@Turtle11 That is a weird one, strange the owner didn't at least give you and your pup a vocal heads up. Great that you're dog listened!
Weird Encounter at Home Depot
I took our dog to Home Depot this evening to get some gardening supplies. He's well behaved there, and I also take him there because it brings up some good training opportunities. Anyways, I was walking with my dog heeling beside me down a long aisle, and was about halfway through the aisle. Suddenly, my dog pulled on the leash and turned around, so I looked to see what was going on.
Get this: A guy was standing about 30 ft away at the end of the aisle, holding a retractable lead, and he let his dog come all the way to meet ours! His dog just came up and started sniffing my dog's behind. It was a bit weird (he and his dog are lucky they didn't pick a reactive dog!). The guy was watching and grinning the entire time (from 30 ft away!)...he thought it was hilarious. Strange, right? I've never seen another dog owner pull this stunt using a retractable lead in a store before.
I'm teaching our dog to ignore other dogs when on leash, so I told him to Leave It, and he actually listened (woot! that is a VERY hard thing for him to do, since he loves to play).
Anyways, just wanted to share this weird dog owner story....
Get this: A guy was standing about 30 ft away at the end of the aisle, holding a retractable lead, and he let his dog come all the way to meet ours! His dog just came up and started sniffing my dog's behind. It was a bit weird (he and his dog are lucky they didn't pick a reactive dog!). The guy was watching and grinning the entire time (from 30 ft away!)...he thought it was hilarious. Strange, right? I've never seen another dog owner pull this stunt using a retractable lead in a store before.
I'm teaching our dog to ignore other dogs when on leash, so I told him to Leave It, and he actually listened (woot! that is a VERY hard thing for him to do, since he loves to play).
Anyways, just wanted to share this weird dog owner story....
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I've been the bad owner too, pretty sure I was embarrassed grinning while it happened. Took Echo out on the trail, all of a sudden a bunch of cyclists, runners and other dogs go past, all fine but echo was pretty excited and had no calm left so we moved to the side to calm. I was really close to her so the three feet of lead was plenty of room to be silly. All of a sudden a runner goes by that I hadn't seen and she ran after/into him, lucky he had a good sense of humor when he realized she was a puppy and just desperate to say hi.
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