First Law of Dog walking
Discussion
Your dog is always right.
2nd Law.
Other dog walkers who don't appreciate this fact are insane nutcases who think their dog is always right.
Zeroth Law
You must always put your dog on a lead even though dogs on leads reduces the fight or flight options by 50% and millions of years of evolution is down the pan.
Tertiary law.
Owners with little dogs will often pick them up to protect them but never put them on their heads as a pretend furry hat.
2nd Law.
Other dog walkers who don't appreciate this fact are insane nutcases who think their dog is always right.
Zeroth Law
You must always put your dog on a lead even though dogs on leads reduces the fight or flight options by 50% and millions of years of evolution is down the pan.
Tertiary law.
Owners with little dogs will often pick them up to protect them but never put them on their heads as a pretend furry hat.
Edited by Gandahar on Tuesday 21st November 21:38
Paddy_N_Murphy said:
Gandahar said:
Zeroth Law
You must always put your dog on a lead even though dogs on leads reduces the fight or flight options by 50% and millions of years of evolution is down the pan.
Nope. You must always put your dog on a lead even though dogs on leads reduces the fight or flight options by 50% and millions of years of evolution is down the pan.
Almost never. Near traffic, perhaps.
We all live in different surroundings and different dogs.
megamaniac said:
Paddy_N_Murphy said:
Gandahar said:
Zeroth Law
You must always put your dog on a lead even though dogs on leads reduces the fight or flight options by 50% and millions of years of evolution is down the pan.
Nope. You must always put your dog on a lead even though dogs on leads reduces the fight or flight options by 50% and millions of years of evolution is down the pan.
Almost never. Near traffic, perhaps.
We all live in different surroundings and different dogs.
zygalski said:
First law should be clear up your dog's s
t.
Second law should be clear up your dog's st.
Third law should be clear up you dog's st
And so on.
... Fourth law should be clear up your dog's st.Second law should be clear up your dog's s
t.Third law should be clear up you dog's s
tAnd so on.
t and dispose of it PROPERLY, do not just throw the bag of st on the floor, or hang it from a tree or chuck it in a nearby pond!Boosted LS1 said:
Or she should avoid everybody else with their normal dogs?
This.I get sick of the people who only venture out into the ''wilderness'' (for them at least) on Sundays and Bank Holidays then give you dirty looks or make a comment about ''controlling your dog'' when your entirely calm, friendly and sociable dog trots up to theirs with his tail wagging to say hello.
It's usually these same people who my previous comment is also aimed at... there always seems to be a large increase in bags of dog s
t hanging off trees following a sunny Bank HolidayAs far as I'm concerned, the only law of dog walking is to have some common courtesy and common sense.
Those of you with friendly, well-socialised dogs, good for you.
But please just consider that not every dog might have had the best upbringing or history. Sometimes this is not the fault of the current owner. Sometimes they've 'inherited' these problems, but still love their dog and want the best for it.
Some dogs are elderly or frail, or recovering from illness and don't want other dogs rushing over, no matter how friendly.
Some dogs can't go off lead because of their breed traits/history/what they've had trained into them by humans.
I've had dogs of all these types and currently have a mixture of very dog friendly and not so dog friendly. I may have given the odd 'dirty look' to people whose dogs have run over to mine when they've been on lead, but I've also had many, many 'dirty looks' from owners who have obviously never experienced these difficulties.
I think we all just need to respect the fact that everyone and every dog is different.
Those of you with friendly, well-socialised dogs, good for you.
But please just consider that not every dog might have had the best upbringing or history. Sometimes this is not the fault of the current owner. Sometimes they've 'inherited' these problems, but still love their dog and want the best for it.
Some dogs are elderly or frail, or recovering from illness and don't want other dogs rushing over, no matter how friendly.
Some dogs can't go off lead because of their breed traits/history/what they've had trained into them by humans.
I've had dogs of all these types and currently have a mixture of very dog friendly and not so dog friendly. I may have given the odd 'dirty look' to people whose dogs have run over to mine when they've been on lead, but I've also had many, many 'dirty looks' from owners who have obviously never experienced these difficulties.
I think we all just need to respect the fact that everyone and every dog is different.
mike74 said:
zygalski said:
First law should be clear up your dog's st.
Second law should be clear up your dog's st.
Third law should be clear up you dog's st
And so on.
... Fourth law should be clear up your dog's st.Second law should be clear up your dog's s
t.Third law should be clear up you dog's s
tAnd so on.
t and dispose of it PROPERLY, do not just throw the bag of st on the floor, or hang it from a tree or chuck it in a nearby pond!moorx said:
As far as I'm concerned, the only law of dog walking is to have some common courtesy and common sense.
Those of you with friendly, well-socialised dogs, good for you.
But please just consider that not every dog might have had the best upbringing or history. Sometimes this is not the fault of the current owner. Sometimes they've 'inherited' these problems, but still love their dog and want the best for it.
Some dogs are elderly or frail, or recovering from illness and don't want other dogs rushing over, no matter how friendly.
Some dogs can't go off lead because of their breed traits/history/what they've had trained into them by humans.
I've had dogs of all these types and currently have a mixture of very dog friendly and not so dog friendly. I may have given the odd 'dirty look' to people whose dogs have run over to mine when they've been on lead, but I've also had many, many 'dirty looks' from owners who have obviously never experienced these difficulties.
I think we all just need to respect the fact that everyone and every dog is different.
Absolutely. Those of you with friendly, well-socialised dogs, good for you.
But please just consider that not every dog might have had the best upbringing or history. Sometimes this is not the fault of the current owner. Sometimes they've 'inherited' these problems, but still love their dog and want the best for it.
Some dogs are elderly or frail, or recovering from illness and don't want other dogs rushing over, no matter how friendly.
Some dogs can't go off lead because of their breed traits/history/what they've had trained into them by humans.
I've had dogs of all these types and currently have a mixture of very dog friendly and not so dog friendly. I may have given the odd 'dirty look' to people whose dogs have run over to mine when they've been on lead, but I've also had many, many 'dirty looks' from owners who have obviously never experienced these difficulties.
I think we all just need to respect the fact that everyone and every dog is different.
I have three dogs, 2 are OK with other dogs, 1 isn't, we rehomed her at a year old, she's deaf so hates other dogs sneaking up so unfortunately is always on the defensive, I wouldn't be surprised if there other issues too from her past which we are not aware of as she originated from a Spanish market.
She also had a very unsettled first year of her life, living with 3 different people.
Edited by HTP99 on Sunday 26th November 13:08
HTP99 said:
moorx said:
As far as I'm concerned, the only law of dog walking is to have some common courtesy and common sense.
Those of you with friendly, well-socialised dogs, good for you.
But please just consider that not every dog might have had the best upbringing or history. Sometimes this is not the fault of the current owner. Sometimes they've 'inherited' these problems, but still love their dog and want the best for it.
Some dogs are elderly or frail, or recovering from illness and don't want other dogs rushing over, no matter how friendly.
Some dogs can't go off lead because of their breed traits/history/what they've had trained into them by humans.
I've had dogs of all these types and currently have a mixture of very dog friendly and not so dog friendly. I may have given the odd 'dirty look' to people whose dogs have run over to mine when they've been on lead, but I've also had many, many 'dirty looks' from owners who have obviously never experienced these difficulties.
I think we all just need to respect the fact that everyone and every dog is different.
Absolutely. Those of you with friendly, well-socialised dogs, good for you.
But please just consider that not every dog might have had the best upbringing or history. Sometimes this is not the fault of the current owner. Sometimes they've 'inherited' these problems, but still love their dog and want the best for it.
Some dogs are elderly or frail, or recovering from illness and don't want other dogs rushing over, no matter how friendly.
Some dogs can't go off lead because of their breed traits/history/what they've had trained into them by humans.
I've had dogs of all these types and currently have a mixture of very dog friendly and not so dog friendly. I may have given the odd 'dirty look' to people whose dogs have run over to mine when they've been on lead, but I've also had many, many 'dirty looks' from owners who have obviously never experienced these difficulties.
I think we all just need to respect the fact that everyone and every dog is different.
I have three dogs, 2 are OK with other dogs, 1 isn't, we rehomed her at a year old, she's deaf so hates other dogs sneaking up so unfortunately is always on the defensive, I wouldn't be surprised if there other issues too from her past which we are not aware of as she originated from a Spanish market.
She also had a very unsettled first year of her life, living with 3 different people.
Edited by HTP99 on Sunday 26th November 13:08
Edited by Escort3500 on Sunday 26th November 21:11
What you also have to consider is dogs can make up their own minds weather they like each or not and this completely separate to control of your dog and weather its on a lead or not.
Dogs are also considerably faster at making the above judgement too.
IE. Dogs can take one look at each other go for each other both can be on a lead. That can be a bit frantic.
We had a greyhound for three years (RIP) and with me he spent most of his time on a lead, but Mrs BakerStreet used to off lead him everyday and rarely encountered an issue.
One of the biggest issues she had was other owners used to throw a ball into the distance for their hound and and ours would give chase and on nearly every occasion our hound would win the race to siad ball. However, poor old Herbie never really got the concept of bringing it back and on the rare occasion he did did pick it up and run back it would be to Mrs Bakerstreet and not the other dogs owner
However, I'm on a few Greyhound facebook groups and many of the owners get upset at off lead dogs simply running up the greyhound wanting to play. I think they forget that Greys are still dogs and you can't control other dog owners.
Also agree about picking up your dogs business.
Dogs are also considerably faster at making the above judgement too.
IE. Dogs can take one look at each other go for each other both can be on a lead. That can be a bit frantic.
We had a greyhound for three years (RIP) and with me he spent most of his time on a lead, but Mrs BakerStreet used to off lead him everyday and rarely encountered an issue.
One of the biggest issues she had was other owners used to throw a ball into the distance for their hound and and ours would give chase and on nearly every occasion our hound would win the race to siad ball. However, poor old Herbie never really got the concept of bringing it back and on the rare occasion he did did pick it up and run back it would be to Mrs Bakerstreet and not the other dogs owner
However, I'm on a few Greyhound facebook groups and many of the owners get upset at off lead dogs simply running up the greyhound wanting to play. I think they forget that Greys are still dogs and you can't control other dog owners.
Also agree about picking up your dogs business.
mike74 said:
... Fourth law should be clear up your dog's st and dispose of it PROPERLY, do not just throw the bag of st on the floor, or hang it from a tree or chuck it in a nearby pond!
I really don't see the benefit of picking st and dispose of it PROPERLY, do not just throw the bag of st on the floor, or hang it from a tree or chuck it in a nearby pond!t up in a plastic bag and then hanging it from a tree.
moorx said:
As far as I'm concerned, the only law of dog walking is to have some common courtesy and common sense.
Those of you with friendly, well-socialised dogs, good for you.
But please just consider that not every dog might have had the best upbringing or history. Sometimes this is not the fault of the current owner. Sometimes they've 'inherited' these problems, but still love their dog and want the best for it.
Some dogs are elderly or frail, or recovering from illness and don't want other dogs rushing over, no matter how friendly.
Some dogs can't go off lead because of their breed traits/history/what they've had trained into them by humans.
I've had dogs of all these types and currently have a mixture of very dog friendly and not so dog friendly. I may have given the odd 'dirty look' to people whose dogs have run over to mine when they've been on lead, but I've also had many, many 'dirty looks' from owners who have obviously never experienced these difficulties.
I think we all just need to respect the fact that everyone and every dog is different.
A very sensible post.Those of you with friendly, well-socialised dogs, good for you.
But please just consider that not every dog might have had the best upbringing or history. Sometimes this is not the fault of the current owner. Sometimes they've 'inherited' these problems, but still love their dog and want the best for it.
Some dogs are elderly or frail, or recovering from illness and don't want other dogs rushing over, no matter how friendly.
Some dogs can't go off lead because of their breed traits/history/what they've had trained into them by humans.
I've had dogs of all these types and currently have a mixture of very dog friendly and not so dog friendly. I may have given the odd 'dirty look' to people whose dogs have run over to mine when they've been on lead, but I've also had many, many 'dirty looks' from owners who have obviously never experienced these difficulties.
I think we all just need to respect the fact that everyone and every dog is different.
It's common sense that if you see someone who has a dog on a lead and/or harness and you can see they are purposefully avoiding other dogs, don't let your dog go trotting up to it with the belief that every dog loves him/her.
On the occasion where I've witnessed a dog on-lead reacting badly to a dog off-lead, it's because whilst the dog off-lead is perfectly friendly, its owner has no ability to recall the dog and therefore has no choice but to let it say hello to everyone and every other dog.
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