[lovsthosebigdogs]

Poor Lucy. I hope she has a speedy, uneventful recovery. It is VERY scary when an owner doesn't have control of their dog(s) whether it's a big or small dog. I was out walking my dogs (and yes, I DO see the need to have more than one) and someone with a MUCH smaller dog came by in a golf cart and the dog was on a flexi lead and going bonkers, snarling and barking at my dogs. This other dog was so nuts that it flung itself out of the golf cart at my dogs in a fury and tumbled over and over again behind the golf cart to get at my dogs. The owner was screaming trying to stop the cart. She got burns on her hands from the lead and the dog was bruised. My very large dogs just stood there looking at HER out of control smaller dog and this whole circus act. I couldn't go over to help her or the dog because I didn't want to approach with my big boys and make it worse. I offered to take my dogs home and come back but she said she'd just get her dog and go home and deal with it.
And CFrance, I have also been the target of the 3 looney dachshunds and their attempts to attack or incite my dogs. I also go the other way when I see them.
It's not just big dogs you have to concern yourself with. I have to concern myself with all the small dogs and owners who allow them to approach my dogs and tell me that their small, barking, growling dogs are only curious as they come after my dogs as I walk mine quietly on a leash. Truly, I think each dog owner needs to be cautious and control his/her own dog and not take the word of the other dog owner. I am learning the hard way not to wear rose colored glasses.