i am so freaking SICK of having my dogs charged by unleashed dogs. half the time there's not even an owner in sight. the dogs are just out there in the yard, no fence, no tether, no supervision, no nothing, and when my dogs (who are both dog-aggressive and do not take kindly to rudeness or being jumped on) and i walk by, these dogs charge us, hackles up, snarling.
obviously i avoid the places where i know these dogs are, but it seems like there's a neverending supply.
tonight for example, my mom and her best friend stopped by and invited us to go out walking. i had mushroom tied to my waist and my mom had luce (since she's, ironically, the easier to walk these days).
several blocks away, there's a chained shepherd who gets worked into a fury if you walk by, so i suggested we cut up a side street to avoid him. no sooner do we turn the corner then there's growling and barking from the other side of the hedge. then my mom's panicked voice rings out "it's loose kate! it's coming through the bushes!" and she starts retreating with luce.
sure enough, no sooner does she say that then a big yellow lab, all its hackles up, stiff, and starey comes through the bushes headed straight for mushroom.
i turned around and faced it and snarled NO. GET AWAY. GET BACK IN YOUR YARD NOW. GET. GET AWAY. and darned if that dog didn't turn tail and head right back through the bushes. but what if it hadn't? i can kick small dogs off my dogs without too much trouble, but this was a big freaking dog! my mom was all in a tizzy and would have been no help, and there was no owner in sight. not to mention, mushroom was tied to my waist at the time (to prevent me from habitual leash corrections and force me to use my voice more to keep him on a loose leash).
(mushroom, through all of this, didn't aggress one bit. he was probably wetting his pants from my tone of voice, poor guy!)
i am just steamed. i am so sick of this. it's absolutely ridiculous but i really don't know what to do about it other than start carrying pepper spray or citronella spray.
i considered going and knocking on the owner's door, but i don't have the spine for that. i really am not in the mood to get bitten by a strange dog, go through the whole nine yards with rabies vaccines, etc (especially since i don't have health insurance right now.)
SO NOT HAPPY RIGHT NOW!!!!
obviously i avoid the places where i know these dogs are, but it seems like there's a neverending supply.
tonight for example, my mom and her best friend stopped by and invited us to go out walking. i had mushroom tied to my waist and my mom had luce (since she's, ironically, the easier to walk these days).
several blocks away, there's a chained shepherd who gets worked into a fury if you walk by, so i suggested we cut up a side street to avoid him. no sooner do we turn the corner then there's growling and barking from the other side of the hedge. then my mom's panicked voice rings out "it's loose kate! it's coming through the bushes!" and she starts retreating with luce.
sure enough, no sooner does she say that then a big yellow lab, all its hackles up, stiff, and starey comes through the bushes headed straight for mushroom.
i turned around and faced it and snarled NO. GET AWAY. GET BACK IN YOUR YARD NOW. GET. GET AWAY. and darned if that dog didn't turn tail and head right back through the bushes. but what if it hadn't? i can kick small dogs off my dogs without too much trouble, but this was a big freaking dog! my mom was all in a tizzy and would have been no help, and there was no owner in sight. not to mention, mushroom was tied to my waist at the time (to prevent me from habitual leash corrections and force me to use my voice more to keep him on a loose leash).
(mushroom, through all of this, didn't aggress one bit. he was probably wetting his pants from my tone of voice, poor guy!)
i am just steamed. i am so sick of this. it's absolutely ridiculous but i really don't know what to do about it other than start carrying pepper spray or citronella spray.
i considered going and knocking on the owner's door, but i don't have the spine for that. i really am not in the mood to get bitten by a strange dog, go through the whole nine yards with rabies vaccines, etc (especially since i don't have health insurance right now.)
SO NOT HAPPY RIGHT NOW!!!!