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During Kabota's 9:30 pm, in the dark, end of the day walk, this happened:
A 120 lb+ mastiff approaches us slowly out of the dark. I've seen this dog once before, so I know he lives 2 houses down, but I have no idea how friendly he is or isn't. I couldn't get much out of his body language, either (slowly, silently approaching could be friendly or dangerous), but Kabota went nuts, lunging, snarling and barking at the mastiff. It could be that the mastiff wasn't neutered, Kabota seems to hate unneutered males, or the mastiff was being threatening and Kabota was protecting me, or some third option I don't know.
The mastiff was undeterred by Kabota's display, so I'm walking backwards, pulling Kabota with me (he's still lunging, snarling and barking) and I yelled, "Hey, your mastiff, come get him!"
I hear a whistle.
30 more seconds of backing away from the mastiff, who is not giving up, and I hear another whistle and it occurs to me that this dog's owner heard me yell for help, knew his dog was out, unsupervised, possibly menacing someone and he whistled and then waited to see if the dog would respond and then he tried that again.
Seriously?
So then I yelled, "Please come get your dog! Now!"
Finally, after another minute or two of backing up, Kabota threatening, mastiff approaching, a man slowly walks toward us. Slowly. You know, no big deal, my enormous mastiff is backing some woman and her dog down the street, why would I hurry? He finally reaches us, grabs his dog's collar and says, "He's only a year old, he doesn't bite" like I'm being ridiculous.
a. How am I supposed to know that?
b. Great, why is he out unsupervised and why didn't you come get him earlier?
c. Can you see my dog? Your dog may not bite, but mine seems to want to.
Honestly, what is wrong with people?
A 120 lb+ mastiff approaches us slowly out of the dark. I've seen this dog once before, so I know he lives 2 houses down, but I have no idea how friendly he is or isn't. I couldn't get much out of his body language, either (slowly, silently approaching could be friendly or dangerous), but Kabota went nuts, lunging, snarling and barking at the mastiff. It could be that the mastiff wasn't neutered, Kabota seems to hate unneutered males, or the mastiff was being threatening and Kabota was protecting me, or some third option I don't know.
The mastiff was undeterred by Kabota's display, so I'm walking backwards, pulling Kabota with me (he's still lunging, snarling and barking) and I yelled, "Hey, your mastiff, come get him!"
I hear a whistle.
30 more seconds of backing away from the mastiff, who is not giving up, and I hear another whistle and it occurs to me that this dog's owner heard me yell for help, knew his dog was out, unsupervised, possibly menacing someone and he whistled and then waited to see if the dog would respond and then he tried that again.
Seriously?
So then I yelled, "Please come get your dog! Now!"
Finally, after another minute or two of backing up, Kabota threatening, mastiff approaching, a man slowly walks toward us. Slowly. You know, no big deal, my enormous mastiff is backing some woman and her dog down the street, why would I hurry? He finally reaches us, grabs his dog's collar and says, "He's only a year old, he doesn't bite" like I'm being ridiculous.
a. How am I supposed to know that?
b. Great, why is he out unsupervised and why didn't you come get him earlier?
c. Can you see my dog? Your dog may not bite, but mine seems to want to.
Honestly, what is wrong with people?