Comments on: Why You Should Leash Your Dogs!

By: Bailey! Quit Being a Jackass! : Canadutch

Bailey! Quit Being a Jackass! : Canadutch — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 21:22:56 +0000

[...] can I be calm when my little dog is trying to get himself eaten by a Bouvier!! After he was attacked by a Rottweiler I’ve been incredibly frightened when it comes to other [...]

By: First Snow of 2009 : Canadutch

First Snow of 2009 : Canadutch — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:41:46 +0000

[...] I case you are wondering about the dogs not being on leashes, they actually were. I photoshopped them out because they were ugly. Share and [...]

By: My Bad Luck With Pets : Canadutch

My Bad Luck With Pets : Canadutch — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:11:45 +0000

[...] there was Bailey’s attack by a pit bull, which frightened the life out of me and has left me still a little nervous when out [...]

By: Pamela

Pamela — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:04:46 +0000

Hi,
I found your blog on Google. I’m so glad you posted your story about Bailey, and I’m sorry to hear that he was attacked. I just had an incident tonight on my front steps. I was calmly sitting with my dog (on leash) and this off leash dog came up our steps, just out of the blue…instant fight. The owner was walking waaay behind the dog, and wasn’t much help.

My situation is a little bit different than yours, but I completely agree with what you have said. I live in Amsterdam and pet sit my friend’s dog (American Bulldog/Pit mix) 3x a week. He is a sweet dog but hasn’t had much socialization with other dogs. I have made a lot of progress with him, but I ALWAYS have him on leash, and heeling at my side on walks. He can be very dominate if a dog comes up to him off leash.

I am extremely responsible with him but my frustration is all the off leash dogs that come running up to us, and the owners that are too far away to control their dog quick enough. I can maintain this strong boy, but don’t feel I should have to be controlling the other dog too.

A few weeks ago, I had an aggressive, little dog that came barrelling down the street after us. I was holding my dog back for the safety of the little dog, but it was difficult to stop, with a lunging, off leash dog…and I didn’t want my dog to get bit either!

Most of the time it takes me screaming “GET YOUR DOG!!!” for the owner to react/help/step in. That really blows me away that people don’t react faster considering the size and strength of my dog. Some smile at me as their dog is running over to us…assuming that my dog wants to play.

Once a scuffle is over, the other owner rarely says sorry or really grasps how dangerous the situation could have been.

So I agree, people should be responsible for their dogs at ALL times out in public and have them on a leash…PERIOD

By: Gail at Large

Gail at Large — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:35:24 +0000

Poor Bailey, the cone would’ve been really pathetic but at least he has this snazzy, rather fashionable-looking shirt.

By: Breigh

Breigh — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:35:03 +0000

I don’t know what would have happened if they got a hold of our Dachshund, she is SO small and a lot more fragile than Bailey is. I shudder to think of what those big jaws could have done to her. :( Going to look at your site now to try to hunt down photos of your dogs!

By: Breigh

Breigh — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:33:41 +0000

I remember you complaining about that when you were here. Isn’t it frustrating?! Pepper spray isn’t a bad idea. Spray the dog to get it off yours, then give the owner a squirt for good measure haha

By: Breigh

Breigh — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:29:45 +0000

I was surprised by him too. In the beginning I think he was just trying to get us to calm down but in my rage I saw it as arguing. He really did take total responsibility and my husband has seen him since with the dog on the leash. He was asking how our dog was doing and my husband said he seemed VERY sheepish.

By: Breigh

Breigh — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:27:01 +0000

I think that is what made it doubly frightening, the fact that just 2 minutes before I was listening to Xander telling me if one of those big dogs got a hold of one of our dogs they’d be dead… and Pixel probably WOULD have been if the dog had gotten her instead.
We probably should have gotten the police involved but the guy seemed so remorseful and really took responsibility for it, we decided not to. I was also worried that they may do something to his dog, and I didn’t want that. Xander ran into him again this weekend when he was out with the dogs and he had his on its leash, so that’s a good thing.
It is sad though, unless we do start calling the police on people, it will never be enforced… but I really question if it would be anyway. The polie here don’t seem to take these things very seriously.

By: Breigh

Breigh — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:23:53 +0000

Yeah but I screamed loud and long… and I swore a lot! There are laws here about leashes and poop too but nobody pays attention to it. I’ve already had a fight with one of the neighbours about the poo issue, you can read about it here:
http://www.breigh.com/wordpress/?s=shit+ninjas&x=0&y=0

Even with the law in effect here, you STILL are constantly dodging dog shit everywhere you go. It’s sickening.