Today you get to hear me rant. There is nothing that gets me more upset than a dog owner who is so disrespectful of those around them that they give a bad name to dogs anywhere. I feel every dog owner should be responsible for their dogs actions and never allow the dog to behave in such a way that it gives a bad name to dogs.
Yesterday my mother-in-law went for her daily bike ride and got a pretty serious bite on the leg. There is no excuse for that to ever happen. This was an adult dog, I have a very hard time believing that this dog has not displayed any aggressive or chase behaviour before. It was therefore very irresponsible for the owner to allow it to be loose. How could someone be so irresponsible to put someone else at risk of serious injury I don't understand.
A few days ago a dog was left to die in a parked car while the owners went shopping. Did the people not think that maybe the car would get too hot. These people where on their way home from Woofstock a big dog event in Toronto, maybe thinking that they were caring dog owners is incorrect. From what I understand people saw the dog, then security was called, then the police where called and then the fire department came. How long did this take? Did people actually watch the dog die? Why didn't someone immediately break the window?
There is no surprise when events like this happen on a regular basis that there is a large part of the population that wants nothing to do with dogs. They don't want them living on their street, or playing near their children, or at public events. A few dog owners give dogs a bad name and ruin it for the rest of us. I personally was in a building in a line up with two of my dogs sitting quietly next to me, the little girl in front of us turned and started talking to the dogs, the lady behind the desk started screaming at all of us and freaked the little girl out. What horrible experience has this women had that left her that fearful of dogs.
As dog owners it is our responsibility to protect our dogs and people we expose our dogs to. To train our dogs so when people meet them the get a better impression of dogs not worse.
Yesterday my mother-in-law went for her daily bike ride and got a pretty serious bite on the leg. There is no excuse for that to ever happen. This was an adult dog, I have a very hard time believing that this dog has not displayed any aggressive or chase behaviour before. It was therefore very irresponsible for the owner to allow it to be loose. How could someone be so irresponsible to put someone else at risk of serious injury I don't understand.
A few days ago a dog was left to die in a parked car while the owners went shopping. Did the people not think that maybe the car would get too hot. These people where on their way home from Woofstock a big dog event in Toronto, maybe thinking that they were caring dog owners is incorrect. From what I understand people saw the dog, then security was called, then the police where called and then the fire department came. How long did this take? Did people actually watch the dog die? Why didn't someone immediately break the window?
There is no surprise when events like this happen on a regular basis that there is a large part of the population that wants nothing to do with dogs. They don't want them living on their street, or playing near their children, or at public events. A few dog owners give dogs a bad name and ruin it for the rest of us. I personally was in a building in a line up with two of my dogs sitting quietly next to me, the little girl in front of us turned and started talking to the dogs, the lady behind the desk started screaming at all of us and freaked the little girl out. What horrible experience has this women had that left her that fearful of dogs.
As dog owners it is our responsibility to protect our dogs and people we expose our dogs to. To train our dogs so when people meet them the get a better impression of dogs not worse.
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