.

crackerpants said :

Postalgeek said :

crackerpants said :

I’m getting a little tired of people inflicting their wouldn’t-hurt-a-fly/would-lick-you-to-death-first/just-wants-to-play/say-hello dogs on me and my pram-riders.

WTF is a pram-rider?

One is a baby, one is a toddler. Small, ride in the pram at about mouth-height of the average Weston Ck canine, somewhat lacking in the self-defence department.

Tsk, that’s your problem. You should be going for walks in a 2-ton SUV.

Postalgeek said :

crackerpants said :

I’m getting a little tired of people inflicting their wouldn’t-hurt-a-fly/would-lick-you-to-death-first/just-wants-to-play/say-hello dogs on me and my pram-riders.

WTF is a pram-rider?

One is a baby, one is a toddler. Small, ride in the pram at about mouth-height of the average Weston Ck canine, somewhat lacking in the self-defence department.

crackerpants said :

I’m getting a little tired of people inflicting their wouldn’t-hurt-a-fly/would-lick-you-to-death-first/just-wants-to-play/say-hello dogs on me and my pram-riders.

WTF is a pram-rider?

poetix said :

The Frots said :

I agree with you. I’m sure sitting down and having a coffee with Ivan Milat would probably ignite the “isn’t he a nice guy” forum…………………….until you wanted a lift home! And even then, we’d get the usual “but he didn’t mean it” and “surely you did something to initiate it” clowns.

This type of thinking, or lack of it I should say, is really pissing me off.

Yes, saying that two dogs running up to two other dogs is not exactly a world-changing issue is *exactly* like excusing a convicted serial killer. I must let my imagination off the leash a little more.

Yes……..like taking the Dogma for a walk isn’t it (sighs)

The Frots said :

I agree with you. I’m sure sitting down and having a coffee with Ivan Milat would probably ignite the “isn’t he a nice guy” forum…………………….until you wanted a lift home! And even then, we’d get the usual “but he didn’t mean it” and “surely you did something to initiate it” clowns.

This type of thinking, or lack of it I should say, is really pissing me off.

Yes, saying that two dogs running up to two other dogs is not exactly a world-changing issue is *exactly* like excusing a convicted serial killer. I must let my imagination off the leash a little more.

crackerpants said :

Okwhatever said :

poetix said :

Sounds like the dogs just wanted to play, but yes, he should have called them off if the woman was scared. Hardly sounds like an incident that will inevitably lead to a savage dog attack, though, does it?

I don’t like the assumption that all large dogs (or ‘solid dogs’, which sounds like a euphemism for fat) are vicious.

You are the one making the assumption that the dogs just wanted to play. They shouldn’t be allowed out of the yard without a lead, there is no defence for that even if you own a chihuahua. No memeber of the public should have to face a pair of large dogs pelting towards them and their own dogs which they are leaglly walking on a leash.

+1.

I’m getting a little tired of people inflicting their wouldn’t-hurt-a-fly/would-lick-you-to-death-first/just-wants-to-play/say-hello dogs on me and my pram-riders. Especially as we only ever walk on suburban footpaths. When we go to the local parks, I notice there are signs saying dogs must be kept at least 10m away from playing children…but that is blithely ignored too. Maybe it’s just our area.

I agree with you. I’m sure sitting down and having a coffee with Ivan Milat would probably ignite the “isn’t he a nice guy” forum…………………….until you wanted a lift home! And even then, we’d get the usual “but he didn’t mean it” and “surely you did something to initiate it” clowns.

This type of thinking, or lack of it I should say, is really pissing me off.

Okwhatever said :

poetix said :

Sounds like the dogs just wanted to play, but yes, he should have called them off if the woman was scared. Hardly sounds like an incident that will inevitably lead to a savage dog attack, though, does it?

I don’t like the assumption that all large dogs (or ‘solid dogs’, which sounds like a euphemism for fat) are vicious.

You are the one making the assumption that the dogs just wanted to play. They shouldn’t be allowed out of the yard without a lead, there is no defence for that even if you own a chihuahua. No memeber of the public should have to face a pair of large dogs pelting towards them and their own dogs which they are leaglly walking on a leash.

+1.

I’m getting a little tired of people inflicting their wouldn’t-hurt-a-fly/would-lick-you-to-death-first/just-wants-to-play/say-hello dogs on me and my pram-riders. Especially as we only ever walk on suburban footpaths. When we go to the local parks, I notice there are signs saying dogs must be kept at least 10m away from playing children…but that is blithely ignored too. Maybe it’s just our area.