"It's OK my dog's friendly" [Discussion] https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Ok so I know a lot of people who barely train their dogs at all because their dogs are good natured and friendly with everyone, which is good, but I think it's kind of a problem not training them. I have a reactive dog, so I try and avoid other dogs on our walks but occasionally we have to walk past other dogs and I'd appreciate if people got used to asking before letting their dogs run up to others, cos when I start fast walking away/restraining my dog so many people are like "it's OK my dog's friendly" like OK, that's good, but my dog's not 😂 she's just not comfortable with other dogs and she will snap and growl at them, which has ended badly before. Also not all people are comfortable having dogs run up to them, my little sister (8) is autistic and she likes dogs but she is scared of them touching her (sensory overload issues) and this one time a dog ran up to her on the beach and she ran away screaming and crying, the owner didn't even go after their dog, just let it chase her and told my mum "it's OK he's really friendly" I just wish people could understand the importance of training friendly dogs, not just for others but for their own dogs safety! What are your thoughts? dogs ZiggyandNico

Ok so I know a lot of people who barely train their dogs at all because their dogs are good natured and friendly with everyone, which is good, but I think it's kind of a problem not training them.

I have a reactive dog, so I try and avoid other dogs on our walks but occasionally we have to walk past other dogs and I'd appreciate if people got used to asking before letting their dogs run up to others, cos when I start fast walking away/restraining my dog so many people are like "it's OK my dog's friendly" like OK, that's good, but my dog's not 😂 she's just not comfortable with other dogs and she will snap and growl at them, which has ended badly before.

Also not all people are comfortable having dogs run up to them, my little sister (8) is autistic and she likes dogs but she is scared of them touching her (sensory overload issues) and this one time a dog ran up to her on the beach and she ran away screaming and crying, the owner didn't even go after their dog, just let it chase her and told my mum "it's OK he's really friendly"

I just wish people could understand the importance of training friendly dogs, not just for others but for their own dogs safety! What are your thoughts?

Submitted August 10, 2019 at 03:46AM by ZiggyandNico https://ift.tt/2YNDEZd