Great news! For the first time in months, Penny is solid, and her poo is too. She is finally back on an all-dry food diet which is so much better for her as well as my pocketbook. I'm hoping after some time I can take her off the prescription diet and put her on another premium dog food that I don't have to buy at the vet, but for now I will say I have never been so happy to pick up poop.
Now that we have this under control we can get back to getting her under control. She's not a bad girl but we are obedience training drop outs and we need to get to working again. Since we've been going to the park almost as much as we used to, she is getting re-socialized and making tons of friends. Everyone loves her which is great because I see so many gorgeous dogs of identifiable breeds and sigh for a second thinking of how I used to want a dog like that but they wouldn't be as great as my little brat. Neither of us are gorgeous in any typical way but I think we are each cute in our own way, crazy and full of love to give and that is what matters.
p.s. I almost got into it with that guy about not leashing his dog again, but by the time I made my way around the park to tell him something he did have her on a leash again so maybe the yelling did work.
Showing posts with label loose dogs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label loose dogs. Show all posts
Friday, August 21, 2009
Thursday, April 23, 2009
leader of the whack
I know I haven't always been the best dog owner but I am learning, each and every day. Sometimes I get a little high and mighty about what is right and best and I know I don't really don't have the cred to do so. This is mostly when we're out walking and I see dogs walking people instead of the other way around or when the dog is not on the left, or worse not on lead, and so on.
Anyhow ever since we have been on the walking/exercise crusade I have noticed that the only dogs really interested in bothering us are the little ones. They really want a piece of Penny. We've only had smaller dogs for the last three years or so but I quickly learned, the smaller the dog, the bigger the trouble. That size of the fight in the dog business is for real.
It seems the owners of these small dogs, at least the ones in my neighborhood don't know or don't care about this. What's the cute little dog (cld) going to do? Nine times out of ten it is going to charge at the cute big dog (cbd), and if the cbd's owner is as lax as the cld's owner, watch out.We were almost out of the park when I saw a man sitting on the bench and his cld running around. I can see him, so I assume he can see me, and my cbd. I'm on alert just in case. We get about 15 feet away and his dog comes running at us. I start to hasten our exit, but the little one will not let up and is looping us. I'm yelling at the guy and he just kind of looks over like, who me? A few moments later I actually yell something like "come get your dog", to which he just stands up and half-assedly calls it over, again, to no avail. Finally I just start walking out with a firm hold on Penny since this all this jerking around isn't fair to her. We're almost out of the park and I see the little dog is still following us, wtf right?
This guy obviously doesn't care about what happens to this dog, whether it gets beat up, lost, or ran over (it was running in the parking lot). So everyone else who does care about their own dog can just work around them I guess. I have to be hyper-careful because if something does happen, who is going to get the blame and the bills? I don't want to have to give up or destroy my dog because some other moron isn't being responsible for his own. I'm no expert, but unless your dog has amazing recall, I really think s/he should be on lead anytime you are not in a secure environment.
Anyhow ever since we have been on the walking/exercise crusade I have noticed that the only dogs really interested in bothering us are the little ones. They really want a piece of Penny. We've only had smaller dogs for the last three years or so but I quickly learned, the smaller the dog, the bigger the trouble. That size of the fight in the dog business is for real.
It seems the owners of these small dogs, at least the ones in my neighborhood don't know or don't care about this. What's the cute little dog (cld) going to do? Nine times out of ten it is going to charge at the cute big dog (cbd), and if the cbd's owner is as lax as the cld's owner, watch out.We were almost out of the park when I saw a man sitting on the bench and his cld running around. I can see him, so I assume he can see me, and my cbd. I'm on alert just in case. We get about 15 feet away and his dog comes running at us. I start to hasten our exit, but the little one will not let up and is looping us. I'm yelling at the guy and he just kind of looks over like, who me? A few moments later I actually yell something like "come get your dog", to which he just stands up and half-assedly calls it over, again, to no avail. Finally I just start walking out with a firm hold on Penny since this all this jerking around isn't fair to her. We're almost out of the park and I see the little dog is still following us, wtf right?
This guy obviously doesn't care about what happens to this dog, whether it gets beat up, lost, or ran over (it was running in the parking lot). So everyone else who does care about their own dog can just work around them I guess. I have to be hyper-careful because if something does happen, who is going to get the blame and the bills? I don't want to have to give up or destroy my dog because some other moron isn't being responsible for his own. I'm no expert, but unless your dog has amazing recall, I really think s/he should be on lead anytime you are not in a secure environment.
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