The Absence of Leash Laws

[Kevin Peña]

10 kids?! Wow!

Anywho, a correction: A leash that isn't held by a person or tied on both ends is useless. 

[DriftingCrow]

Seems to me that if the dog were licking her, this thread would not exist...

Yeah, I'd be fine with happy licking dogs  but these dogs are growling, being territorial, chasing, trying to nip/bite, etc.

Anyone remember Diane Whipple? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_Whipple  Agh, so scary!

[ford]

Ugh, I completely agree with you LearnedHand, and share your frustrations. I used to let things slide until two incidents occurred:

I had a friend mauled by some loose pitbulls while she was out for a bike ride. They grabbed her leg and did some severe damage. Luckily somehow she stayed on the bike and got the heck out of there. Owners nowhere in site. The second one: I was out for a jog when a guy with a few unleashed dogs approached. The dogs came running right at me and I tried to avoid them by hopping off the trail. The guy called out 'it's ok! They're friendly!' As he was saying this, one of the 'friendly' dogs bit me on the leg, drawing blood.

Unless a dog is strictly obedient at all times, it needs to be on a leash or in a fenced yard. End of story. I started carrying rocks to chuck at aggressive dogs who get too close while I'm out jogging. It's worked pretty well so far.

[Devlyn]

I was attacked by a dog I had recently adopted. He ate one of the pieces he pulled off my arm, another piece stayed inside my sleeve when I took off my shirt. I've never felt as much pain in my life as when he was pulling the meat off me. He had to be put down, he attacked my two other dogs. I still love and keep big dogs, though. This was difficult to write.

[Beth Andrea]

I was attacked by a dog I had recently adopted. He ate one of the pieces he pulled off my arm, another piece stayed inside my sleeve when I took off my shirt. I've never felt as much pain in my life as when he was pulling the meat off me. He had to be put down, he attacked my two other dogs. I still love and keep big dogs, though. This was difficult to write.

*hugs*

That is savage...glad you survived!

[DriftingCrow]

Ford and Dev I am glad you both are okay.

My older sister got bit my a dog when she was little, the thing jumped over it's fence and chased her down the street and got her in the shoulder. Luckily she's okay.

[Anatta]

Kia Ora,

In NZ our dogs don't go for walks...They go for a drive instead...



Metta Zenda

[Sara Thomas]

Oh wow - I'm so sorry, Devlyn... for you and the dog. We always get our pups from the pound, and it's a bit of a roll of the dice... particularly as it seems that very nearly every mixed-breed, in these parts, is heavy on the Pit.

I have been very fortunate, in my life, that I have never had any trouble with a dog.

[Devlyn]

This was a yellow/chocolate lab mix.  Not what you would expect to be a vicious dog.

[Sara Thomas]

This was a yellow/chocolate lab mix.  Not what you would expect to be a vicious dog.

No, you wouldn't... I do think that the chocolates are the most "rambunctious", in that breed; we have had two (one still with us... the other off to parts unknown - presumably The Big Field In The Sky... he was a bit psychotic...).

[Kevin Peña]

No need to go throwing stones. Anywho, I think that dogs should be allowed to roam free sometimes. If not, they get antsy, which is perhaps why they get frustrated and take things out on people. I saw a lot of dogs in Ecuador roaming around. They were perfectly fine.