Forum Overview :: Nintendogs :: New dog and I STILL hate people too cool to leash their dogs.

[quote name="Mischief Maker"]I've moved to a more suburban area and got a new puppy, but holy shit are middle-aged no-leash dog walkers worse than their college student counterparts. All it takes is having their unleashed dog crossing a busy street to greet my dog while the student owner yells helplessly once, and the college kids learn their lesson and leash the dog from then on. But take the middle-aged egos of these suburbanites crossed with very low-traffic streets and they refuse to learn shit. Time and time again people's over-excited/aggressive dogs run into the street and menace my poor puppy while the owner impotently calls out, "no pooky, stop. bad. come back. calm down." while I try to position myself between my puppy and their growling dog. And once their dog decides it's had enough of my puppy they smile and wave and continue their leashless walk like nothing happened until the next time their dog sees my puppy. I've got an extension leash for my pup, and when she gets the zoomies she can still work up a full-tilt sprint going in circles around me. And if she decides to do something dangerous, I have instant control.[/quote]