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Reddit Thread: Good Boy Doggo Waits For Human At Home After Altercation With Bigger Dog

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    Font - Posted by u/duchess_of_fire 4 days ago 95 4 [fluff] Heard the words no dog owner wants to hear [Fluff] "I can't hold him. I'm not going to be able to hold him back.

    The words that shall not be spoken have been cursed by he who shall not be named. If you hear these words, grab your doggo and start running. Not literally, we recommend assessing the situation and going from there.

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    Font - Snuck out of a meeting to take my dog (great dane, lab, amstaff mix ~80 Ibs) for a quick walk since the sun was actually shining, and we wouldn't need 16 layers. About 15 minutes into the walk, an old lady and her great pyrenees came around a corner about 15 ft away. As soon as her dog saw mine, it started snarling and lunging at my dog. She started yelling, "I can't hold him. I'm not going to be able to hold him back."

    Big boi wants a walk, big boi gets a walk. It's a sunny day and it would be a shame to waste all that good sunshine. Duh duh duh….the plot thickens. 

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    Font - My dog started growling back, but he was trying to get away, pulling on the leash as hard as he could. The old lady was being dragged closer and closer by her massive dog. This wasn't the first time a dog has gone after my dog, but it was the largest dog to attempt it. I thought I could hold her dog back, but I couldn't hold both dogs. To give my dog a fighting chance I dropped his leash and told him to 'go home', while I tried to grab hold of the GP's leash and collar. I didn't know what

    Who gave this old lady the 'thumbs up' that she could walk this dog?? It just seems irresponsible to walk a dog that you will not be able to physically control should a situation like this occur, but that's just our own two cents. 

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    Font - I had to watch my dog take off without me. I start listing all the missing dog groups in my head so I can get him back if someone finds him. Once my dog was out of sight, the other dog started to calm down within a few minutes. I told the lady that if my dog was hit by a car or taken, I better not see her in my neighborhood again - probably not the best response but it was the most polite one i could come up with at the time.
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    Font - I ran home (note not a runner by any stretch of the imagination), trying to remember where I left my car keys so I could grab them and go out looking for my dog. I finally made it to my building and who's there, sitting on my patio patiently waiting to get back in? The goodest good boy in the whole world. A little extra clingy, but otherwise fine.
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    Font - take aways from my experience: • teach your dog where their "home" is, you never know when it will come in handy • more importantly, don't get a dog you can't maintain control of if they get riled up. • hug your puppies extra close
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    Font - rtothewin · 4 days ago I can only dream of having a dog trained well enough to stop a confrontation and just head home on command, that is some great work you have done. 1.5k Reply Share •..
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    Font - SucaMofo · 4 days ago I didn't train my dog to do this. She simply understands things and is smart. The lawn company once left the back gate open. I go to let her in from the back yard and this is when I notice the gate. I run out front and she is chilling on the front porch. She looks at me like whats up dad? I'm good just watching the cars drive by. I use to live down the street from a bar and I would taker her all the time. An old roommate accidentally let her get out one night while I
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    Font - kimar2z · 4 days ago My pit is a bit the same way. My boyfriend's mom is notorious about "forgetting" to close the gate (she doesn't like the dog, long story, now we have padlocks on the gate) and while my dog is terrified of everyone (except me, he just runs away from everyone else... we are working on it), he loves other animals and when she let him out while I was gone one day and closed the gate afterwards he walked to the front yard where he could hang out through the fence with the
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    Font - Secure_Occasion · 4 days ago My 3lb chihuahua, Squid, squared up on a massive Cane Corso who jumped from the window of a Jeep to attack us. I dropped his leash, grabbed my little yorkie and hoped his noble sacrifice would give us time to make it to safety. Nothing like watching a war dog coming for you to make you think, "So this is how I die?" The owner tumbled out of the Jeep absolutely shitting himself and yelling for his dog. Luckily the cane Corso actually paused, looked conflicted a
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    Rectangle - Promah1984 · 5 days agO If you can't physically control your dog, you shouldn't walk it. Simple as that. It's too much dog for you and/or not trained well enough to stay within your grasp. 288 Reply Give Award Share Report Save Follow
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    Font - waffles-all-day · 4 days ago my MIL wants to walk my dog so badly and keeps talking about how it would be fine. she is less than 100 Ibs and he is 45 lbs, very strong. he's good on leash for us, but he can pull when he sees cats, and sometimes if another dog is really reactive, he will react to that. maybe he's fine with her 99% of the time, but if you cant control the dog 100% of the time then you shouldn't walk it!

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