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@celtish It’s a really irresponsible idea to leave a dog tied up alone in public, let alone a reactive dog. Ignoring theft potential, strangers getting bitten or hurting your dog, the dog could also get loose and bolt.

@lia1234 If she’s happily walking through the park, a field or on a path and there’s a dog flipping out….that’s not on her (or stressful for her, she’s extremely even tempered when it comes to other dogs). I’m not making her have to wait out the other person when it’s the other person’s...

@lia1234 A lot would feel bad changing routes because they don’t want to “shame” the other person, so they act like it’s no big deal. Also personally, I have a 10 year old dog with hip dysplasia and arthritis and I’m not yanking her off her course and causing her pain because someone else has...

@mama357 A lot also, I think, do it because they don’t want to make the dog owner feel bad by giving them a huge berth like there’s something wrong with them. A lot of social niceties involve downplaying potential threats lol

@savedthroughgrace My shelter is on the tail end of dealing with a parvo outbreak and it’s absolutely no joke to try to stave it off. You have to clean EVERYTHING -/l hard surfaces, soil/grass/plants, fabric, etc. and can virtually come out of nowhere (all dogs involved were perfectly fine...