Twice in a row now I’ve had to pull my dog in another direction due to people walking their dogs without a leash. Why tf do you feel so confident in your damn dog to not react? In fact I don’t fucking care. It’s a fucking law and it’s inconsiderate of other individuals and their pets. Seriously fuck you. Nobody cares how well trained your dog is or whatever the fuck you’re doing to stroke your damn ego.
I hike with my dog off-leash every day, but I do it in a remote area. I’ve run into other people only twice, and both times they had off-leash dogs too. We saw each other from a quarter mile away, recalled our dogs, and leashed them. I think I’m behaving in an appropriate manner.
Are you saying that you see people walking their dogs without leashes in the city? Because that’s just crazy!
You can read about my dog up above. I imagine that’s what this person is talking about as well. We have the same issues in a dense suburb/ city area. People get those wireless collars (or have nothing at all) and barely pay attention to their dogs and we’re stuck playing defense because we’re actually following the leash laws with a leash aggressive dog.
Meanwhile hiking is no issue because for the most part people hiking out in the middle of nowhere are way more attentive or just both dogs are off leash to begin with.
I can’t imagine having a dog off-leash in an unfenced urban area. That’s just crazy! Even the best trained dog in the world can have a spaz out moment which ends in tragedy.