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Im fed up with dog owners who let their dogs off the lead in parks and public places particularly the kind of common areas where children and youngsters play. How can they possibly have any form of control over the dog just by shouting at it? Invariably the dog just ignores the owner and carries on being a nuisance to the public.
Not everyone in the world is a dog lover, and as it happens I'm one of these people who really does not get on with dogs. When you go to a park or whatever, you go there to enjoy the space and fresh air. I'm not keen on having someones mutt race up to me barking all the while, and then either jump on me or sniff my crotch. No I don't think hes cute and cuddly and Im not prepared to take your word for it that he wont go for me! Just get him under control and out of my face please! Why don't these people use those extendable leads, or better still take him somewhere else?
Another thing that bugs me about dogs on the loose in a park is the way they just go around urinating wherever they feel like. Its simply disgusting and really something Id rather not witness. Even worse is the scenario where they actually come up and wee on you or your property!
A few days ago I went up to the local park to spend some time flying my kite. I was in the process of packing up when one of those little terrier things came bounding across, cocked his leg urinated on the edge of my kite. How nice, I really wanted that to happen!
All the owner had to say about this was, "Sorry mate, he likes to chase them!" Less than impressed, I was sorely tempted to wrap the lines around little Scotty and re-launch my 16-foot traction kite. Lets see if the little blighter can take a piss from up there!
Anyway, common sense prevailed and I merely grumbled and cleaned up the mess with a bottle of water I had with me. To round off my day nicely, later that evening whilst relaxing at home, some cheeky mongrel decided to wander into the kitchen to have a sniff at the cat food! The 'owner' of course seemed to think that this was funny and my fault anyway for leaving the door open.
If I want to leave my door open I will and its not an invitation for your stupid dog to come in! So dog owners, please get your animals under control and get them on a lead when around other people.
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Where do you think your green fields come from ? Kites are just as much of a menace as cats and dogs. They ruin peoples crops and make ugly holes everywhere. You can't blame any dog for doing what it does as you can only disguise any kite so far. You can only make it appear less aggressive to a dog by reducing it's wind capture and aerodynamics, not be one.
Where I live it's the "large groups of feral animals" who have the pitbulls.
I saw a dog go for a guide dog today. ( Right after the poor animal had been walked into by an idiot texting as she walked).
There are about 200,000 people bitten by dogs each year and 17 people( mostly children) have been killed by domestic dogs in the last 10 years. I have never heard of a cat or a fox killing anyone and most of the few alleged "fox attacks" turned out to be attacks by dogs, with the families trying to protect the dog from being put down.
I like dogs but I don't understand the irrational loathing people have of wild creatures like foxes. They're native - it's their country too.
Westie
However, I am surrounded by dog owners on my estate who think it's perfectly acceptable to let their dogs off the lead and have them roam around unsupervised as they stand their chatting to their friends oblivious of the havoc their dogs are causing and the fact that they are chasing, harassing and jumping on other people's dogs who are on leads. Not to mention bothering other people and their possessions!
Twice this week I had to pick my small dog up to avoid an attack by other dogs and when I asked the owner if they could get their dog under control, I was told that I was causing a problem by picking my dog up!! How so? I am protecting my dog and all I said was, I should be able to walk my dog without incident. I don't go looking for trouble, I just want to walk my dog amiably, in peace. I don't want to bother other people, yet these deluded dog owners are bothering me!
I am not unsociable! I often stop and have a chat with another dog owner who has their dog under control, on a lead. I often hear similar comments to mine from them and one lady was walking her two small dogs on a lead in one hand and had a long stick in the other to ward off attacks from other dogs! Why should we have to carry weapons?!
So all you thoughtless dog owners, unless you have a dog who is trained to the standard of a police or working sheep dog, keep them on leads and let them run around in their own back gardens, as I do. Walking your dog is for exercising your pet and companionship for you. If you don't have a garden, maybe a dog is not the best pet for you!