Personally I am very wary of dogs, as a general rule I'm not keen on them, despite our family having them as pets, purely because of the number of times some dog has decided to bite me for no fault of my own (I can remember being bitten by a dog whilst walking home from school last year, the owner then had the cheek to say 'you startled him, the strap in your bag was blowing in the wind' and didn't even apologise...I mean whats with that, his dog came bounding over and just lunged at me, bit me on the hand. Its just as well it was a tiny little mutt really, and I'm not a midget!).
Most dogs I have come across have been well behaved, and I'll give em a stroke and a pat on the head, or chuck the ball for them or something when I'm down the park, but when some strangers dog starts jumping up trying to lick me, or starts barking uncontrollably, or actually bites me, I remember why I really don't like them all that much.
I blame the owners personally, it takes a fair bit of time, responsibility and energy (hell following an excited dog thats running around sand dunes like a rocket is pretty energy sapping
) to look after a dog, and it just seems some people cannot be bothered to look after the animal properly so its no wonder its badly behaved. Most dog owners are fine
its just the minority who can't control their dogs that now make me extremely wary of any dog that comes running.
If you wish to turn to threats in order to get your point across you need to get a life and yes thats how I see it, although I really doubt how far you would get.
