I had the scariest encounter!
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It's terrifying to see an agressive dog coming towards us and for me I've found it even scarier now that I have Dante. I find that I'm much more terrified of what might happen to him than I ever was when it was just me.
It's also very hard work to keep our emotions under control in those situations so they don't travel down to our dogs!
Glad you two are ok, and as a Shepherd owner I'm sorry to hear it was a Shepherd that caused your fright!
Now, keep in mind that before becoming a dog owner I was afraid of dogs....
I was out walking Jake yesterday, and was almost at the leash free zone in the park where I could let him run, when I hear this guy yelling at me. I looked up, and he told me "Get your dog over to the fence!"--I didn't know what his argument with me was, so I did what he said and got Jake to sit. Then this guy comes barrelling towards me (and he was a big guy) being PULLED by this huge Shepard who is snarling and barking--really aggressive. The dog was lunging at me and Jake (who is now hiding behind me, terrified)! He had this dog on one of those choke collars with the big prongs on it, chain leash, and this dog didn't care one bit! He managed to get the dog out of the park and away from us, but holy! I was sooooo scared after that encounter, and just imagine if Jake had been off his leash and run up to this dog
I was amazed at the strength in this dog, and that this big guy had NO control over his pet at all
It's also very hard work to keep our emotions under control in those situations so they don't travel down to our dogs!
Glad you two are ok, and as a Shepherd owner I'm sorry to hear it was a Shepherd that caused your fright!
LorriF said:
Now, keep in mind that before becoming a dog owner I was afraid of dogs....I was out walking Jake yesterday, and was almost at the leash free zone in the park where I could let him run, when I hear this guy yelling at me. I looked up, and he told me "Get your dog over to the fence!"--I didn't know what his argument with me was, so I did what he said and got Jake to sit. Then this guy comes barrelling towards me (and he was a big guy) being PULLED by this huge Shepard who is snarling and barking--really aggressive. The dog was lunging at me and Jake (who is now hiding behind me, terrified)! He had this dog on one of those choke collars with the big prongs on it, chain leash, and this dog didn't care one bit! He managed to get the dog out of the park and away from us, but holy! I was sooooo scared after that encounter, and just imagine if Jake had been off his leash and run up to this dog
I was amazed at the strength in this dog, and that this big guy had NO control over his pet at all
it looked like a Shepherd (to my untrained eye LOL)--it didn't have any black markings on it, though. Oh, and it was quite large--I would have said it was easily 100lbs....do Shepherds get that big? (I now have to confess, with head hanging low, that I have never actually SEEN a real live Shepherd before)
One of my parent's males is 95lbs. They come in a variety of shades (as you can see in my signature) There are also white ones. It is possible it was a mix breed dog also that had some shepherd in it. I know a shepherd lab cross that looks like a GSD, but is blonde like a yellow lab.
I forgive you if you called it a shepherd in error!
I forgive you if you called it a shepherd in error!