Ok, so my boy got into some trouble about 2 months ago, when we were passing two bulldogs in our local nature walk and one of them became aggressive toward him. After about 10 seconds both bulldogs went into a complete frenzy and began attacking him, managed to bite him once on his behind and were going for more, growling, lunging and baring teeth and running at me. I was forced to pick him up to prevent them getting at him, and the owner was whipping them with their leather leashes to try and get them to stop. Obviously to no avail, but that was then.
For some reason, my beautiful boy is being subject to these horrible dogs and their even HORRIBLER owners. Today was another story.
Let me begin...
We were walking together (me and Caesar), through the nature park (its just fields and woodland where people go to walk or take their dogs, NOT a dog park), and everything was great. There was this dog, it looked young to me, and the owners said he was 13 months. It was a Fox Terrier. It was on a leash and lunging at Caesar. I thought to myself 'Oh, probably a first-time dog owner who hasn't taught his dog any leash manners'. I was right. I just smiled and thought that I might as well allow them to meet. So the dog met mine and they sniffed and whatever. I started talking to the owners and they were pleasant people. It was their first time walking here, so I was just telling them about it and how nice normally it is, etc.
We walked together for about 5 minutes, just for the dogs to enjoy company. Their dog was on a leash this whole time, mine was off leash the whole time. My boy is 5 months but very good. After some minutes, the owner let his dog off the leash. As soon as he did, the dog ran ahead immediately, going to sniff, play, see things, whatever. I think they are herding dogs by nature so he was just doing his thing. Went to sniff the river bank or whatever.
After some more minutes, their dog came back, and we were all walking nicely. My boy is lovely and very sociable, and I don't even remember what happened, but I think he perhaps wanted to initiate play with this other dog. Everything was alright... for most of 2 seconds. Almost immediately, this Fox Terrier was growling and lunging at Caesar, teeth bared, and was literally... I don't even know, he started mounting on Caesar, while trying to dig his teeth into him at the same time, and all the while Caesar was just crying... you know that rapid whining/crying sound that pups make when they're in distress. I was just watching from about 5 meters away, thinking, 'Oh, the dog will get off mine when he realizes mine is whining'. Caesar sometimes whines when he plays with other dogs if they are too rough but they stop after a second. BUT NOT THIS DOG. He dug his teeth MORE into mine, trying to get at his neck, he was standing on top of him, pinning him down and shaking him about. After maybe 5 or 6 seconds I realized it wasn't stopping so I quickly moved over to the disgust that was this dog. His owner was 'trying' to get him off, grabbed him by the collar but that was it. WOOHOO... I on the other hand, CHARGED over to that dog, GRABBED it by the collar, and PULLED it completely off and away from my dog, while telling it VERY strongly 'HEY' a number of times. The owner was just looking at me as if I was assaulting his dog and hurting it. Oh my god you should have seen his face. He really didn't know how to reprimand the dog. The man's partner was telling the dog off, while the man was clearly petting the dog, telling him 'there there bilbo it's alright, lovely bilbo don't be naughty it's fine bilbo good boy'.
I was shocked.
I think my boy has a small patch under his eye where his fur is no longer there, I don't know if this hideous dog ripped some skin off or dug his tooth there or something. Unbelievable. The worst part is that the owner was trying to tell me it was just play and was effectively telling the dog it was a good boy by petting it and kissing it afterward. Oh my god. My boy ran about 20 meters away and just sat there staring over. I had two options. Either be nice, and grab my boy away from underneath this dog's legs, or grab the dog off mine.
I'm NOT going to take any slack from ANYONE anymore. If their dog so much as looks at mine wrong, I'm going to be WAITING to reprimand it if it even so much as LUNGES toward my dog.
Why can't everyone own a Golden Retriever? Why do people own these crusty breeds and then never socialize them properly OR learn to train them properly?
It really boils my blood.
If you want updated pictures of my baby boy... I have an album
Grim stuff. I'm angry.
For some reason, my beautiful boy is being subject to these horrible dogs and their even HORRIBLER owners. Today was another story.
Let me begin...
We were walking together (me and Caesar), through the nature park (its just fields and woodland where people go to walk or take their dogs, NOT a dog park), and everything was great. There was this dog, it looked young to me, and the owners said he was 13 months. It was a Fox Terrier. It was on a leash and lunging at Caesar. I thought to myself 'Oh, probably a first-time dog owner who hasn't taught his dog any leash manners'. I was right. I just smiled and thought that I might as well allow them to meet. So the dog met mine and they sniffed and whatever. I started talking to the owners and they were pleasant people. It was their first time walking here, so I was just telling them about it and how nice normally it is, etc.
We walked together for about 5 minutes, just for the dogs to enjoy company. Their dog was on a leash this whole time, mine was off leash the whole time. My boy is 5 months but very good. After some minutes, the owner let his dog off the leash. As soon as he did, the dog ran ahead immediately, going to sniff, play, see things, whatever. I think they are herding dogs by nature so he was just doing his thing. Went to sniff the river bank or whatever.
After some more minutes, their dog came back, and we were all walking nicely. My boy is lovely and very sociable, and I don't even remember what happened, but I think he perhaps wanted to initiate play with this other dog. Everything was alright... for most of 2 seconds. Almost immediately, this Fox Terrier was growling and lunging at Caesar, teeth bared, and was literally... I don't even know, he started mounting on Caesar, while trying to dig his teeth into him at the same time, and all the while Caesar was just crying... you know that rapid whining/crying sound that pups make when they're in distress. I was just watching from about 5 meters away, thinking, 'Oh, the dog will get off mine when he realizes mine is whining'. Caesar sometimes whines when he plays with other dogs if they are too rough but they stop after a second. BUT NOT THIS DOG. He dug his teeth MORE into mine, trying to get at his neck, he was standing on top of him, pinning him down and shaking him about. After maybe 5 or 6 seconds I realized it wasn't stopping so I quickly moved over to the disgust that was this dog. His owner was 'trying' to get him off, grabbed him by the collar but that was it. WOOHOO... I on the other hand, CHARGED over to that dog, GRABBED it by the collar, and PULLED it completely off and away from my dog, while telling it VERY strongly 'HEY' a number of times. The owner was just looking at me as if I was assaulting his dog and hurting it. Oh my god you should have seen his face. He really didn't know how to reprimand the dog. The man's partner was telling the dog off, while the man was clearly petting the dog, telling him 'there there bilbo it's alright, lovely bilbo don't be naughty it's fine bilbo good boy'.
I was shocked.
I think my boy has a small patch under his eye where his fur is no longer there, I don't know if this hideous dog ripped some skin off or dug his tooth there or something. Unbelievable. The worst part is that the owner was trying to tell me it was just play and was effectively telling the dog it was a good boy by petting it and kissing it afterward. Oh my god. My boy ran about 20 meters away and just sat there staring over. I had two options. Either be nice, and grab my boy away from underneath this dog's legs, or grab the dog off mine.
I'm NOT going to take any slack from ANYONE anymore. If their dog so much as looks at mine wrong, I'm going to be WAITING to reprimand it if it even so much as LUNGES toward my dog.
Why can't everyone own a Golden Retriever? Why do people own these crusty breeds and then never socialize them properly OR learn to train them properly?
It really boils my blood.
If you want updated pictures of my baby boy... I have an album
Grim stuff. I'm angry.