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Originally Posted by srswans
What’s the proper protocol for walking past a dog walker say on a sidewalk at a rec center?
This morning I was attempting to pass a dog walker when the dog startled then growled and bared its teeth at me. The walker didn’t register my presence until the dog reacted. He then commanded the dog to stand down and moved over.
The walker was wearing headphones over a hood so he probably wouldn’t have heard me even if I had said “Good morning” or “excuse me.”
The walker was moving slowly and using the entire sidewalk. He also made some comment about “not a good idea.”
I just want to get home without being bitten.
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I would never walk directly up to or pass a dog on the sidewalk unless I knew the dog. I’d move to the road, or a rec center has plenty of room to pass, you don’t have to stay on the sidewalk. Dogs on leashes can have different temperaments than off leash dogs.