active landslide
Walking Wolfie on city streets, he is so psyched to meet other dogs. But seriously four out of five times, the other dog owner spots us from almost a block away and crosses the street with their dog to prevent that from happening. And I always sort of simper a little and nod, as though to say, I’m so sorry that your dog is like an asshole hey or a psychopath or whatever, that must be awful
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Show threadPrabhakar RagdeJan 18
@palvaro We thought the dogs were ill-behaved in SF until we moved to NYC. We thought the dogs were ill-behaved in NYC until we moved to Lisbon. Actually, it is not the dogs who are ill-behaved, it is the owners, who do not train their dogs. Also no picking up after them unless someone is watching. I don't miss the human shit on US streets but there is more than enough dogshit here to make up the deficit.
Show threadCodaJan 18
@palvaro Or, like my dogs, are dog-reactive because they’ve both been attacked by other dogs and I’m just trying to walk them and not do canine restorative justice sessions with strangers
Show threadgeofflangdaleJan 18
@coda @palvaro Yeah, I've got a huge Airedale who is sweet-tempered under most situations but owners of other (particularly smaller) dogs often feel entitled to let their dogs do *anything* so she's become increasingly reactive. She's been charged and/or attacked by smaller dogs. Even a Chihuahua!
Show threadÉcole des Bro-ArtsJan 18

@coda @palvaro Yeah I think crossing the street or at least establishing ~15 feet of clearance is the sort of default responsible city dog owner procedure--even if *your* dog is well socialized, you have no way to know what the other one is like, and there are a lot of owners out there who have no idea how to manage their reactive dogs.

Our trainer out in East Bay actually walked us through this when we adopted Freddie, and it's served us well.

Show threadactive landslideJan 18
@aphyr @coda my post was not a serious post, and yeah, I admit maybe I was trying to bait a little. But real talk, what you describe is an extraordinarily strict social contract that is definitely not upheld in most parts of San Francisco
Show threadCodaJan 19
@palvaro @aphyr I will say, I am envious of people with well-adjusted dogs that are chill in novel situations, but the ones I got are sort of the opposite of working breeds. More… unemployable breeds.