[nagdu] ranting handling skills?

[Dan Weiner]

Time to rant for me--smile.
I'm first of all very sorry you had those experiences.
I've been having more experiences of this type in the last two years than I
had in all fifteen of the previous years.
People leaving their dogs to run loose--something not safe for me or for the
dogs--people not caring to put leashes on dogs or not control them.
I mind my own business walking on a sidewalk or street and they, the
collective they referring to these owners, feel no responsibility.
I suppose it's due to my hearing problem in the left ear, I don't know, but
I never or almost never hear the tags jingling.
It is totally sudden and unexpected for me and at first scared the living
you know what out of me.
The only way I can tell usually is by my dog's behavior.

So, Julie  and friends, should I start calling Animal Control on all these
people? I mean, I'd rather they just make even some elementary effort and
not have to argue--smile.

I've had discussions with the three or four responsible people in my
neighborhood who seem to feel I'm being unreasonable by asking them to
control their dogs, if nothing else, when I'm passing. 

Example, a guy who sits outside and smokes with his pit bulls. Fortunately,
the dogs seem to have a good temperament and are more friendly than
anything, but they run right out at me.
2. The older guy babysitting his daughter's dogs who sits outside with the
dogs not leashed.

3. The idiot with a bull dog, this one aggressive, who lets his dog roam
around and lies when I ask him if it's his dog.
Lies because I know several sighted people who have identified him as the
owner.



Dan W.