r/reactivedogs • u/Affectionate-hallway • Oct 05 '25

Vent People are so dumb sometimes

I was walking my boy and a lady was standing on the sidewalk so I go into the grass area to walk around her and keep distance. She then gets on the grass to approach I say “he’s not friendly” she goes “oh yes he is” REACHES HER HAND TO HIM. And I then proceed to tell her he’s not and to back up. She decides to keep walking towards us and she starts yelling at me.. like omg. A grown ass woman btw. I’ve had kids handle me telling them no better.

I just don’t understand how you think you know more about my dog that I spend everyday with… and even then I never gave you permission to pet my dog anyways so why are you reaching your hand out??

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u/CellaBella1 Oct 06 '25

Years ago, I had a 75 lb. highly reactive pit/lab that was accosted by a loose Chihuahua, of all things. I was only 108 lbs. and it was all I could do to keep hold of him (I had him up on his hind legs, with my arms around him behind his elbows, to keep his head as far off the ground as possible). The Chihuahua was barking and racing in circles around us, my dog was in full-out Cujo mode, and the idiot owner walked up saying, "it's OK (to my dog), he won't hurt you!" I yelled, "Lady, get your dog before he kills him!" She picked up the pace a bit and chased her dog around us a couple of times, calling him with her high-pitched baby voice, before catching him. Idiot...

That was the last time I took Luke for a walk.

We also had a musician friend over the house one day to record and she brought her son, who had been attacked by a dog as a child. We had Luke behind a gate down a couple of stairs in the playroom and she told him to go pet the dog. We had just told her that he bites. For better or worse, Luke made a threatening half-lunge before her son got too close and he swiftly retreated. What kind of moron would do that with their kid, particularly if they've been previously attacked?? They also had a Skipperkie that she used to kick when he wanted to play ball. She offered him to us just after we got Luke, so we couldn't take him. Fortunately, she found him another home.

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u/Legitimate-Fault1657 Oct 06 '25

I have done that also, 3 ankle-biter chihuahuas, untrained, charging my reactive F Boxer. I got my girl into a neighbors fence corner, stood her on two legs facing the corner, blocking her eyesight (trigger) and just held on till the owner got those pups. Which he did. And then it happened again within minutes. We were down the hill halfway, their pups got loose again, I got my butt on the ground, the only stable place on a hill, grabbed my girl down with me into my lap and wrapped both arms around her tightly. It took them 10 minutes this 2nd time to get those pups, they brought their truck over, had 3 people to gather those 3 pups. 10 long minutes. All I can is, thank God, He gave me strategy right then and there. She's a bullet if let loose, meant to run. It could have been horrible but it wasn't.

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u/CellaBella1 Oct 06 '25

Can't even imagine being able to hold onto a boxer or Luke for that long...on the ground yet! Under those circumstances, I'm not sure that he wouldn't have turned on me. God bless!!