It's All In The Name
leash your dang dogs!
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As an urban cat walker, this is welcome. Our answer to the 'he's friendly!' defence is 'my cat isn't'. It's a lie but it usually works...
Indeed! It's the leash you could do.
that was TERRIBLE!
YES BRUN! My pupper is afraid of a lot of other dogs after getting attacked by a much bigger dog (that, and he's also generally a big baby). His fear response toward other dogs is usually aggression. That coupled with the fact that he is protective over me, if an unleashed dog came running at us, it would not end well. With that in mind, my dog of course is always on a leash and I don't take him places where there might be other dogs, but some of the people in my neighborhood take their dogs for walks without leashes, and it's super frustrating.
Common occurrence when I lived in San Francisco: dog owner would be walking their dog off-leash, dog would suddenly dart into traffic, car would screech to a halt to not hit the dog, dog owner would yell at the driver for almost hitting their dog, without a shred of awareness for how the owner might have taken better responsibility for this situation. Also when I was growing up I was scared of dogs, and owners would always say "Don't worry, he's friendly! He's only attacking you because they think you're afraid!" and that was just like... what the hell kind of circular reasoning is that? Meanwhile I, the human child, am being traumatized by your dog. It wasn't until my 20s that I finally met some dog owners who recognized that they could teach me some basic dog body language skills that I started to not be afraid of dogs.
I was terrified of dogs when I was a kid, to the level of climbing on a park table more than once, and the owner telling me they are not dangerous was suuuuper not helpful
Brun's rules are good rules. And Rupert is a good boi.
Rupert IS a friendly name. My dog was Saxophone. Fairly friendly, but also whimsical. I don't give my pets People names, but maybe that's just me.
LEASH YER DANG DOGS! Yes yes YES!
Yes Brun!
Rupert deserves all the pets
Brun is enforcer of the rules. All of them.
It's surprising to see Brun speak with this level of authority!
At least, without a harpoon in hand.
My dog is not friendly to other dogs. LEASH YOUR DOGS <3
I am terrified of dogs. “Oh, but he’s friendly!” I don’t care how nice your dog is. It doesn’t negate or ease my fear. So Brun is honestly speaking up for me here. Thank you!
My wife is the same. I’m not, but I still agree.
Lay that law DOWN, Brun! :)
Oh Rupert Rupert the Bear Everyone sing his name Everyone come and join in all of his games
That's right! Preach, Brun!
Preach!
Possibly? How many dog parks would there be in Northampton?
Is this a different park from where Emily showed Clinton all those dogs?
Nailed it Jeph! ❤️
I'll never forget being six years old and facing down an off leash German Shepherd who charged out from the woods at me as I walked to the school bus stop. "Don't worry, he's friendly!" the owner yelled from far away, just before his dog knocked me down and sank his teeth into my leg. Leash your dang dogs.
Yeah, if your dog hunts children, it's definitely NOT friendly!
Lay down that law Brun!!
Riding my bike once in Newport RI, big dog comes out to attack, hop off the bike (opposite side from dog) pick it up and smack it with the front gear ring, and off he ran back to his yard. It came out to look at me as I rode off, but didn't give chase, figured he learnt a lesson? Hope so.
It does my heart good to see a dog lover present this. Thank you.
Now, what is this guy's name, and when does he make out with Elliot?
he's a non leasher, he doesn't *deserve* Elliot
Dude's just lucky Brun doesn't have her harpoon with her. Although she's doing a good job of ripping him a new hole without it.
Harsh but fair.
Jeph, i thought your comment said "leash your dang dongs" and I was like "Whoa, whoa! This is a dog park not a dong park!" I need to change my contact lenses
I mean, if it's prone to running free...
I never let my dog off unless the park is deserted lol he's a terror.
Glad you're changing your behavior by following the rules from now on. Thanks for being a good human!
It's always the dudebros with big dogs who think the leash law doesn't apply to them. Really sucks when you're walking a yapper the size of a shoebox.
Not always. I see several of them in our neighborhood that have the same affliction and all of them are not dudes nor bros. One time one of them nipped my hand as I was jogging on my own street and the owner didn't even really apologize, just said that he was 'being friendly'.
Seriously though, people, LEASH YOUR FRELLING DOGGOS!
Ah, Farscape <3
A friend complained to me only this morning about all the unleashed dogs he keeps meeting on his run. It's the lockdown thing, I think -- people have this unconscious desire to give their dogs some of the physical freedom they can't have themselves. But my friend was hospitalised by a dog attack when he was 5, so he doesn't find it super-easy to be understanding on this point.
That is a way to put human feelings upon a dog. Give the dog the attention it deserves while in the leash instead!
Gol durnit!
And Brun has no problem with being assertive, does she?
Probably a 'do the thing' type. Unable to bring themselves to do something, but as soon as someone else has a need they 'do the thing' by reflex.
Did Jeph read the comment at the top of last night? Because Brun is pretty much repeating the points one by one.
I’m pretty sure Jeph has a wide enough perspective on the world to consider this by himself, while also being a respectful dog owner.
I'm loving this plotline so much!
rupert.........