NI = The plague? General Chat

Some owners of large dogs do exactly the same. my first encounter with an NI was the Epileptic one who tried to kill my dogs!

Epilepsy can cause aggresive behaviour in dogs

I have 2 GSD's and I always put them back on their leads when anyone else is about and then make them sit until the person has passed.

They are the biggest softies going and are very people and dog friendly but I have lost count of the times that people with small dogs have either crossed the street or picked up their dog and carried it rather than allow them to walk past us.

People seem to assume that because they are big they must be nasty but if these people are happy to live in their own ignorant, opinionated worlds, then that's their problem and I certainly wouldn't lose any sleep over it lol.

Hi

I think it's a big dog thing ....
I have a young gsd and a jack, the jack is very socially skilled and the gsd very sociable, last night the shep was boxing and sparring with another jrt in the park, it was very entertaining! When my dogs are off lead and oncomers look a little unsure, I tend to call ahead letting them know my dogs are friendly. Small dogs tend to get worried by the big dogs and I have found allowing my very large gsd to approach them, have had very good results and many peeps have warmed towards me and my dogs. The gsd has learnt to respect little dogs from my jack and after an initial bravado attack, little dogs seemed to have really taken to my shep, particularly terriers I have found. Unless an oncoming dog looks aggressive, particularly tense or overly excitable, I tend to just carry on as we were!

Not before it had it it cant!

I've lost count of how many times people have put their dogs on lead and left, or screamed, crossed the street etc. It IS the appearence of the dog. I don't get the same problems with other dogs I walk (golden retriever, collie, dalmatian) as I get with Loki. I get worse reactions with Loki in fact than I do with Ellie the GSD and she's twice the size. I think it's the big bad wolf thing.

Any breed can be aggressive. There are two extremely dog aggressive dogs on my street, a Wheaten Terrier and a Golden Retriever. I know people tend to get breed prejudice if their dog is attacked, but you have to be fair.

She's a good girl and won't go runnning up unless we do. She sits about 10 ft or so away and watches doing her best forlorn look!

Here is an example from when she was younger:

Can you post a pic of her now too?

I'm curious as to why anyone would avoid such a dog!

Sure here she is:



I think we may be getting a rep on the park! LOL

bless her...with those ears she still looks really puppy-ish...not in the least threatening...
she's a cutie, i'd be coming towards her to say hello, not away!

The funniest thing i've seen while bein out with my 2 was as i walked into the fields there was a lady with 2 small children so i kept both of them on the leads as they are bouncy bless them and this woman actually picked both her kids up and RAN out of the field I have never laughed so hard,
On the way home i saw the same lady in her front garden she took one look at me one look at the dogs and ran inside im sorry but it really tickled me

LOL, bit extreme that!

Doesn't seem to be anything unusual about her - she looks like most other northern breeds.

You should try walking down the street with a large bull-breed, then you'll see what the plague really is like

I'm amazed that you get this reaction. :? As I mentioned, here the main problem is with owners allowing their off-lead dogs to run up to my lad, even after seeing that he is on a lead and his body language is not playful (nor is mine by that stage ).

In fact he still gets attacked by other dogs, many who, according to their owners, have never done that before and are usually friendly. Not that he minds though.

Aww poor Loki!

I usually stop still when I see someone approaching with another dog, and stare right at them. They usually get the message and put their dog on a lead. If they don't and continue forward when have obviously seen me, I shout out to them to put their dog on a lead. Saying please the first time but not the second

I think it could be a large dog thing, though it seems really bad when you have multi rotties in the park, I cant blame people really, with all the bad press the breed has had,
If I walk in areas where people have got a chance to get to know my lot, it gets better,

i know what you mean, a guy who lived round the corner from me, had 3 male rotts and a female, and people would clear out the way...me no, i love rotties and always spoke to him, the best behaved dogs in the area. children went walking with them too, shame not everyone can see past the black and tan :S