People and their dogs just stand in one spot and stare at you while your dog is reacting and you’re trying to get away. Like, GO AWAY. Or even worse, they try to follow you.
Had a surprise run-in with a person and 2 dogs coming out of their apartment (at 5:30am, which I thought was safe for us to be walking ). Mine started barking/pulling, so I tried to quickly get him down the street without looking back… was wondering why he was still barking (if he’s out of sight/sound, he almost immediately stops), I glance back and they had followed us for a little bit and stopped, and were STARING. I want to know wtf is going on through that person’s mind, that they think it’s appropriate to do that. If a child was crying in public, would you just stand there and stare at them? Obviously not.
There was another time a while back when someone came out w their dog right in front of us, my pup started reacting so I backed up the other way (away from going home), and the person just stands to one side of the sidewalk w their dog and gestures at me to come pass. This resulted in a very unsafe situation of me walking my dog into the busy main street (at least we have a bike lane) WHILE my dog is reacting and they’re just standing there staring at us.
Shouldn’t it be survival instinct for people to go AWAY from an animal that is barking/lunging/freaking out? I swear these are the same people who would get closer to a mama bear and her “adorable” cubs.
Edit: Adding a couple details for clarity. In both stories, they eventually went the other way. And the second guy was literally at the end of his own driveway. He saw me walk my dog into the street when they decided to stay, because if we had stayed on the sidewalk to pass them, there would’ve literally been no space between the dogs. Even though my guy is a frustrated greeter and does fine with dogs when he’s off leash, I didn’t wanna risk him getting into an actual fight with the other dog.
Edit 2: I’m really more annoyed at the lack of common sense, it’s not so much that I want them to care about what’s happening with my dog - I know that it’s on me to manage him. But if any person sees a 60-pound dog barking/lunging/growling at them, wouldn’t a natural reaction be, “oh that dog might be aggressive, I should go the other way” for safety reasons?
Had a surprise run-in with a person and 2 dogs coming out of their apartment (at 5:30am, which I thought was safe for us to be walking ). Mine started barking/pulling, so I tried to quickly get him down the street without looking back… was wondering why he was still barking (if he’s out of sight/sound, he almost immediately stops), I glance back and they had followed us for a little bit and stopped, and were STARING. I want to know wtf is going on through that person’s mind, that they think it’s appropriate to do that. If a child was crying in public, would you just stand there and stare at them? Obviously not.
There was another time a while back when someone came out w their dog right in front of us, my pup started reacting so I backed up the other way (away from going home), and the person just stands to one side of the sidewalk w their dog and gestures at me to come pass. This resulted in a very unsafe situation of me walking my dog into the busy main street (at least we have a bike lane) WHILE my dog is reacting and they’re just standing there staring at us.
Shouldn’t it be survival instinct for people to go AWAY from an animal that is barking/lunging/freaking out? I swear these are the same people who would get closer to a mama bear and her “adorable” cubs.
Edit: Adding a couple details for clarity. In both stories, they eventually went the other way. And the second guy was literally at the end of his own driveway. He saw me walk my dog into the street when they decided to stay, because if we had stayed on the sidewalk to pass them, there would’ve literally been no space between the dogs. Even though my guy is a frustrated greeter and does fine with dogs when he’s off leash, I didn’t wanna risk him getting into an actual fight with the other dog.
Edit 2: I’m really more annoyed at the lack of common sense, it’s not so much that I want them to care about what’s happening with my dog - I know that it’s on me to manage him. But if any person sees a 60-pound dog barking/lunging/growling at them, wouldn’t a natural reaction be, “oh that dog might be aggressive, I should go the other way” for safety reasons?