
Originally Posted by
Insidious
Walking in my local streets because that SHOULD be safe (versus public parks where the "don't worry mine is friendly" twatlords whose dogs have zero recall are) and a dog that was tethered on a rope of 30 feet or more bolted out of its driveway (no gate) and lifted and shook one of my 2 new rescues - had them about 6 weeks.
My smaller one weighs 4.6kg as he is a Chihuahua mixed with Jack Russell and this thing was some sort of Husky mix or Akita mix.
My two have spent the first 2 years of their lives indoors in the care of someone who was hoarding dogs. They were physically in good condition but in terms of socialisation they have zero - bark at dogs, cars, people - all through fear.
This will have been a huge psychological setback for them. I'm gutted - mainly for their welfare, but also (more selfishly) my own. My last dog was reactive so he couldn't walk anywhere "fun" like a park due to me not being able to trust others to keep their dogs on lead or have good recall and I was cautiously optimistic about the progress my guys were making - weeks of work undone in an instant.
Thankfully he is physically alright in terms of injury. Can't deny I will be dreading walks for a while as I still "have" to walk them in my local streets as they aren't ready for parks and I need them to know where Home is on case they slipped a harness or something.
I don't blame the guy's dog - lots of animals are territorial. But unsupervised tethering with no gate and too long a rope is the absolute height of inconsiderate ballrootedness.
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