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Originally Posted by LilMissy

Today, I brought my 3 kids and Missy to a busy park. I feel bad always holding Missy in my arms so I figured that I'd put her down for a bit and walk her around. Because this park is so busy, everyone keeps their dog on a leash. I figured it should be safe, but NOPE! I only had her down on the grass for maybe 30 seconds when a Boxer charged at Missy growling at her (the owner was not holding the leash very tight and dropped it). So, I have this Boxer chasing Missy around at my feet trying to grab her and Missy is so frantic about trying to get away from it that I couldn't get my hands on her. All she was worried about was deeking and dodging the Boxer. Then I remembered reading a post on YT where someone had the same situation and just yanked their Yorkie up off the ground by the leash and harness. *Just* as the boxer was going to grab Missy I yanked her up into the safety of my arms. The owners didn't make ONE attempt during this entire time to stop or restrain their dog. They didn't even tell the dog "No". They were a young couple and they just stood and watched what was going on. After I picked Missy up I stood there looking at them like *well, are you going to grab your dog or what*, so the girl comes and grabs the dog leash and says to her dog right in front of my kids and I, "well that would have been a tasty snack hey?" and she pats her dog on the head! I was SOOOOOOO angry. As she was walking away, I had to approach and tell her how rude it was. I said, "you should have been apologizing to me for what just happened, not making a rude comment like that!". To which she replied, "well, I thought it was funny". I said, "well that explains why your dog just behaved that way".

It's really, really frustrating to me that I can't let my dog walk on her own 4 feet anywhere that is a public area. It's just not safe! How is she suppose to get exercise and have fun when she is always so restricted? How do you guys do it? I see some people walking their tiny dogs without a care in the world. Is it just Missy that looks like a tasty treat to other dogs? I am so afraid that something is going to happen to her.

Thanks for letting me vent.

It's so irritating. There's a very few big dog owners out there that just don't respect little dogs like the Yorkie. They think they're not "real dogs" so when something like this happens they don't take it seriously. That's just showing how truly irresponsible they are and they really don't need to own a dog. They are lucky nothing serious had happened. I bet they wouldn't be laughing THEN!! Thank God it didn't!