First off... I am so glad Lexi okay.
It is very sad and scary that people think it is okay to let their animals roam. I have two stories that scared me to death in the last few weeks.
The first was with my dads short hair pointer. He is a great dog and listens to my dad like no other dog I have ever seen. We went swimming at o e of the lakes. We are walking the shore line trying to pick out a picnic area. Well suddenly I hear some lady yelling (like hysterically) for her friend to pick up the dogs. They had two pitbulls off lead running around. The one was younger and super sweet but the other charged us. We stood in front of my dads dog (who was on the lead) and yelled at the dog and he got scared and the owners picked him up. About 5 minutes later they let him go again! And the next thing we hear are the people yelling for us to pick up our dog cause their dog will attack. My dads dog heard him coming and got ready to strike at the dog and my dad told him to stay and it was crazy he just stayed put at a heal and the other dog kept charging. We did the same and stood in front of him and yelled at the dog stopping him in his tracks... He hesitated them went for it again abd we did the same and finally they got him. I was so upset with these people. It is already crazy to bring a dog that has attacked people and pets ( they told us) out on leash but to let them loose is insane! We could have gotten hurt and our dog... We don't think about it at the time, but it could have ended very bad.
Then Lace a few weeks ago on a trail. They already want to ban dogs from using the trail because people refuse to leash them. We were walking at the end of the trail that has a nice incline. I heard something and I just felt the need to pull Lace into my arms. A big dog came charging at us and I grabbed her leash and pulled up as I turned. The dog jumped all over me almost knocking me down the hill!!! Mean while the owners yelling out that he won't hurt us. I was so mad... I told him that is the reason they don't want dogs on the trail! Control your dog! What if I would have been a child ( many parents take kids there as young as 5 and 6). I was so upset. People don't realize their dog may not mean to hurt us or our animals but they can. |