January 17, 2008

  • Recently when I was walking my white dog, all of a sudden the "frasier dog" (Jack Russell
    terrier) from across the street comes running towards us. Both dogs started sniffing each other and everything was okay, until the frasier dog (which was smaller than my dog) sniffed my dog the "wrong way." My white dog goes on a sprawl position, but the frasier dog doesn't like that and starts growling. I separated the two of them, while I notice the owner of the Jack Russell Terrier starts running towards him. It was a teenage boy and he held him back by... holding on to the dog's hips? Then the other owner runs towards him, and the teenage girl goes on to hold him back by... holding on to his front legs? I kinda said to them "just hold him by the collar, it'll be more secure." For whatever reason, they act like they do not understand me. The girl picks up their dog like a baby and walks away to their house.

    Okay, I've always been taught that the best way to hold back a dog is by their collar. Is this holding on to the hips and front legs thing another way that I wasn't aware about? Or do they just don't know how to handle a dog properly? Not to mention he wasn't even leashed to be walking down the street. I'm just saying that I thought it was bizarre, with the way they handled the situation. What's the deal with not saying a word to me either? They may be asian, but I'm sure they speak english....

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  • haha ya never know. maybe they don't speak english. or they're really really out of it. i had a neighbor who's friend parked in front of my driveway and when i told him to move he went "why? you moving soon?" there was PLENTY of parking up and down the street but he chose to do the ILLEGAL thing by being all up in my space.

    point is, maybe they don't even know they have to have a leash. some ppl just don't like being told what to do either--especially teens.

  • Hmmm... sounds like more people that don't know how to handle their dogs.  Jack Russels are particularly mean at times actually.  They were hunting dogs that were sent into fox holes to flush them out.

    Once thing though about a possible dog fight.  You absolutely don't want to grab the dog by the collar.  Dogs will try do one of two things in a fight.  When they want the other dog to back down they'll try to bite the scruff (loose skin on the back of the neck).  If they want to kill the other dog they'll bite the throat.  Both of these scenarios would end up with a person's hand being bit if they grabbed their dog's collar.  The safest (relative term here) way to separate the dogs is for people to grab the back legs and pull the dogs away from each other (this takes two people, each one pulling by each of the the two dog's hind legs). 

    Pulling away your dog by the leash only puts your dog at a disadvantage since when you suddenly pull your dog away, it will open up their throat to the other dog.

    I just avoid the situation and don't walk the dog where people allow unleashed animals.  I also have a walking stick and pepper spray for when the unpredictable happens.

    For the most part I wish people were more responsible for their pets especially small dog owners that baby their animals.  Most smaller dogs (terriers) are very vicious.  A lot of them were bred for hunting foxes or vermin in underground burrows.  When they don't train their dogs, they're asking for trouble.

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