Why are people such idiots?!!!
On our way back I saw a runner coming at us (she was running WITH the traffic). As she got closer I noticed she was looking at her feet - okay I made a little noise thinking she would respond and adjust for the dogs. Nope - I put Marley on my left and put both dogs on a short lead. She ran within inches of Morgan - so close that portly Morgan jumped up on his hind legs. Even he loves the chase me game. He looked at me like - "what the ?" as she passed. Being me - I nicely told the dogs (none to softly) - "I know she came running right at you - what an idiot!" I am very concientious with my dogs when out walking, we walk businessliek past other dogs, are aware of runners and bikers and other walkers, but what the heck. Don't they have a responsibility too? |
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Oh you hit one of my pet peeves! Like the bicycle riders who ride right up to the dogs within inches of their face. Drives me crazy 
We have a fence around our complete property with a sign beware of dogs...Don't you know these idiots open the latch and come up to the door soliciting? HELLO???? Beware of the dogs  So if they get bit by my dogs because you are a stranger coming into their turff, I get sued right 
Yes, I believe people should have some respoinsibility. But unfortunately it is ALWYS the dogs' fault. |
| That's why I lock the front gate. It's a little joke around here, "Yeah, I live in a gated community, we all have front gates".......but I keep my locked at all times, not just when I'm away.
Yeah, as for coming up to the dogs........people are just idiots. (I tend to put runners near the top of that list too.......maybe it's brain oxygen deprevation while they run or the holier than thou attitude many have.) |
| Maybe if they took their iPods out of their lugholes and acknowledged the rest of the world they'd be able to see the rest of us.
Oh and don't you know, joggers own that particular stretch they are on!  |
| Being a walker (with & without dogs & yes I walk with headphones in my ears) & bicycler I can see your concerns as well as the other side. I limit my walking & bicycling to "paths" that are set up throughtout our park system here except for the occasional time I go thru a neighborhood & then I use the side walks. My dogs have always been trained to walk or trot on the left side, even if I am walking 2 at a time. Most of our bicyclers here are pretty courteous. They either ring a bell or give a "holler" to let you know they are coming up on you from behind & then they also move over to the left quite a bit. Walkers do the same. I find my biggest problems are with people walking dogs towards me. Most are not trained to be around other dogs & I find myself moving to the left side of the path so my dogs will be on the left outside part of the path with me & the other owner in-between their dogs. Of course my biggest pet-peeve is owners who walk their dogs on extenda-leads! No control over the dog if it tries to move out. A good 6 foot correction lead is so much better & stronger. Joggers are another story. They seem to be in another world. They always have the most painful look on their face! I think they are concentrating so hard on not tripping & falling that they are oblivious to anything else around them. There again I move to the other side & then I hope they don't run ME down Haven't had to worry about it too much this year since I had rotator cuff surgery! I'm waiting to get the go ahead to be able to drive the van! No way am I putting myself or my dog's in harms way this summer! Maybe Fall will be nice enough to get back to walking the dogs. |
| I agree Kerry....
I ALWAYS kept Quin on a short lead(as all the dogs) One day I was working with him on a path, had him in a sit/stay by my side. (mind you watching him very close as he wasn't always so dog friendly) A jogger planted his foot right next to Quin, startled him and Quin snapped. Thank goodness I had him close or it could have been worse. We had a few not so nice words and the jogger apologized and said he was wrong that the dogs were well behaved and he should have gone around.... He admitted he was irritated that another lady had her dog running loose and he didn't appear to be a doggie person (which is ok for some") So, I think most paths are wide enough that doggies and joggers should be able to share! |
| I think joggers "zone out" especially if they're wearing an ipod thingey. Its probably nice (well it must be, why else run? I never got past the pain bit so I gave up) but it is dangerous to run around without awareness of where you're going.
Last year we walked the dogs at 5.30am before we flew out for a holiday. It was winter and still pretty much dark. I commented to DH that I thought the woman jogging towards us wearing an ipod was crazy to be jogging in a bushy park in the dark on her own at that hour. 
In fact I was less charitable and called her a fruit loop.  I'm not sure what planet she was on but she was a woman on a mission kind of jogger and she was not stopping or veering off her chosen direction for anyone. She just kept running straight at Tiggy (only 6 months old at the time). Tiggy got a bit overwhelmed and dodged at the last minute, the runner dodged the same way. Need I say more.
Tiggy was OK and the jogger was sitting on her butt on the ground. Tiggy belly crawled right up to her, trying to apologise. We picked the jogger up and dusted her off and offered to drive her home. She said she was fine but after she got about 20 feet away she turned around and shouted that we should have the dogs on lead. 
I cracked it and walked after her to tell her that it was an OFF LEAD dog park that she was jogging in. I dont mind sharing with joggers but they need to be fair about it. DH hustled me off before I got too angry.
So much for our last relaxing walk with the dogs before the house sitter came for 2 weeks.  |
I do lots of walking with mine too. Different places, with different risks. 
At home, I walk down to the implement and back - a nice 2 mile walk. We walk on the gravel road, and you can literally hear cars coming from a mile away. We walk on the right, with traffic. (or if it's not rained lately, we walk on the side where we won't get buried in dust when a car passes!  ) I also teach my dogs "car" and get a similar response as Kerry. LOL My lab Macy was the best. I walked her off lead and she went off into the grass on the side or into the ditch every time. Smart girl!
I also walk in town. Most have sidewalks. We laugh in amazement at the people who's dog's are dragging them. Seriously, wouldn't it just be easier to spend a little time training? I can't imagine walking a dog every day and going through that.
We also walk the trails. There is a real nice one right by my son's house. It is very popular and heavily used. Dog walkers, people walkers, runners, roller blades, bikes are always on it. People are really good for the most part. Especially since having these trails are fairly new to the community (slow coming in the midwest!). People walk on the right, faster people pass on the left. Bikers and bladers and joggers either ring their bells or holler "on your left" as they approach and pass. I also use some of my mushing commands with the dogs. Chewie knows it, the others are learning. I let my dogs walk on a loose lead in front of me (saves space, we usually are a group and don't want to block the whole trail). When I want them to move left, I say "haw over" and to move over to the right it's "gee over". It works fabulously! Also use "on by" to go straight when you come to an intersection, also works with a distraction we are going past. It's handy, and also keeps Chewie on his toes with his commands for the upcoming carting season. It is so smooth to have the dog in front of you adjust position with verbal commands (and an obvious lifesaver with a team pulling you on a cart or sled! )
We rarely run into the dumb ones on our trails. I see ear buds in lots, but the people still seem aware of what's going on..... |
| I definitely zone out if I'm out walking or jogging or biking, with or without dogs, and always with my earbuds in and ipod cranked.... I tend to avoid populated areas though and I do move over for other runners etc....
My dogs are never phased by anything though *touch wood* so I'm lucky there. Except Dancer LOL She owns the world, and she thinks anyone who doesn't know that is too stupid to be worth her time so she looks downright snotty about it. |
got sheep wrote: I also walk in town. Most have sidewalks. We laugh in amazement at the people who's dog's are dragging them. Seriously, wouldn't it just be easier to spend a little time training? I can't imagine walking a dog every day and going through that.
I've decided there must be some advantage to having one arm longer than the other that I haven't discovered as yet. |
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