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First a bit of history, then the question (thanks for reading this). There are rarely any dogs that Luke doesn't like, I can only think of three in the complex. One is a Boxer who intently stares at him and challenges my dog and stupidly my dog answers, which I have to redirect his attention on me ("watch me" command). Normally when I see them I: cross the street, refocus Luke's attention on me before he even sees the Boxer, run a bit with him, try to find a squirrel (sorry squirrel and rabbit) or rabbit for him to see, whatever really.
But this woman that normally walks him is really starting to annoy me. I'm always moving for her, she never moves out of the way for us. She has to know our dogs do not like each other. I get that she may not be up with dog signals, heck I'm still learning, but this should be obvious.
Today was the last straw to get me angry. Now just real quickly, if anyone is unsure of a complex structure, it's basically a circle. You can cut corners, but that's about it. So we were in the complex, and at the very last leg of the walk saw the woman. So I got Luke to sit and couldn't cross the road yet as a van was coming. I was really hoping he would let us go, so we wouldn't have to look at them. But nope.
You would think the woman would stop because clearly my dog gets reactive with her dog, but she keeps on walking...slowly too!! Finally the van passed, I walk across with Luke, but she's directly behind us, I know this by the way Luke was trying to get to her dog; he was on two legs as we crossed the street. Finally I got him into a "watch me" state and we were good.
But here's the question. Should I just tell her to stop? Say something like, "Clearly our dogs do not like each other, can you just stay right there while I cross the street to redirect my dog's focus?" Or something along those lines; I mean it was really nerve wracking, she just kept walking her dog while mine was getting riled up. Are people that stupid!?
I don't know how many lengths I go to to get my dog away from a dog that's reacting to mine, but she takes her sweet old time? I am really miffed now, if this happens again, how do I handle the situation with her?
But this woman that normally walks him is really starting to annoy me. I'm always moving for her, she never moves out of the way for us. She has to know our dogs do not like each other. I get that she may not be up with dog signals, heck I'm still learning, but this should be obvious.
Today was the last straw to get me angry. Now just real quickly, if anyone is unsure of a complex structure, it's basically a circle. You can cut corners, but that's about it. So we were in the complex, and at the very last leg of the walk saw the woman. So I got Luke to sit and couldn't cross the road yet as a van was coming. I was really hoping he would let us go, so we wouldn't have to look at them. But nope.
You would think the woman would stop because clearly my dog gets reactive with her dog, but she keeps on walking...slowly too!! Finally the van passed, I walk across with Luke, but she's directly behind us, I know this by the way Luke was trying to get to her dog; he was on two legs as we crossed the street. Finally I got him into a "watch me" state and we were good.
But here's the question. Should I just tell her to stop? Say something like, "Clearly our dogs do not like each other, can you just stay right there while I cross the street to redirect my dog's focus?" Or something along those lines; I mean it was really nerve wracking, she just kept walking her dog while mine was getting riled up. Are people that stupid!?
I don't know how many lengths I go to to get my dog away from a dog that's reacting to mine, but she takes her sweet old time? I am really miffed now, if this happens again, how do I handle the situation with her?