dog warning signs, leashes, etc = open to law suit?

[vacation1]

[QUOTE=2LaZ2race;7622691]
My dog can be fear aggressive toward large dogs (she is a large bully breed). I’m doing a 5k with her and someone suggested putting a orange leash on her that says “do not approach not dog friendly”. She’s totally controlled, I just don’t want people letting their dogs come up to her. [/QUOTE]

The 2 bolded sentences are contradictory. Your beloved running partner who is also an aggression-prone pit bull does not belong in a race; it is not the responsibility of the entire world to deal with your precious petal’s special issues. Leave the pit home, and save yourself the effort of thinking up 1600 variations of “I’m sorry that lil’ rat got kilt, but it just ran right up to Duke’s space and he wuz protectin’ his mama! LOL!” to post on your brand-new “Save Duke!” FB page.

The DINOS leash idea is getting out of hand; it was started as a way to give reactive dogs a break, and now we’re getting into world-turned-upside-down territory. Morally, it’s insane. Normal people do not look at a dog which has been brought to a crowded public setting and think “Oh, orange leash, guess that means it’ll kill my Doxie mix if we get too close! Better just avoid that sweet pittie gurl!” That takes a special kind of crazy. If your dog is dangerous, or potentially dangerous, you leave it home from certain settings. And here’s the thing - 99% of the time, a dangerous dog is great. Calm, plays nice with his buddy, blahblahblah. Doesn’t matter. Dahmer didn’t eat everyone he met. The issue isn’t whether they’re ever nice, it’s whether they’re ever dangerous.

[2LaZ2race]

We Went…

I took her to the race (it was not a dog-centered race, just dogs allowed).

I used an orange leash and wrote “please give me space” in marker on it.

Everything went great. She stayed by my side, no other dogs came up to her, and when we were passed or had to pass someone she kept her focus on me and didn’t even seem to notice any other dogs.

There were 2 full pits there that got a bit upset when two labs walked by them, but it was more because the labs went nuts barking at them!

That was the most action all day.

[2LaZ2race]

[QUOTE=vacation1;7625210]
The 2 bolded sentences are contradictory. Your beloved running partner who is also an aggression-prone pit bull does not belong in a race; it is not the responsibility of the entire world to deal with your precious petal’s special issues. Leave the pit home, and save yourself the effort of thinking up 1600 variations of “I’m sorry that lil’ rat got kilt, but it just ran right up to Duke’s space and he wuz protectin’ his mama! LOL!” to post on your brand-new “Save Duke!” FB page.

The DINOS leash idea is getting out of hand; it was started as a way to give reactive dogs a break, and now we’re getting into world-turned-upside-down territory. Morally, it’s insane. Normal people do not look at a dog which has been brought to a crowded public setting and think “Oh, orange leash, guess that means it’ll kill my Doxie mix if we get too close! Better just avoid that sweet pittie gurl!” That takes a special kind of crazy. If your dog is dangerous, or potentially dangerous, you leave it home from certain settings. And here’s the thing - 99% of the time, a dangerous dog is great. Calm, plays nice with his buddy, blahblahblah. Doesn’t matter. Dahmer didn’t eat everyone he met. The issue isn’t whether they’re ever nice, it’s whether they’re ever dangerous.[/QUOTE]

I see the contradiction you say… however, I don’t consider my dog dangerous. A dangerous dog is an aggressive dog off a leash allowed to attack and injure other people or dogs. My dog does not lunge at dogs, bark at dogs or anything like that. She fought BACK when a large dog attacked her, and can now get nervous in open settings like dog parks, so I don’t take her there.

[SonnysMom]

[QUOTE=2LaZ2race;7625289]
I see the contradiction you say… however, I don’t consider my dog dangerous. A dangerous dog is an aggressive dog off a leash allowed to attack and injure other people or dogs. My dog does not lunge at dogs, bark at dogs or anything like that. She fought BACK when a large dog attacked her, and can now get nervous in open settings like dog parks, so I don’t take her there.[/QUOTE]
Don’t bother with vacation1 on this topic. If I remember correctly vacation1 thinks all pit bulls are evil and are automatically a time bomb just waiting to go off.

[independentlyawesome]

You set your dog up for failure, and everything went OK.

Great job

I could probably jump out my 2nd story window and be fine. That doesn’t mean it was a good idea.

[PaintPony]

[QUOTE=independentlyawesome;7629617]
You set your dog up for failure, and everything went OK.

Great job

I could probably jump out my 2nd story window and be fine. That doesn’t mean it was a good idea.[/QUOTE]

This (and other posts) is why I’ve been so disheartened with COTH lately. People are just SO nasty and rude. Do you all speak to people like this in real life?

It IS possible to have a conversation where not everyone agrees and not have it digress to childishness and name calling.

Apparently this is not one of those conversations…:no:

[vacation1]

[QUOTE=PaintPony;7629793]
This (and other posts) is why I’ve been so disheartened with COTH lately. People are just SO nasty and rude. Do you all speak to people like this in real life? It IS possible to have a conversation where not everyone agrees and not have it digress to childishness and name calling. Apparently this is not one of those conversations…:no:[/QUOTE]

?? The poster disagreed with the OP’s actions, but she wasn’t nasty about it and there was no name-calling. She just said it was a bad idea. Better that than one of the many forums where everyone grouphugs or gets booted (Oooooh, you went ahead and bred your rabid bi-polar wolf hybrid! We NEED puppy pics!!)

[vacation1]

[QUOTE=2LaZ2race;7625289]
I see the contradiction you say… however, I don’t consider my dog dangerous. A dangerous dog is an aggressive dog off a leash allowed to attack and injure other people or dogs. My dog does not lunge at dogs, bark at dogs or anything like that. She fought BACK when a large dog attacked her, and can now get nervous in open settings like dog parks, so I don’t take her there.[/QUOTE]

I see your point. I guess my POV is that, basically, to be crass, shit happens. Perhaps I’m overly cautious, but I like to try to shave down the risks with my dog. A public race with a strong dog whose reactions can be aggressive would be way outside my definition of an acceptable risk. I’m glad it turned out ok. Please be careful; sometimes a successful outcome instills too much confidence and sets you up for a fail.

[2LaZ2race]

[QUOTE=independentlyawesome;7629617]
You set your dog up for failure, and everything went OK.

Great job

I could probably jump out my 2nd story window and be fine. That doesn’t mean it was a good idea.[/QUOTE]

“I set my dog up for failure”… let me ponder this idea.

My dog, who was attacked and can now be fearful, but has done private obedience classes and group classes to increase her socialization and obedience… should stay at home forever because if I take her in public another dog might attack her and she’d defend herself?

I have done everything to set my dog up for success. I simply did not want other owners bringing their dogs up to her without asking. People shouldn’t do that anyway!

I also walked the race so I could slow down and let other people pass.

It would be setting her up for failure if I didn’t invest in training and try to socialize her in an appropriate setting. She HAS to go out in public, whether it be to use the bathroom in my yard or to the vet. If I never let her see or be around other dogs it would make it worse when she had to be.

[PaintPony]

[QUOTE=vacation1;7630554]
?? The poster disagreed with the OP’s actions, but she wasn’t nasty about it and there was no name-calling. She just said it was a bad idea. Better that than one of the many forums where everyone grouphugs or gets booted (Oooooh, you went ahead and bred your rabid bi-polar wolf hybrid! We NEED puppy pics!!)[/QUOTE]

:rolleyes: Clearly you have lost touch about what being rude means - as evidenced by your posts.