[LaRen616]

Originally Posted by selzer

So the guy was where he was supposed to be, isolated in a smaller pen for dogs that are not social.

You went over and started a fight with him?

Walk a mile in his shoes. He is trying to let his dog get some exersize. He actually DOES care about his dog, otherwise he would not have been there.

Lots of people really do not know the first thing about dog-behavior. He probably does not think YOU know the first thing about dog behavior.

So he is embarrassed that the dog had this problem and he has been segregated to the naughty dog pen. But there you are introducing yourself and rubbing his nose in it. THEN you tell him that it was his wife's behavior that made you go and report it.

Uhm, so what were you expecting? Were you expecting him to say, gee I am sorry she was such a jerk. Or were you expecting him to say, boy am I glad you told me that, I am going to beat her tonight when I get home and teach her a lesson.

So you feel like you were trying to be buddy buddy with him after you informed the vet that his dog was dangerous, and are mad that he was not ready to be best buds with you.

I think he saw it completely different.

I think he feels that you couldn't leave well-enough alone. That you won and are now wanting for him to sing and dance for you.

I hope your puppy is fine and does not have any serious problems over this. Frankly, I think that the dog has a problem when people are playing with toys, fetch, etc. It cranks him up. The only dog park I ever was at has a rule against throwing toys and such. Maybe there is a reason. Maybe that is just a bit much for some dogs. Maybe this dog would have been well socialized to dogs and people, if your park had better rules. But now he will probably never be.

I think his swearing at you and following you out was not ideal, but neither was rubbing his nose in the fact that he got sanctioned. When people are embarrassed, they sometimes act pretty stupid and sometimes aggressively.

I probably would have been a too if you were talking about my wife (in my case husband) He was doing what he was supposed to be doing and you went over there and started everything back up. Leave the guy alone. Things could get alot worse.