Hi All
Not sure if this is the right place for this rant but it's going here for now anyway :wink:
We're just back from a walk, same place that we usually go and I've come back both shaken and very angry :x
We were walking along and round a corner, came this huge GSD. There are lots of GSDs around here, I know 3 people with pairs and they are all lovely and don't bother with Morgan. This one, however decided to come tearing over and lunge at him, snarling and tried to grab his neck
The owner then came sauntering round the corner
talking on his mobile phone :x :x and said "It's okay, he won't touch him" to which I replied "He just
has touched him!!!!!" and before the guy could call the dog, the b****y thing attacked again! I had, by that point, got Morgan on the lead and asked the man if he would do the same. Guess what? He didn't have one - apparently he's never needed one!!! :shock: :x :x
I checked Morgan over and he was fine so we went on our way. We met a few other dogs and he was his usual friendly self so I don't think he's been affected by it, but what I wanted to know was, do you put your dog on it's lead every time you see another dog approaching?
He's only ever been snapped at a couple of times before, both times by JRTs and he was on the lead at the time. Somehow, these incidents were nowhere near as scarey :oops: It's the potential damage that could be done by these big dogs, when not handled properly, that is frightening. Owners like that man do nothing for the reputation of their breed.
Okay, rant over - thanks for 'listening'
. Going to finish this mug of coffee to calm me nerves :?
Shirley