Stupid off-leash dogs and their owners!

[sweetlychee]

This morning when Milo was going for his regular morning potty, we open the door, and BOOM! A stupid off-leash poodle lunged toward Milo. Milo was on a leash.

I was stunned and livid. He went after Milo's FACE! Milo just kept barking and went behind us. He was squealing and wanted to go inside the house. The retarded owner took his dog away what seemed like 4 minutes. The other female owner was just smiling.

I'm infuriated. This reinforces Milo's fear of another dog. Over the weekend, he was just getting better slowly when he saw other dogs around the park. There are just some really retarded owners out there - and that owner I realized after calming Milo down was my landlord. I so wanted to curse her out. Just one inch out the door and bam, you got this demented poodle after Milo.

[corgimom]

Originally Posted by sweetlychee

This morning when Milo was going for his regular morning potty, we open the door, and BOOM! A stupid off-leash poodle lunged toward Milo. Milo was on a leash.

I was stunned and livid. He went after Milo's FACE! Milo just kept barking and went behind us. He was squealing and wanted to go inside the house. The retarded owner took his dog away what seemed like 4 minutes. The other female owner was just smiling.

I'm infuriated. This reinforces Milo's fear of another dog. Over the weekend, he was just getting better slowly when he saw other dogs around the park. There are just some really retarded owners out there - and that owner I realized after calming Milo down was my landlord. I so wanted to curse her out. Just one inch out the door and bam, you got this demented poodle after Milo.

Sweetly Chee

I don't blame you for being upset; there are always going to be owners who just don't think ahead and do what they want as long as it "feels right to them". And yet, it was your landlord! Do you think this might happen again?

I don't think there would be anything wrong with you talking "calmly" to her and telling her that Milo is fearful of dogs(and that you are working on this) and to please make sure that this does not happen again. Just tell her you were totally taken off guard by the dog pouncing on Milo. Any decent person would willingly listen and apologize.

There is a dog just 2 houses down from us that is very dominant over Cody.
I avoid that female dog if I can. When greeting her, she can never just start with smelling him, she immediately jumps on top of him and wrestles him until he is on his back. One day I was in the back yard with Cody and she saw him and came barreling over like a horse and immediately jumped on top of him. They now have put in an undergound fence.

[Dillydoodle]

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[corgimom]

Originally Posted by Dillydoodle

Mable,
that really stinks. I agree with Linda, that you should try saying something very nicely to the landlord. The other thing i would start to train milo to do is sit quietly at the door...and when you open the door he remains seated until you walk through the threshold first...this is for both coming and going. the reason i do this is in part to establish dominance over my dog. I am the alpha dog so i go in and out of doors FIRST - the second reason for this is so when you go outside the door, you can see if the coast is clear. If the poodle rushes at you - you can block him or her from reaching Milo and stressing him out. I totally understand how frustrating this is, I am trying to teach dillon how to not jump up on children and to interact with them well, and then i have this child down the street who does everything wrong and causes Dillon to have negative experiences instead of positive ones...i have to do everything i can to avoid this holy terror! LOL!
Emilie

I wonder why the parents don't buy this kid her own dog?

[Chip's Mom]

I am also teaching Chip the wait command and I only use it when he is in the car and I have to leave, when I open the gate and times when I need to go first. My husband told me yesterday that Chip wants out of the car after I leave him so he has to watch him carefully. Not sure what to do about that. Also, he doesn't want to go on leash with someone else. He will plant those little corgi feet and keep turning back to see if Mom is coming. Do I see a GCC in his future. LOL We will see. Yesterday at the flea market, Chip met a pit bull puppy only about a foot tall and friendly. Chip immediately did the same thing that Milo did with the rottie. I watched very closely and they started playing but then a large unfriendly character was there and Chip and I both steered clear of him. Must be natural instinct on Chip's part. To bad Milo couldn't come to TN and play with Chip.

I need to clarify - Chip did the crouch down passive thing.

[Dillydoodle]

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[Chip's Mom]

Treatment of animals by children is a learned behavior starting from young childhood. If the parents don't like animals, alot of times the children don't either and never learn how to properly take care of a pet. I think that is why alot of dogs end up in the backyard on a chain. I have never liked spiders Yuk but I never killed them in front of my children. My oldest son will still carry one that he finds in the house outside and release it. We used to do this when he was little. I detest rats and mice and my children aren't fond of them either and will set out poison and that is a good thing. LOL

[corgimom]

Originally Posted by Chip's Mom

Treatment of animals by children is a learned behavior starting from young childhood. If the parents don't like animals, alot of times the children don't either and never learn how to properly take care of a pet. I think that is why alot of dogs end up in the backyard on a chain. I have never liked spiders Yuk but I never killed them in front of my children. My oldest son will still carry one that he finds in the house outside and release it. We used to do this when he was little. I detest rats and mice and my children aren't fond of them either and will set out poison and that is a good thing. LOL

You are right Bonnie. I have a friend who does not care for dogs and she does not believe dogs belong in the home, but should be kept outside in a pen. Anyway, she has a young daughter who is fearful of dogs(which I believe is because of the mom) Usually when I walk Cody, little kids love to come up to him.

Our next door neighbors have 4 young children under the age of 10 and have never been pet owners. The 2 year old boy is the one that always gets Cody excited. Last week, the mom and I were sitting out in front on the lawn.The little boy began lunging towards Cody and Roaring right into his face(he was imitating who he was going to be for Halloween) The mom didn't think anything of what he was doing, but after the 3rd time, told him to stop because Cody started to bark. I had to tell him not to do that also and that he should not put his face so close to a dogs face and make such loud noises.

[Dillydoodle]

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[sweetlychee]

I agree but some children are just plain mean! My fiance took Milo for a late night potty. He saw one kid and he started taunting Milo by saying sarcastically "Woof woof." I was not there because I was cooking dinner (yes, I was cooking).

The kid was like 8 years old and was being a jerk to Milo. Milo didn't do anything. The kid went to say something mean so my fiance said, "You're the one barking. You're the damn dog." Milo can't even pee in peace! There are some really jerky kids out there and I think they might have learned it from their parents or whatever.

Another time I was taking Milo to pee. Some kid kept harrassing him WHILE he was peeing. I told the kid to shut the $#% up and I said some other mean stuff. I'm from NY so I have a fast tongue. And I said some other stuff. Hahah. Sorry folks, but I'm very protective.

I hope we plan to move to a better neighborhood!

[Chip's Mom]

Well put Emilie - That is the prime example of good parents teaching even though you couldn't have one and other parents that just don't care. I stand corrected. You are right on the kid chained up. We stopped at a musuem in Maine one time when we had Digger. I asked if we could carry him through and she said "no tie him to a tree outside" so I asked her if she ever tied her child up to a tree and left it. Needless to say, never did go through the museum.

[Dillydoodle]

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