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Feb 2017
10:04am, 2 Feb 2017
10,583 posts
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Chrisull
D2 - that takes a really force of will, thank goodness Dougal can be redirected within minutes!
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Feb 2017
10:13am, 2 Feb 2017
21,577 posts
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Dave A
He's a BT
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Feb 2017
1:04pm, 2 Feb 2017
22,350 posts
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halfpint
I forgot to say how impressed I was with your resolve D2.
I have a real soft spot for BTs Dave. My sister has one who is just fab - although not very tolerant of a boisterous cockapoo.
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Feb 2017
9:41am, 3 Feb 2017
6,229 posts
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BaronessBL
Bit of a ranty post - Wanda has been doing very well recently with her reactivity around some other dogs and there has been a huge improvement even with some of the more yappy terriers in the village she has been quite tolerant and I was really optimistic.
Two days ago I wasn't able to walk her before it got dark so walked round the streets of the village mainly in the hope that she'd poo under a street light rather than having to search in the dark through a pile of brown leaves with an ineffective torch!
Suddenly a small terrier type dog (JRT size but don't know what it was) ran across the road at full felt, attacked Wanda, hung on as I tried to pull her away down the street then ran back to the house (or perhaps car) it came from.
Although that's obviously bad enough from her point of view, what really got me was that the owners did not come after the dog and didn't even shout out 'sorry' or 'are you OK' or even the good old 'he's never done that before'.
Yesterday I couldn't get her to walk up that road again and she was jumpy at every dog she saw. I'm not sure which I am more upset at - the setback for her or the owners lack of apology/concern. Facebook is of course awash with 'report them to the police' and 'what if it had been a child' but I am at the moment giving them the benefit of the doubt that maybe children opened the front door and accidentally let the dog out and didn't know what to do so I have written them a letter and they can either admonish the kids if that was the case or feel suitably embarrassed about their own rudeness if it wasn't.
Meanwhile having taken several steps forward with Wanda we now go back to about ten steps back *sigh*
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Feb 2017
10:04am, 3 Feb 2017
4,556 posts
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Wobbling
That's very forgiving of you BBL, particularly in light of the recent unforgiving response of your neighbour.
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Feb 2017
11:03am, 3 Feb 2017
6,230 posts
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BaronessBL
Thanks Wobbling - but me going to the police and using both my time and theirs that could actually be better spent by both isn't going to change what happened to me. If I had thought the person deliberately set their dog on me/Wanda it would be different but I have no reason to believe they did that. To be honest I'm more annoyed at their sheer lack of manners or concern!
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Feb 2017
2:20pm, 3 Feb 2017
9,336 posts
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D2
Bloody hell BBL, that's so very sad for Wanda and heart breaking for you. Its hard to see that from a dog's perspective and therefore to know if it will set her back a lot or just a little, lets hope its the latter. Its so not fair.
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Feb 2017
4:30pm, 3 Feb 2017
22,357 posts
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halfpint
BBL how frustrating! Do you have any reliable, calm dog friends you can meet up with to balance out the negative experience. Our experiences of horrible, snappy, aggressive dogs with oblivious owners seem to mostly have been JRTs. Luckily we also know some terrier types who Ernie adores so he doesn't seem to have generalised.
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Feb 2017
4:49pm, 3 Feb 2017
17,361 posts
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LazyDaisy
Oh BBL, poor Wanda! You have made such massive progress together too :-(. I'd be utterly furious at that incident. The JRT-type owners should thank their lucky stars that you are such a decent person.
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Feb 2017
5:04pm, 3 Feb 2017
6,232 posts
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BaronessBL
I've been hoping that we might meet her Pug friends over the last couple of days but unfortunately we haven't I know Mr Pug-man's wife has been in hospital so I expect their routine is a bit different to normal. But the Pugs will help Wanda feel happier around small dogs next time we see them hopefully and help her confidence. I am also starting a new training course with her next week for nervous and fear-reactive dogs which will be interesting.... I will of course report back on our progress. It means giving up our advanced obedience class in the meantime as I can't afford the time (and certainly the money- this new one is hideously expensive) for both but I hope it will give her something we are not getting from our current class, much as Wanda enjoys going to it.
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Dog walking
May 2013