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Does anyone else ever get really annoyed by the attitude and behaviour of other dog owners?!
We met a woman on our local park this morning with a collie dog which was off leash, as was Ferdie. As Ferdie usually does he went trotting over to say hello and instantly the woman grabbed her dog and was straining to hold it back and shouted over for us to put Ferdie on his lead! As far as we could tell both dogs were absolutely fine - no sign of any aggression at all - and would probably have had a good sniff of each other and then been happy to go on their way.
I'm sure that a lot of the time dog owners can create problems out of a situation by pulling their dogs off and getting stressed and panicky, whereas if they just left the dogs free to greet one another and socialise there would be no problem at all. I think dogs are very perceptive and if they feel their owners start to stress out they will automatically think there is something to get stressed about too and this can create aggression.
As I'm sure other vizsla owners will agree, vizslas are extremely friendly and sociable dogs that generally just want a chance to say hello to other dogs they see. Ferdie is now nearly 10 months old and has never shown the slightest sign of aggression with any other dog - in fact the other day we met a 14 week old puppy and Ferdie was rolling on his back and being the more submissive of the two! We're always careful if we see another dog coming on a lead and will generally try to put Ferdie on his lead too as I know dogs can be more likely to be aggressive if approached when they're on a lead, but if another dog is running free too we tend to assume that the dog is friendly and the owner happy for it to play with other dogs. We've always felt it important to get Ferdie socialised well with other dogs from a young age. It's just a shame when other owners seem to want to yank their dogs away. It also annoys me when owners of smaller dogs see Ferdie coming and instantly pick their dogs up and try to hold them out of his way, as you can guarantee that will make Ferdie jump up as he tries to say hi to it!
I think all new dog owners should be made to watch the Dog Whisperer and see how Cesar Milan gets dogs to act with one another before they are allowed to take their dogs out!!
Sorry, I just felt like having a rant!!
We met a woman on our local park this morning with a collie dog which was off leash, as was Ferdie. As Ferdie usually does he went trotting over to say hello and instantly the woman grabbed her dog and was straining to hold it back and shouted over for us to put Ferdie on his lead! As far as we could tell both dogs were absolutely fine - no sign of any aggression at all - and would probably have had a good sniff of each other and then been happy to go on their way.
I'm sure that a lot of the time dog owners can create problems out of a situation by pulling their dogs off and getting stressed and panicky, whereas if they just left the dogs free to greet one another and socialise there would be no problem at all. I think dogs are very perceptive and if they feel their owners start to stress out they will automatically think there is something to get stressed about too and this can create aggression.
As I'm sure other vizsla owners will agree, vizslas are extremely friendly and sociable dogs that generally just want a chance to say hello to other dogs they see. Ferdie is now nearly 10 months old and has never shown the slightest sign of aggression with any other dog - in fact the other day we met a 14 week old puppy and Ferdie was rolling on his back and being the more submissive of the two! We're always careful if we see another dog coming on a lead and will generally try to put Ferdie on his lead too as I know dogs can be more likely to be aggressive if approached when they're on a lead, but if another dog is running free too we tend to assume that the dog is friendly and the owner happy for it to play with other dogs. We've always felt it important to get Ferdie socialised well with other dogs from a young age. It's just a shame when other owners seem to want to yank their dogs away. It also annoys me when owners of smaller dogs see Ferdie coming and instantly pick their dogs up and try to hold them out of his way, as you can guarantee that will make Ferdie jump up as he tries to say hi to it!
I think all new dog owners should be made to watch the Dog Whisperer and see how Cesar Milan gets dogs to act with one another before they are allowed to take their dogs out!!
Sorry, I just felt like having a rant!!