Reggie Is Just Too Damn Good Looking!
I just got back from walking Reggie. While we were out, we went past a house on a corner of a street on the way to the park. We go past every day, and there is usually a rottweiler in there who barks as we pass on the opposite side of the road. I have always felt glad that he is behind a solid looking fence. Well, today as we passed, there were 2 rottweilers, and not only did they bark at us, but they squeezed themselves under the gate at the end of their garden and ran across the road to us. It is not a very nice feeling, have 2 unknown rottweilers running towards you, with their owner nowhere in sight! I know that sometimes rottweilers can be nasty dogs, and also Reggie does not really like other dogs anyway, so I knew I was going to have a struggle on my hands.
The one we normally see in there is a fully grown male. The other one is younger, less than a year, not fully grown yet, and the only one to be wearing a collar, although I couldn’t really get hold of him. They both seemed quite friendly, luckily, and they just wanted mainly to say hello and sniff out some new smells.
They both were sniffing around Reggie, and next thing I knew she had slipped her collar off, and so I had 3 dogs on the loose with cars going past. I was really worried that she would run out in the road to get away from them, as she was not enjoying the attention. Luckily I managed to get hold of her quickly enough and put it back on.
I tried telling them to go home and to carry on our way, hoping they would then go back, but they showed no inclination to go home now they had a taste of freedom. I couldn’t leave them there, as they had no road sense, and just wandered randomly around in the road, where cars were having to slow down to avoid them. Not one of those car drivers stopped to see if I needed any help though!
So I crossed over to their side of the street, and they followed. I tried shouting over the fence to their house for the owner, but was not really sure if anyone was even in. Also I was having to compete with their next-door neighbour’s dog who was barking non-stop. He was probably jealous that he hadn’t also managed to escape! So I walked back up the side of their garden towards their house, which unfortunately is on a major road and the dogs were following us but bounding around everywhere as well. Also the older dog had realised that Reggie is a girl, and he is a boy, and wanted to have his way with her, but she was having none of it, so every time he tried to jump her, she turned on him and there were a couple of scraps.
I managed to get into their driveway without anyone getting hurt, and shouted again and knocked on the door, but no answer. I was about to go next door, but just then the owner came out. She said thank you and took them in, and I tried telling her where they got out, and that they were running in the road in front of cars but she did not seem to be too bothered about it. We carried on to the park, and on our way back I noticed they were not outside anymore, so I hope she blocks up that gap under the fence before they go out again. She was lucky that it was me there, as so many people here would have been too scared of the dogs to try to deal with them.
And this is already the second time that we have had to deal with a randy dog on the loose in the 8 weeks or so that we have had Reggie! The first time I was walking with her, and a guy was driving past and stopped to ask if I had seen a black dog. At that point, I hadn’t. But about 20 minutes later, he found us. He was slightly smaller than Reggie, and completely black, quite young and stocky. I grabbed him to get his number off his collar to ring his owner. The dog’s name was Snoop. He was also very randy, and Reggie was not pleased. He kept trying to get her, and he was enormously strong! I spoke to the owner and described where I was, but since I was in the middle of the park, I said I would meet him at the road. So I put Snoop on Reggie’s lead as I knew Reggie could be relied on to go where I told her without it. But Snoop would only go where she went, lead or no lead. So I had to keep telling Reggie which way to go and then Snoop would follow and I would be dragged along behind him. It felt like my arm was being pulled out of the socket. This was the time when there was several inches of snow on the ground, and at one point we had to go down a slope so I was kind of dog sledding down! After about 20 minutes of trying to hold Snoop off Reggie and get him to the road, the owner turned up and took him away. Reggie and I were both exhausted and practically crawled home!
The one we normally see in there is a fully grown male. The other one is younger, less than a year, not fully grown yet, and the only one to be wearing a collar, although I couldn’t really get hold of him. They both seemed quite friendly, luckily, and they just wanted mainly to say hello and sniff out some new smells.
They both were sniffing around Reggie, and next thing I knew she had slipped her collar off, and so I had 3 dogs on the loose with cars going past. I was really worried that she would run out in the road to get away from them, as she was not enjoying the attention. Luckily I managed to get hold of her quickly enough and put it back on.
I tried telling them to go home and to carry on our way, hoping they would then go back, but they showed no inclination to go home now they had a taste of freedom. I couldn’t leave them there, as they had no road sense, and just wandered randomly around in the road, where cars were having to slow down to avoid them. Not one of those car drivers stopped to see if I needed any help though!
So I crossed over to their side of the street, and they followed. I tried shouting over the fence to their house for the owner, but was not really sure if anyone was even in. Also I was having to compete with their next-door neighbour’s dog who was barking non-stop. He was probably jealous that he hadn’t also managed to escape! So I walked back up the side of their garden towards their house, which unfortunately is on a major road and the dogs were following us but bounding around everywhere as well. Also the older dog had realised that Reggie is a girl, and he is a boy, and wanted to have his way with her, but she was having none of it, so every time he tried to jump her, she turned on him and there were a couple of scraps.
I managed to get into their driveway without anyone getting hurt, and shouted again and knocked on the door, but no answer. I was about to go next door, but just then the owner came out. She said thank you and took them in, and I tried telling her where they got out, and that they were running in the road in front of cars but she did not seem to be too bothered about it. We carried on to the park, and on our way back I noticed they were not outside anymore, so I hope she blocks up that gap under the fence before they go out again. She was lucky that it was me there, as so many people here would have been too scared of the dogs to try to deal with them.
And this is already the second time that we have had to deal with a randy dog on the loose in the 8 weeks or so that we have had Reggie! The first time I was walking with her, and a guy was driving past and stopped to ask if I had seen a black dog. At that point, I hadn’t. But about 20 minutes later, he found us. He was slightly smaller than Reggie, and completely black, quite young and stocky. I grabbed him to get his number off his collar to ring his owner. The dog’s name was Snoop. He was also very randy, and Reggie was not pleased. He kept trying to get her, and he was enormously strong! I spoke to the owner and described where I was, but since I was in the middle of the park, I said I would meet him at the road. So I put Snoop on Reggie’s lead as I knew Reggie could be relied on to go where I told her without it. But Snoop would only go where she went, lead or no lead. So I had to keep telling Reggie which way to go and then Snoop would follow and I would be dragged along behind him. It felt like my arm was being pulled out of the socket. This was the time when there was several inches of snow on the ground, and at one point we had to go down a slope so I was kind of dog sledding down! After about 20 minutes of trying to hold Snoop off Reggie and get him to the road, the owner turned up and took him away. Reggie and I were both exhausted and practically crawled home!
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