Our 30 lb. poodle mix just survived an attack on a hiking trail

[TorchTheWitch]

109. BULLSHIT

I never said any such thing. In fact, until now I had no idea that her dog was off leash. If it was off leash and well-socialized and trained to always respond to commands as she herself complained of other dogs not being that way then fine. The only problem with her dog being off leash is that she would not have been able to stop an attack on it had the attacking dog chased it too far away from her. Having her own dog on leash also protects her dog as she is then able to keep her dog from being chased away and further attacked where she couldn't have done anything about it. Had her dog been on a leash she could have bashed the noodle of the attacking dog and may have been able to thwart any attack at all. Protecting her dog from harm is her responsibility according to her dog if she wants her dog to respect her as the leader - her dog expects her to protect it from a menacing attacking dog, and she can only best do that by keeping her own dog close to her on leash.

But having a well-socialized properly trained dog as hers is she should be ABLE to freely walk it off leash without having to worry about other aggressive and uncontrolled dogs attacking it. Had her own dog been on leash she would have been better able to protect it from attack, but had those two other dogs not been off leash she wouldn't have had to protect it from attack in the first place. She's absolutely right in her belief that dogs that are not well-socialized nor properly trained to obey should never be allowed off leash.

What have we gone round and round about? I barely even recognize who you are, and you clearly know nothing about me.