Lady kicked my dog :(

Mr_Thrifty

gettingready wrote: »

I do not let my dog approach random people either - that is not the point here.

The point is, if someone does have a genuine fear of ANYTHING - they need to deal with their own issues.

Sure. Personal responsibility for avoiding potential problem situations is very important. Just like how women should not walk home alone late at night, drunk and wearing short skirts. But it still doesn't excuse the perpetrator, does it?

gettingready

Why shouldn't women wear short skirts?

Jesusssssssssssss, what planet are you on?

Mr_Thrifty

gettingready wrote: »

Why shouldn't women wear short skirts?

Jesusssssssssssss, what planet are you on?

In the interests of equality, both men and women alike should be allowed to wear short skirts.

gettingready

Do not wriggle out of that comment....

If women are not allowed (according to you) to wear short skirts - I am starting a petition for men not to be allowed shorts or walking around with their shirts off... yukkkkkk

Oh, and sandals....

:P

POPPYOSCAR

gettingready wrote: »

Do not wriggle out of that comment....

If women are not allowed (according to you) to wear short skirts - I am starting a petition for men not to be allowed shorts or walking around with their shirts off... yukkkkkk

Oh, and sandals....

:P

Do not forget the socks!!

gettingready

Oh yes.... socks with sandals...

Or white socks pulled up half way up to the knee and trainers and shorts... yukkkkkkkk

gettingready

Mr Thifty is most definitely from another planet... https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3455157
LOL

krlyr

Mr_Thrifty wrote: »

Because they have a right to go about their lives without being assaulted by other people's out-of-control animals.

I actually totally agree with you. But to suggest that this is the scenario OP originally posted is going way over the top IMO. The woman in question cannot have an overriding fear of dogs as she owns one herself. Perhaps she is very afraid of GSDs - but how is OP to know?
I agree that she has the right to not be forced to face that fear but I believe she has to take a degree of responsibility for it herself. All it would have taken is for her to stop or change direction to control it entirely by herself, with no need to even hope that OP did something. But if she felt so strongly that she had the right to pass down that narrow path, why not just say something? A "Can I pass through first please?" or a "Sorry, I'm nervous of the breed, do you mind going another way?" would certainly have me changing my route, I have infact done it before for someone I met on a walk with a strong GSD phobia and OP has suggested they would be equally open to doing this.
But the woman in question decided to walk down a narrow path heading directly towards a GSD. Sure, she has the right to, but so does OP without having her dog assaulted. I think it was the woman who was more out of control in this situation than the dog. What about OP's right to go about her life without being assaulted (or her dog being subject to an assault) by other people?
Yes, OP's dog sniffed at the other dog but it was a sniff. I know many people who dislike or are wary of children - if they walked past a family in a narrow area and the child brushed past their leg or grabbed onto their sleeve or ran over and stroked their dog, would you think that the other person was justified in any way to start kicking the child?

POPPYOSCAR

Without getting into the debate again about allowing the dog to sniff the other,there is absolutely no excuse for kicking a dog just because they have sniffed your dog, but I do not understand how the woman managed to kick the dog for a second time.The Op seems to have reacted remarkably calm in the situation.

If it had been one of my dogs I would have got them away from her immediately as I would think her to be unhinged to say the least!!

Wellyboots6

POPPYOSCAR wrote: »

I do not understand how the woman managed to kick the dog for a second time.The Op seems to have reacted remarkably calm in the situation.

I wasn't calm, I was gobsmacked!

It was a narrow path, and so she managed to get another kick in because we were still close enough for her to