Does something need to be done about dogs?

fez said:
I thought dachunds are one of the most aggressive and nasty breeds out there. Like most things dog though, they are little yappy runts that don't pose that much risk to people vs bigger dogs so their behaviour is ignored mostly.
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Wtf, they're worse than kittens. I've had three of them and not one would hurt a fly. Think of them as alarm dogs, if someone trespasses on your property they just tell the whole postcode :D
 
My son is absolutely terrified of dogs. 99% of them and their owners are fine though just walk past no drama.
But you get the odd one that wants to approach him or is off the lead and comes running over. He'll scream so loud it wakes the dead.
Trying to explain to some of these owners that not everyone likes your dog or that some people also have issues that make them feel this way just goes on death ears. It's not going to be long before I kick one of these dogs away if the owner refuses to move it.

I don't think dogs have got worse in anyway, but owners have, you get some that have not put any effort into training their dog and don't care where it goes when out and about. I don't want it anywhere near me.
 
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robj20 said:
My son is absolutely terrified of dogs. 99% of them and their owners are fine though just walk past no drama.
But you get the odd one that wants to approach him or is off the lead and comes running over. He'll scream so loud it wakes the dead.
Trying to explain to some of these owners that not everyone likes your dog or that some people also have issues that make them feel this way just goes on death ears. It's not going to be long before I kick one of these dogs away if the owner refuses to move it.

I don't think dogs have got worse in anyway, but owners have, you get some that have not put any effort into training their dog and don't care where it goes when out and about. I don't want it anywhere near me.
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It's two fold, as you say the owners are definitely on average worse but also there are so many of them!
 
Very close to giving the owner of a Doberman a slap around this way. There's a church green where he just lets it off the lead and then stands there not paying any attention to what it's doing.

My wife was out the other day with our baby and the dog, and it's ran over and pinned our dog down. The bloke didn't seem to give a **** and then started yelling at my wife as he's obviously the type who doesn't like being told when he's not behaving properly.

He'll get a clip if he tries that on the next time I see him, the scruffy ****. Nearly 40 years old, unemployed, smokes weed all day and, judging by the constant stream of videos he posts on Facebook, still hasn't left school.
 
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robj20 said:
My son is absolutely terrified of dogs. 99% of them and their owners are fine though just walk past no drama.
But you get the odd one that wants to approach him or is off the lead and comes running over. He'll scream so loud it wakes the dead.
Trying to explain to some of these owners that not everyone likes your dog or that some people also have issues that make them feel this way just goes on death ears. It's not going to be long before I kick one of these dogs away if the owner refuses to move it.

I don't think dogs have got worse in anyway, but owners have, you get some that have not put any effort into training their dog and don't care where it goes when out and about. I don't want it anywhere near me.
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Kicking a dog in front of your kid is not going to teach the kid anything expect hitting animals is OK. You need to slap the owner instead as they are the ones allowing it.
 
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robj20 said:
My son is absolutely terrified of dogs. 99% of them and their owners are fine though just walk past no drama.
But you get the odd one that wants to approach him or is off the lead and comes running over. He'll scream so loud it wakes the dead.
Trying to explain to some of these owners that not everyone likes your dog or that some people also have issues that make them feel this way just goes on death ears. It's not going to be long before I kick one of these dogs away if the owner refuses to move it.

I don't think dogs have got worse in anyway, but owners have, you get some that have not put any effort into training their dog and don't care where it goes when out and about. I don't want it anywhere near me.
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I suspect a large number of people who ended up WFH/furloughed through covid, and decided that was a good time to get a dog with no experience, no further research, and no forethought...
 
robj20 said:
My son is absolutely terrified of dogs. 99% of them and their owners are fine though just walk past no drama.
But you get the odd one that wants to approach him or is off the lead and comes running over. He'll scream so loud it wakes the dead.
Trying to explain to some of these owners that not everyone likes your dog or that some people also have issues that make them feel this way just goes on death ears. It's not going to be long before I kick one of these dogs away if the owner refuses to move it.

I don't think dogs have got worse in anyway, but owners have, you get some that have not put any effort into training their dog and don't care where it goes when out and about. I don't want it anywhere near me.
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Why is he terrified of them? Often children pickup their fears and phobias from parents.
 
VincentHanna said:
Why is he terrified of them? Often children pickup their fears and phobias from parents.
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He probably does pick up some of it from me, I was bitten by my friends dog when I was a child and just don't trust dogs anymore and rightfully so there's an old guy walks his dog near my home and if I'm on my bike the dog will attack me and try to bite my leg, he's not interested.

But he mostly doesn't like things approaching him he once screamed when an old lady rubbed his hair (both our children have full on ginger hair so they attract old people) she was mortified and thought she'd hurt him.
 
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