where no one has gone before :eek: For Ch#*t’s sake people – don’t let your dogs pee on the xc decorations. It took time and money to find suitable items, some of which are artificial and will absorb the pee. I saw a female nonchalantly stand there and not pull her dog off to a close by neighboring tree. The dog pissed all over the very nice artificial plant in a weighted pot. Now other dogs will follow suit with that smell. And are sure to make opportunity elsewhere also.
WTH is wrong with people? I own a female dog, but would never allow my dog to do damage to anything at a show.
Now, I do let her jump the jumps, I never even thought about that being rude, so I will ask the question - is it rude for me to goose my dog into jumping all the jumps when we’re out on a course walk?
If it jumps completely over the jumps it’s probably fine, if it jumps on the jumps then yes it’s rude. Especially if they’re decorated or painted.
She does jump them, but I figure that dog nails are way less damaging than the horse that clanks every jump like it’s a brush fence. That said, consider it noted! I hate nothing more than realizing after the fact that I was being a jerk and no one said anything to me.
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:eek: Clearly that idiot never thought about the fact that some volunteer will be picking those up later on.
If I was out there and saw that I probably would say something. I am pretty non-confrontational and talking to strangers is not my thing but darn it… I hate people who do stupid stuff like that.
I saw someone who let their dog have a bowel movement under the small tent for the stadium jumping warm up and gate crew the other day. All this open area and she stands there while her dog goes under the tent. Thankfully she actually picked it up, but …
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I mean, it’s not at the same level as the peeing, but it’s a lot of work to paint jumps and place all the decorations just so. As someone who has done it I cringe when I see a dog (or a human) climb over before they’ve been used for the competition.
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Ah, see, I didn’t even think about the before versus after the competition impact. Noted, and thanks for telling me! It’ll be another year (or more, haha) before my ding-dong 3 year old will be ready for anything resembling a competition but I won’t forget.
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You and the dog can jump the jump (xc) as much as you like, just don’t let him poop or pee on the groundline! Yes, we have to pick that up!
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Who is so clueless they would so flagrantly violate such basic social decency? Dogs should NOT be allowed to pee on ANYTHING that isn’t in their own yard.
That behavior also indicates that the dog does not know that it is not to pee on whatever happens to be next to it. Was the human on the end of the lead on a cell phone and therefore oblivious of her poor dog?
Just this morning while walking my dog, a young lady walking the dog coming toward us seemed so absorbed in her phone that she was unaware that she was in the middle of the street. And that her golden retriever had laid down for a little rest right there, thus creating an anchor effect that brought their mutual progress to a halt. I said something to her and she didn’t register it at first, then looked around as if she just woke up. Fortunately early Sunday, so no traffic. :o
My dog volunteers every cross-country jump, with style points. He is high-energy, but the big payoff is all the attention he gets for it. Plus he wishes to prove that he can do everything that the horse can do. 
He doesn’t disturb or dirty up anything, I would not permit that. Some things he does not get to jump because he could knock something off or over.
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For many years, my local tack/feed store let customers to bring their dogs into the store. Now they don’t allow this anymore. I don’t know what happened but my guess is too many owners let their dogs behave badly.
