Ok so I was walking some of our dogs in the cemetary and a little shih tzu started to follow us, he was off his lead and his owner was busy chatting with her friend, I stopped to see if she noted her dog walking with us and no she hadn't. After a short while she looks around as we watched on amused as Buster was sticking with us , "Buster" she shouts no response, she then panics as we step out from behind a grave stone and she sees Buster, she kept shouting him but he would not return to her, his tail was wagging and he simply stayed with us. Well she barged over and once again this time with anger in her voice shouts Buster, who refuses to even acknowledge her. I said Buster go to mammy he stops stands still and waits for his master to come to him,it wasnt what I said that made him wait just a calming voice he could associate with that did that and then he immediately cowers as she grabs his collar, shook his head and smacks him. Sadly for her it was me there and not some one who condones this, I walked to her and peered over her head and said in a nice low voice "If I was to tell you how stupid that was would you listen, you dont hit dogs for doing what you asked of them, If you want to learn how to recall your dog then please get some obedience lessons it may save your dogs life until then keep it on a feckin lead you ***********
I had to walk away because by that time I was fuming , what kind of idiot hits any dog firstly, but hits a dog for waiting for its master. It riles me when people do this GRRRRRRR
It also staggers me that owners dont know that to scruff a dog from within the toy group is a huge vets bill waiting to happen.
Poor dog, my heart goes out to it. Some people shouldn't have dogs.
Its such a shame that the poor dog has such a bad owner. I hope she takes your advice and finds out how to train him properly.
Poor dog. people like her don't deserve dogs. I am surprised you didn't grab her by the scruff of the neck Karen! I bet you were fuming!
Not the dog that needs training here I feel, doubt she will listen but well done Karen for standing up to trash like that.
That had to be tough! I think it was lucky for her though. She was obviously uneducated and I think, sadly, that most dog owners are. I am not impressed by what I see most places. Public needs to be educated that obedience training is required when you choose to own a pet. There is no education to become a parent either and we all know that it doesn't take a brain to procreate. So how do we improve the lives of children and pets? Education! Parenting skills are in order to have babies and pets. Ignorant or uneducated people do love their children and their pets but can't give them the best care they need without education. Breeders can play an important role in educating new owners and maybe obedience training should be a requirement of ownership. It would demonstrate their commitment to their pet.
xxNikki
you show em Karen, i must admit if i had seen that i would have donr the same.
Hope Buster didnt get into too much trouble away from your view, that always worries me, if an owner can do that in public, what must she do when no one is around to witness, espeacially as Buster coward away.
Very sad and very infuriating. Surprised the dog bothers to wait for her at all if all he gets is a beating!
I did watch her I can assure you if she had continued I would have slapped her and took her dog LOL
Oh my gosh. Well, good for you Karen! Sometimes I am speechless when things like that happen. We hear too much of stuff like this towards pets AND children oh AND the elderly. I hope her jaw dropped as you put her in her place. She needs to be (pardon my language) *itch slapped!
Hmmmmm, how ironic this happened since we found that little girl pup.
that takes me back to last summer, when we were in a shop, a little girl around 8 years old was with her mum, waiting to be served. She was nagging for something that was on offer at the tills, her mum swipped her across the head, so hard it knocked the little one to the floor. OMG i could not believe my eyes, i actually picked up the girl and asked if she was ok, there was no need for that i screamed at the mother. She said nothing but pulled her daughter from my arms. I honestly felt like smacking her in the gob, who would have been in wrong if i had, Gary pulled me away GGGGRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
OMG How on earth did you stop yourself Karen? Good for you. Some people are just such idiots. It makes me wonder what poor Buster is subjected too at home if she can do that in public. Carol how did you not deck her? You must be an absolute saint! Not someone I'd call a mother anyway!
i am alot calmer as i got older, 10 years ago i wouldnt give it a second thought and decked her. I also had Teagan with me didnt want to frighten her. But omg i was shaking.
Well given the situation I can understand now why you didn't Carol. I can imagine your anger though. Poor little girl. Bless her.Why do people like this have kids in the first place - well thats a whole new debate thats been raging for donkeys years. You did so well to restrain yourself Carol X
I know that education is the answer but everyone got me thinking... as a nurse, I've seen so much and reporting abuse doesn't change anything. Legal system wants to keep children with "birth" parent.
Foster care system is great either. Second thought, maybe you should have *itch slapped her, Karen and taken the dog! You'd be arrested though if you did that here. Proud of you Carol. Most people turn away. I still have nightmares of incident at work (ambulatory surgery center) regarding foster child. Took everything in me not to slam the woman! Haunts me still...
...doesn't take a brain to procreate... unfortunately you can't choose where you're born or to whom. I know that I'm blessed! We all need to call our moms and dads and tell them how muchwe love and appreciate them! Hopefully, Karen, both you and Carol shocked the person enough to give them pause to think.
All she is teaching her dog is how to fear her. If she has children, she probably treats them the same way. I had a situation when I was going leaving my local pet store. I had my Lucy (this was before I got Lily), and a man with a beautiful lab walked by us. The lab started barking at Lucy, and Lucy barked back as I kept walking. I heard the guy yell at his dog to "shut up" and just as I turned, he hit the dog with his leash. I too, was fuming--and I said (loud enough for him to hear) if it's necessary for him to hit his dog. To me, this is nothing short of ignorance and abuse.
mmmm sitting here seething ! I'm only a new dog mum and wouldn't dream of hitting her she's like one of my girls if shes naughty a strict voice is all that is needed she immediately sits there and puts her paws over her eyes as much to say "I cant see you looking at me " ! Thats enough to melt me down ! Violence against dogs kids whoever is wrong, it shows a lack of control . The naughty step worked with my daughters, Bumble knows already at 5 months if no is no she doesnt do it again. That woman needs a bl**dy good slap ! lol !
Good for you Karen, the dog cant speak up for its self... You should never hit anything unless its a tennis ball......
what an excellent way to put it !
