As a dog owner, here are 5 situations that freak me out

[dixiegrrrrl]

13. Sadly, some people are beyond education.

The lady up the hill who was walking her cocker spaniel, off leash, on MY street,
while I was coming from the opposite direction with my Golden on a leash ( yes, we have leash laws)
The moment I saw her half a block away, I called for her to put the leash on her dog.
Which she ignored.
So I turned around headed for home and her cocker ran half a block to attack my dog.

A guy from Fla. who rented a house a block away and let his 3 dobie/shepherd mixes run loose all day.
They attacked my dog when I was walking him close to my house.
Fortunately, a neighbor instantly took in the scene, grabbed a shovel and beat the dogs away.
Owner got 3 warnings from neighbors, to no avail.
2 warnings from Animal Control ...still no change,
and finally we had to call the police because the pack was rushing up to small children in their yards and attacking cats and other dogs.
He soon moved out, complaining that people here were not "friendly".

The gas meter reader man, who has 2 Goldens which he leaves outside 24/7, insists
on giving my dog a biscuit if he sees it outside with us.
We solved that by keeping the dog inside when he comes to read the meter.
I do not want people feeding my dog anything.

People DO rush up to us when they see our Golden being walked.
Kids and adults, high pitched voices and hands sticking out, grabbing at him.
He is NOT fond of that.

Where I come from, you ask permission to pet someone's dog.