Responsible owners say: “Hey, my dog is aggressive and can be unpredictable. I don’t want him to scare or hurt you/your children/dog.”
That’s all it takes. I had a beautiful boxer female who started getting aggressive toward other dogs at age 3. So I just said that a lot. It sucks because I wanted her to play with other dogs. But they got to make an informed decision at that point rather than my crappy excuses.
Update: oh and the shorter version is - “My dog is a jerk” or “my dog is grumpy”.
Second Update: Teach your kids about how to approach dogs. Don’t run up to them. Ask the owner if the dog is friendly with kids, if now is a good time and how the dog likes to be approached. In the absence of direction, stand still, make a fist and hold it out face down at the level of the dog’s face and speak kindly and quietly and let the dog come to you and smell you. Don’t immediately react. Give the dog as long as it needs to check you out. Don’t pay a strange dog’s head or butt. I dunno. That works for my kids. They have a healthy respect for strange dogs in NYC because a LOT of owners with Aggro dogs don’t inform us.
WITCH79 on November 27th, 2018 at 18:35 UTC »
This is my mom with her tiny dauschund
theclansman22 on November 27th, 2018 at 19:25 UTC »
"This is the first time this has happened, I swear"
supercali5 on November 27th, 2018 at 22:12 UTC »
Responsible owners say: “Hey, my dog is aggressive and can be unpredictable. I don’t want him to scare or hurt you/your children/dog.”
That’s all it takes. I had a beautiful boxer female who started getting aggressive toward other dogs at age 3. So I just said that a lot. It sucks because I wanted her to play with other dogs. But they got to make an informed decision at that point rather than my crappy excuses.
Update: oh and the shorter version is - “My dog is a jerk” or “my dog is grumpy”.
Second Update: Teach your kids about how to approach dogs. Don’t run up to them. Ask the owner if the dog is friendly with kids, if now is a good time and how the dog likes to be approached. In the absence of direction, stand still, make a fist and hold it out face down at the level of the dog’s face and speak kindly and quietly and let the dog come to you and smell you. Don’t immediately react. Give the dog as long as it needs to check you out. Don’t pay a strange dog’s head or butt. I dunno. That works for my kids. They have a healthy respect for strange dogs in NYC because a LOT of owners with Aggro dogs don’t inform us.