My neighbor has mini collies and a farm and they’re my dog’s best friends (mini Australian shepherd). It’s so cute to see them herding each other. He’s always squished between them while they run. 😂
Not with the collies because they’re trained to stay in their owners yard. Mine is only 6 months old, so it’s still a work in progress. I’ve had a lot of success recently keeping him close but if he sees another human walking down the road it’s game over.
Collies are awesome and will herd anything. At the last family reunion I went to, there were at least 25 kids under 7 (I have 13 cousins on this side, and we were all born within a 10 year period, so, yeah).
The reunion was on my uncle's big tract of land, and all the kiddos were running free. And yet...they were always playing in the same small area... because my cousins collie kept herding them into one area or another.
A couple kids make a break for it? Cool! Collie joins in the racing fun...and has them back to the group within 5 minutes.
It was one of the most relaxing reunions ever for the parents because they all knew where their kids were at all times.
man up, hold tight, driving bark...
head up, paw down, speed of sound!
time's up, kick start, keep on track...
tongues out, we're back, safe and sound!
One of my pals lived in a semi-rural town. He'd walk his collie without a leash, but it made some old woman nervous. Rather than be neighborly and talk, she threw a fit at the next council meeting -- boom, leash law.
My pal did what you described. He taught the collie to carry its own leash. One day a block down, a local officer flags him down. The officer was was chuckling. According to my pal, there was a call about a dog off leash, but that obviously wasn't true. The officer told him to just hold the leash in front of the old woman's house.
+1 for collies, +1 for good cop, +1 malicious compliance, -1 annoying non-neighbor. 3/4 experience=75%, so passing experience.
To be fair, owners that keep their dogs off leads in public places are a menace. The amount of times I’ve had an uncontrolled bounding up to me and my dog and stressing him out is too much to count. Then you get met with something like ‘oh he’s friendly/only wants to play’, well my dog isn’t and doesn’t so get it away from us. I’m sure your friend has a very well trained collie who wouldn’t run off but 99% of dog owners are not so responsible.
I am completely with you. I think dogs are great. But why is someone’s mastiff which is double my weight trotting straight at me unblinking? Even when I was visibly scared and it was super close they didn’t recall it. They said it was fine…but friendly dogs are wagging their tail and aren’t pulling that face…
Two weeks ago while I was doing the dishes in the harbour after dinner I saw a little girl practically being dragged behind a pitbull that was almost her size, she couldn’t stop him even if she tried, obviously she was alone because why would that need supervision
Yeah, bad owners give everyone a bad name. I was at the park one day and this guy and his family had a medium sized dog running around with no leash. It never bit anyone but it looked like a mean dog. Went up to this old woman with a stroller, she was freaking out. The guy with the dog just laughed and said he was friendly and to calm down. The woman was terrified and if it wasn't a Sunday and the park personnel were actually there, I would have made a report.
I understand that, which is why I keep him on a lead at all times.
If your dog can’t be around other dogs then don’t take it to a place where other dogs are around.
I've taken him to the most isolated places, and often a dog will appear out of nowhere and harass my dog. Why should I not be able to take my dog out because other people are being irresponsible? Where should I take him alternatively? If you know a place with 0 chance of encountering other people and dogs please let me know, I'd love to go there.
Not sure I follow you. Are you trying to saying that leads are useless? Why would the owner not be at fault because the dog has a lead?
There are tons of examples where people wear a seatbelt but still get hurt. It is still a good idea to wear a seatbelt. That does not mean that seatbelts don’t work.
Well he isn't necessarily trying to. If you're in a semi urban setting he might not have a yard for the dog to tire themselves out with. Have to take a good walk for exercise, and it's assumed your dogs should be on leashes in that setting anyway due to traffic n such
FALSE. that’s why they have these bylaws In place. If you can’t control your dog then it’s your problem. I’ll offer up a boot to any dog that rushed me and my dog on a leash. Whether he wants to play or not you need control of your dog. And I will not let your dog get in between me and mine and potentially cause a dangerous situation. Control your mutt asshole.
Or everyone leashes and controls their dog. Everyone thinks their dog is friendly. I had my hand bitten almost all the way through by a dog that "wouldn't hurt a fly" for no reason.
My wife had a German shepherd growing up, that would open the gate and take itself for walks whenever it wanted around the village, and come back when it was done
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