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Originally Posted by duffysmom
Oh well, we lost our serenity at the polo grounds. It appears that people feel free to run their dogs off leash early in the morning even though it clearly states no dogs allowed. That has not been a problem for me but my sweet husband who has been bitten by dogs twice is concerned when dogs run loose, so when a large dog bounded up to him he politely told the older couple that their dog should be on leash. They did not have a problem with him and called their dog back to them. Just then another man ran up to my husband and started screaming that he should mind his own business, ranting that he had no right to say anything, on and on. He was in his face and very threatening and his dog became agitated and ran round my husband barking. The man was manic as was his dog. We thought he was going to lose it and become physical. Geeze, there goes my serenity. This man appeared to be in his 50's and my husband is 76 so it got
scarey to say the least. Anyway, we dog owners need to respect the right of others and not have our dogs running loose and giving dog owners a bad name. We have lovely dog parks where the dogs can go off leash. We called the Sheriff but of course, the man and dog were long gone. I was thinking of giving my husband a taser for his birthday.  |
There is no reason for dogs to be off leash unless they are in the dog park. I used my pepper spray on a big black lab recently who came after me and my dog. He did not like it and backed off. The owners just laughed. I do not think it was funny. This did not happen in TV. I used to carry a stick but that didn't work. Now I carry the pepper spray and sometimes I walk with a weed fork. The pepper spray has worked both times I used it but it will not stop a serious attack by a pitbull. Unfortunately I know that from personal experience. Call me a crazy old man but I have to protect myself and my dog. No one else including the police do. I always remind my children when I say good bye. Life is like boxing. Rule number one is Protect yourself at all times. JJ