Yet another "my dog got attacked" story to share... ugh.
This evening Stark, Zefra and my friend's pup Hunter (who got charged by a dog yesterday) went hiking with us. We had a GREAT hike with the dogs and were just coming out of the bush when Zefra who was up ahead of the pack stopped and got really focused on something.
I went up ahead to check it out and realized that 2 dogs (a German Shepherd and a Golden) were loose.
Knowing that Stark is not okay with other male dogs running up to him, I yelled back to my sister to leash Stark up at which point my friend leashed Hunter.
I got to Zefra (after I told her to wait) and leashed her as well. The Golden charged over and started sniffing her. She just finished her first heat and this was her first outting since. She just stood there but was clearly annoyed (trying to move away) at this point I yelled to the two owners, "leash your dog please, she is in heat and I have 2 other dogs here and one is not okay with other dogs" very loudly. They looked at me and kept walking.
Their Golden then got bored with Zefra and RAN at the two boys.
My friend and sister kept yelling at the Golden and the owners to "LEASH YOUR DOG!" and the guy just kept walking slowly towards us. Not a care in the world!
My sister had Stark in a sit by her side and he did not move.
Stark started growling and the Golden jumped on him, snarling, and grabbed his neck. The two of them fought for a split second until my sister kicked the Golden in the side and in the back end to get it to release Stark.
The guy finally WALKED over to the dogs and when my sister said, "LEASH YOUR DOG!!!" (a little more "detailed" than that) he said, "what did you want me to do? Run?" well, my sister lost it on this guy and started yelling.
Stark is okay and there are no marks on him but he was rather slobbery. He was wearing his e-collar and a backpack so I think that got in the way of the skin being damaged because there are scratches on the e-collar that were not there before.
My dogs all were recalled THE SECOND we saw other dogs coming out way.. AND LEASHED why can't people have the same common courtesy?
So frustrating.
This evening Stark, Zefra and my friend's pup Hunter (who got charged by a dog yesterday) went hiking with us. We had a GREAT hike with the dogs and were just coming out of the bush when Zefra who was up ahead of the pack stopped and got really focused on something.
I went up ahead to check it out and realized that 2 dogs (a German Shepherd and a Golden) were loose.
Knowing that Stark is not okay with other male dogs running up to him, I yelled back to my sister to leash Stark up at which point my friend leashed Hunter.
I got to Zefra (after I told her to wait) and leashed her as well. The Golden charged over and started sniffing her. She just finished her first heat and this was her first outting since. She just stood there but was clearly annoyed (trying to move away) at this point I yelled to the two owners, "leash your dog please, she is in heat and I have 2 other dogs here and one is not okay with other dogs" very loudly. They looked at me and kept walking.
Their Golden then got bored with Zefra and RAN at the two boys.
My friend and sister kept yelling at the Golden and the owners to "LEASH YOUR DOG!" and the guy just kept walking slowly towards us. Not a care in the world!
My sister had Stark in a sit by her side and he did not move.
Stark started growling and the Golden jumped on him, snarling, and grabbed his neck. The two of them fought for a split second until my sister kicked the Golden in the side and in the back end to get it to release Stark.
The guy finally WALKED over to the dogs and when my sister said, "LEASH YOUR DOG!!!" (a little more "detailed" than that) he said, "what did you want me to do? Run?" well, my sister lost it on this guy and started yelling.
Stark is okay and there are no marks on him but he was rather slobbery. He was wearing his e-collar and a backpack so I think that got in the way of the skin being damaged because there are scratches on the e-collar that were not there before.
My dogs all were recalled THE SECOND we saw other dogs coming out way.. AND LEASHED why can't people have the same common courtesy?
So frustrating.
