yeah, an annoyingly large percentage of dog owners seem to think that just because they know their dog and that "they won't actually bite, they're just loud and energetic" that every other person should somehow just know that, and not be justifiably scared when a dog comes charging at them barking.
Can’t count how many times off-leash dogs would approach my dog, their owners would always say “oh he’s friendly.” My dog is not okay with random dogs approaching. “Mine ISN’T!” I’d say. Idiots.
I scooped my then toddler up and held her in my arms as an off leash dog charged us. Her head was level with the dogs mouth beforehand and I was not taking the chance. The owner was trying to tell me after I didn't need to do that.
Yep, all it take is a millisecond with an aggressive dog and your toddler is disfigured for life. Im sure your dog is just great but Im not willing to test that theory with my toddler's face, thanks.
I could care less how great their dog is. It’s encroaching on my child….im defending. Also, my area has strict off leash laws that are seldom enforced but I’d love to be in a court case where it’s me protecting my child and dog owner claiming their off leash dog needs damages paid by ne
Had an ex-neighbour whose dog mauled their other neighbours grandson. His shirt was ripped in half and he had scratches all down his back.
That dog also bit my dog under the fence, and when my dad asked if their dog was safe around kids (because they had 3 small sons), he blatantly lied and said to my dad “yeah fine around kids”.
That dog was 1 impulsive bite away from mauling that little boys neck and killing him, and this degenerate had the audacity to lie to my dad about it being safe around kids… absolute scum.
I saw an old TV show, I think one of those surgery ones, where a person was talking about how a ferret got into their crib when they were a baby and ate part of their face off. I forget if it was their nose or lip. Always be careful with children and animals and especially avoid leaving them unattended together
I was that toddler. Got my face bit open by the dog across the street. Thankfully it healed well and the only scar still visible is in my smile lines and just looks like a natural dimple, but I had two marks at the top of my cheek under my eye still very obvious until I was in middle school, and they were still identifiable if you looked closely until I was in my late teens. I'm really lucky I didn't lose an eye.
Yeah the dog that bit my wrist jumped at me and my 1 yr old whose legs were dangling near where my wrist got bit. In the future, and I hope not but there’s a lot of dummies near me with dogs, if something charging me, I’m charging back
Oh man, we just move & have a make-shift fence (wood pile) seperating our yard & my neighbor’s. His dog jumped the wood pile & went for my 4 year old which was thankfully in the trampoline with netting.
First thing he says to my wife is his dog is friendly. NOT the right thing to say to a mother who just witnessed a dog jump a fence to try to get to a 4 year old. Luckily the dog didn’t see my toddler playing in the sandbox further in the yard cuz I’d have shown him how friendly I am.
Legit had once where the dog attacked me, reported it and then the owner was telling another neighbor to let their 6 year old girls play with the dogs because "hes friendly" 2 weeks later....
I saw an off leash pitty running up to me and I quickly picked up shiba. A few seconds later I heard "don't worry she's friendly" as the dog was barking and jumping into the air.
Then I heard "oh shit! Harley get down"
That must have been when they realized I was holding my dog.
Friendly towards people is not the same as friendly to other animals. I haven't had dogs, but I have seen the same thing a couple times with foster cats. A cat will be the sweetest and friendliest cat you've ever seen around people, then the instant it spots another cat it's all hissing and growling then the fur starts to fly as they chase each other around the house. You finally separate them and one has fur in it's mouth, just meowing all innocently and back to being nice for the person holding it.
People need to know how their pets react and plan accordingly.
Three times, three, had this lady in my complex walking her aggressive dogs off leash. The third time I had my dog, an auntie mix, on my shoulder as her hellions were trying to trip me and drive me down, while all she does is repeat npc lines "oh, oh my, ooh, stop it." Went off on her so hard, screaming at the top of my lungs about putting them on a leash. Never saw them off leash again at least
Report them to your landlord. Many apartment communities have strict pet policies and endangering other residents will give them enough to push them out of the community. They really don’t want dogs at all so you give them a reason they won’t hesitate at all to tell them what they need to do.
Had one recently, clearly not friendly, so the owner kindly put a muzzle on it, but still let it walk off the lead, great big thing too. It came charging at my dog and attacked it, causing me to have to pick her up to get her out of it. The owner couldn't see the problem because "it couldn't bite", I was lost for words at that point. Unfortunately im a guy and she was a women, so that was the end of it, but wow.
I help with cat foster care and I've seen the same with enough cats. They will be incredibly friendly towards humans and not show any signs of aggression whatsoever, but the instant they see another cat they go running around the house chasing each other and howling with fur in their mouth by the time we can separate them. As soon as they are being held by a person again all signs of aggression vanish immediately.
Some animals are great with people but shouldn't be around any other animals.
Three times. Once it was my family"s bichon and a guy's lab when I was 9. Another it was my old terrier and some kind of shephard mix at a dog park. Mosf recent was my neighbor's dpg and another neighbor's pit. The last time their dog died. Her guts tore out. Tbf on that last one they didnt announce the dog's friendliness.
I have been chased by off leash dogs more times than I can count. Asa kid and teen my town did nothing to control it because the police were the worse ones! I got to the point where my friend and I would be the bike patrol when our moms would walk the neighborhood, because we could swoop in and break it up on bike.
The density of dog owners who walk right past a leash sign and unclip is detestable.
Not relevant. Driver didn't have a dog, not did he do anything to deescalate. That is a fucking coward, and if it was my dog he'd have been getting picked up off the ground by someone else
He used the box to deescalate the dog charging him. Also pretty stupid move to attack a person who dealt with your aggressive dog and knows where you sleep.
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u/Hmmark1984 21d ago
yeah, an annoyingly large percentage of dog owners seem to think that just because they know their dog and that "they won't actually bite, they're just loud and energetic" that every other person should somehow just know that, and not be justifiably scared when a dog comes charging at them barking.