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90% of dogs are nice and friendly. Why does everyone in this town adopt the 10% that act like assholes, then act like everyone else has the problem when their dog gets aggressive?

That said, I,A is right about one thing- at least ask before you pet.
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Most dogs with behavioral problems have them because their former owners never bothered to teach them what's acceptable. I'm glad that some people who know how to be responsible dog owners bother to rehabilitate these dogs instead of getting a puppy from a breeder while tons of perfectly good dogs rot in shelters.

Even if you do get a puppy, it can be really hard to train it to behave well in public when strangers insist on undermining your efforts. That's why you ask first.
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I might bite too if someone called me a good girl and tried to kiss me.
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90% of dogs aren't nice and friendly. 90% of dogs are nice and friendly 90% of the time. They're still animals and not completely predictable.

I had a similar incident while dog-walking, where someone else's off-leash dog ran up and the two started barking and growling at one another. The dog's owner observed from afar while I tried to put myself between the dogs, then eventually strolled up and "informed me" that they'd be fine if I just them play. No man, it's not my "bad vibes", it's that my dog is extremely territorial towards other dogs and wants to mangle your dog.

I agree 100% with this I,A. Just because a dog looks friendly doesn't mean they are, and you should always exercise caution with an unfamiliar animal.
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60% of the time, it works every time.
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Tell y'all what, if you ever see me and my St Bernard walking around the Laurelhurst/Sunnyside neighborhood please feel free to say hi. Malcolm is super nice and friendly because unlike other dog owners, I don't project my neurotic personality onto him. Oh, and I didn't rescue jack shit, I went to the pound on Columbia and got a dog that was nice. You do get to choose which one you take home.
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I, A is right on. You're not special and neither is your dog. If you're in an on-leash area, leash your dog. If you want it off-leash, go to an off-leash area. That's why they exist.
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I have a dog that sounds kind of like Aestro's. She gets along fine with most dogs, but she's also very territorial and won't think twice about asserting herself, even if the dog she's asserting herself to is twice her size.

Some dumbfuck invariably lets their large unleashed dog run right up to us and usually says something like, "Oh, don't worry - he's friendly." Yeah, yeah, but how's he going to react if my dog growls or wrinkles her lips at him? If a fight breaks out (a fight that my dog very well might lose), is it my fault for having a dog that doesn't like other dogs getting right in her face, or is it yours for allowing the situation to occur in the first place?

And don't give me that song about how leashes are unnecessary and how fights won't break out so long as you raise your dog correctly -- bullshit. Keep on singing that when your dog all of a sudden runs into traffic without warning or precedent and suffers the resulting horrible death, or when it bites someone for the first time and is put down by the state. There's always a first time, you myopic idiots, and you, the owner, must anticipate that fact. You act as if being leashed is some horrible, painful thing for a dog. Rule #1: You have to be smarter than your dog (i.e., you have to realize that IT'S A DOG, and thus isn't the most reasonable and predictable of beings).

What do you stupid fucks think the first thing a dog owner says when their dog attacks/bites another dog or person, or runs into traffic for no apparent reason? "Oh my god, i've had him for 6 years and he's never done this before!!" Well, no shit. You're just as irresponsible, stupid, and pathetic as the gun owner who accidentally shoots somebody and says, "Oh my god, i didn't think it was loaded!!"
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I obey the leash laws, so me and Malcolm are gonna continue to do our thing in the off-leash area regardless of how your issue-havin' cattle dogs feel about it.
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@ ill:

If you obey the leash laws, then you're not who we're talking about here -- we're talking about those that allow their dogs off-leash in places OTHER THAN designated off-leash areas, dude.
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@Human- I know, but I still get shit at the park. My dog is gigantic and he will get drool on your dogs and kids, that doesn't make me a bad owner.
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A dog trainer who I took my not-acceptable-for-off-leash-in-on-leash-areas once told me that the best way to stop the fight that sometimes occurred when off-leash dogs ran up was to let go of your dog, pick their dog up by its back legs (it can't bite you that way) and then wait for the dumbass owner to come control their dog.

I only had to do it once with a rottweiler and it worked like a charm. The stupid human was pissed, but walked away with his dog on a leash while I continued on my way.

As others have pointed out, chances are decent that I have my dog on a leash for a reason.
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Yes! It drives me nuts when I see people just pet random dogs without 1) asking the owners; 2) letting the dog smell them first. Also, off-leash dogs? Bullshit. Most of them are not trained well enough to be off-leash and it is a public safety hazard. Dogs get scared, they bite, they run away, etc., putting everyone at risk. After working at an animal shelter and seeing my share of unnecessary euthanasia due to dog bites that were the HUMAN’S fault, I have a pretty steadfast disgust for most of these careless “animal lovers.”

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