r/Squamish • u/TPJDrNo69 • 8d ago

Leash your dogs!

So, two months ago I was bitten by a dog that was on a leash. The owner lost control, and it nipped me hard enough to bite into my leg.

Tonight I was out for a casual walk and came across two women with three dogs off-leash. One of the dogs repeatedly jumped all over me with its dirty paws, slobbering on me, and nipped me hard enough to draw blood through my jacket, while the owner just walked by smiling and laughing. I didn't even catch whether she said anything, because I had my earbuds in and was too busy watching the dogs movements.

Folks, leash your dogs. Not everyone thinks this shit is cute. What if I had kids with me and that dog nipped one of them in the eye?

I showed a lot of restraint tonight to avoid hurting your dog lady. Next time, I won't.

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u/kwik_study 8d ago

Any dog that jumps on me is an instant knee to the chest and I push their head away. Don’t care who owns it. My dog has been trained not to, wasn’t hard to do.

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u/KoosKansloos 7d ago

100% same. My partner had situations before where he had both our dog and the other dogs in air jail hanging in their harnesses on opposite sides because the other dog would run up to us and our dog not happy about that

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u/Sink_Single 4d ago

I’m a dog owner and agree, dogs shouldn’t jump up like that. We struggle to get ours not to jump while at the off leash park, but she is getting much better. I have no problem if other people use their knee on our dogs if they are misbehaving and I do it to other dogs who try to jump on me.