This morning I decided to walk Penny & Scout in a different park where I know there is a very large ´free dogs zone´... When I arrived at the site, I let both dogs off the lead and they were quietly sniffing around when we were suddenly attacked by a Weimaraner... Penny just came towards me and kept still: Scout panicked and started running, first in circles and then just straight out, with this monster running after her! The Weimaraner´s owner didn´t even lift an eye to see what was going on!! I only ran in the direction the dogs had gone, and found Scout huddled in a trunk hole, barking like crazy, and Weimaraner trying to bite Scout´s tail which was sticking out... Only at this point the Weimaraner´s owner arrived and when I told her she should check on her dog, she replied the dog is *only* seven months and won´t obey when called... She was quite peeved at the fact that I was shaken and so was Scout (she even soiled herself!)... I was *so* angry with the stupid woman I could have banged her on the head! I then put Scout on the lead and purposefuly walked in the same area again talking to her gently so she wouldn´t be scared... And in the distance I saw the Weimaraner darting off again after a small Cocker Spaniel...

What would you have done in my place?

i would definitely tell that woman to train her dog and if she cant do it, she shouldn´t have let her dog loose...that´s so irresponsible of her! that´s really terrifying! we´re so glad that scout and penny is fine....

I´m glad your dogs are okay its sad that other people are not responsible and careless even if her dog is a puppy its still frightening f orother dogs to have a big dog chase them - maybe just walk another way its so sad you have to suffer for others lack of caring --- Abby is also scared of other BIG dogs and gets very frightened but not little Berty he thinks he is a big dog - but I watch carefully and if the situation looks threatening I pick her up if I can (even if she is too heavy) to get her away from any danger

You done the right Benirg @ speaking to the woman but then again you can lead a horse to water, you cannot make it drink. Her reply to yourself showed that she is irresponsible and so does the fact that she lets the dog run about unleashed knowing that the dog is untrained and will not obey her. If she hasn´t got the dog trained at 7 months then she I think is incapable of doing do. As to what would I havre done in your place....I´ll get banned from this site if I say what I´d have done but I wouldn´t have missed her and hit the wall.

Wow Baybie...such a cute picture and such a temper...oh right Tinkerbell did have a temper! LOL

I would have let her have it too. Talking is all you really can do in this situation. I don´t know if there are any off leash rules in this dog park, you should check. If there are people who "monitor´ the park you can always report the woman. To be perfectly honest , if it had been me I would have given her dog a talking to as well, my dogs know I will protect them, and if that involves correcting a badly behaved dog that is not mine, so be it. Now I will be clear, I do not mean touching the other dog at all, but a very loud and deep voiced "off" and physically moving into his space would have done it for me.

Benirq..you did the right thing walking back through the park with your pup, so she doesn´t associate the whole park with this one dog´s bad behaviour. Good for you. I´m so sorry your dog was so frightened.

I would have done the same thing, Laddy is still learning to come when called but if Laddy runs off I call him then if he doesn´t come back I go after him, if he runs off after a dog once I catch him, I make sure the other dog is ok & say sorry to the owner & let them know that Laddy means no harm & is only wanting to play

Hooplady, I took them both back this afternoon - really had to go out of my way as it is not in any of my routine routes - just to make sure Scout didn´t associate *that park* with *bad dogs*... As we were coming near to the "off lead" area, Scout did tense a bit (I had her on lead just in case) and tucked her tail between her legs But then an older dog approached her and sniffed her very gently and after five minutes I let her go and she started to play... I noticed there were less dogs this afternoon than this morning so if I ever have to go that way with the dogs, I´ll do it in the afternoon.

Had Nixon been present during this morning´s ordeal, he would have given they Weimaraner a piece of *his* mind... He´s very protective of his harem, even though I have never seen him get vicious... He just struts around the offending dog, all tense (he seems to be walking on egg shells!) and really "macho"

I would also like to point out that there is a big difference between your dog not coming when you call and in acting threatening or aggressive to another dog. A couple of mine are guilty of occassionally "losing their ears" when I call but they would never intimidate another dog. I hate irresponsible owners!!

AT SEVEN MONTHS A DOG IS QUITE CAPABLE OF BEING TRAINED TO SOME EXTENT. IF NOT THEN THE OWNER ISN´T PUTTING ANY EFFORT IN TO TRAINING...

Rocky was attacked too, and I just kept screaming, and yelling at Rocky cause I was mad at him, and I don´t even know why!? He was yowling and crying for 15 minutes, and he was soo scared.. I´m sorry for him to be attacked in so little age, he´s only a puppy still!

a dog can start training at 2 months, that´s what we´ve been told in seminar on positive training rcently... so, his seven moth age is no excuse!!!!
in any case, she shouldn´t have left her dog unleashed!!!!! i would have been in panic too, don´t know what i would have done.... thank god your doggies are ok

Rocky was attacked too, and I just kept screaming, and yelling at Rocky cause I was mad at him, and I don´t even know why!? He was yowling and crying for 15 minutes, and he was soo scared.. I´m sorry for him to be attacked in so little age, he´s only a puppy still!
Why on earth would you be angry at your dog for being attacked?!

some people just aren´t responsible. at the off-leash park roxie and i go there there´s a poodle there sometimes who just humps EVERYTHING and the girl doesn´t do anything about it, even when the other dog gets mad. i´ve never seen another dog attacked before; that would be scary!!

you for sure did the right thing confronting her. maybe if your dog doesn´t come when called, you shouldn´t let it run around off-leash??? some people are so stupid. maybe other people have had the same problem with her and the dog and maybe if enough people say something, she´ll learn.

Some people with dogs are just plain ignorant and stupid. They have no regard for anyone else, and act like the whole world, owes them a favour to explain their appaling behaviour towards others, and would clearly blame everyone else, other than themselves for the mess they create. This is no exception in your case. At the end of the day, there are morals - wrongs and rights we live by no matter where we live, and what part of the world we come from. And there are some things that we just don´t do - such as be so wreckless when owning a dog. Dogs are like children - they need discipline, and need to be told what´s right and wrong. The earlier it´s started, the better behaved the dog will be as it gets older - so there´s no excuse. And if the woman concerned can´t even be bothered to train the dog decent and moral manners, then what kind of example is she setting??? I mean, if she takes that attitude with her dog, then God help her if she has children!!!!!
Just glad your dogs are OK - what a horrible day you must have had. Maybe someone will report her, and the sooner more than one person speaks up on her, the quicker she´ll learn that some things are just unacceptable. If you believe in Karma, like I do - that for every bad thing you do on someone, something bad will happen on you, and if you do good, good will happen on you, then there´ll come a stage where this woman will get her bad Karma, and the tables will turn, to a dog attacking her dog. Then see how she likes it. Maybe it´s the only way for her to learn her lesson.

You did good Benirg!
I would have yelled at the dog & his owner...hehehehe...
No one messes with my babes!!!! hehehehe

i would definitely tell that woman to train her dog and if she cant do it, she shouldn´t have let her dog loose...that´s so irresponsible of her! that´s really terrifying! we´re so glad that scout and penny is fine....
I totally agree this is what I would have done as well, and I just hope that cocker spaniel was okay as well! Not only would I have told the woman she needed to keep her dog leashed until trained, and how dangerous he was to the other dogs, but I would have also reported her and her dog to a park monitor/ranger, so that they could keep a watch for this woman and her dog and speak to her themselves with a warning. Just the fact she was not keeping a watch on her dog´s activiities while loose is an act of irresponsibility (and a lack of concern even for her own dog). Glad I wasn´t there!

there is also the other side of the coin that you are lucky didnt happen...some dogs do bite when playing and being that the dog was young it may have been trying to play but when your dog ran it turned into prey and you are lucky that the other dogs there didnt join in the hunt...

its a matter of getting the dogs in the park socialized and learing whats acceptible...my dogo when playing will let other dogs hump him he dosent care but when its not play and a dominance thing he will growl and give enough warning.

but i do agree that the owner should be watching their dog not reading a book or just plain not attending to the dog

I think you handled it the way I would have. I would have told the lady she should keep her puppy on a lead until she trains him or takes him to obedience classes. I would also have explained to her that she would be liabel if her dog injured another dog, and that her dog might even be quarentined if he bit another dog or person.

well i will tell to that woman that having a dog is a responsibilty to the owner if she did not know how to handle her dog she better not bring it to the park.she better bring her dog to a trainer. she´s soo irresponsible & rude she bettter banned to the park imagined after her dog attacked your dogs another one coming?

My Fuzzy was attacked several times although he was always on a leash and those other dogs weren´t... I was always screaming at the owners, some of them ran away, and some screamed back at me being mad at me and my dog for passing by them..loonatics..

Hello my friends:
I think the Weimaraner dog not to blame for having a mistress without discretion and without carrying strap to a place where there are more peaceful and tranquil walking dogs.
You can complain in my country so little civilized, but there are rules where the dogs of so-called dangerous breeds can not walk without leash or muzzle AND THE OWNERS ARE RESPONSIBLE
Crfeo that´s why you were not too nice to beat that woman.
Congratulations to you