SFH wrote:

bradykp—I know the Onion is supposed to be funny but–you’re right—there are too many dog owners who behave like that which is sad. I wish everyone who wanted a dog fully understood how much time, money and attention needs to be invested in the dog.

yeah, when i sent that to a few friends they said they didn’t even realize it was an onion article. it’s sad that a satirical article is mostly true in this area.

there’s lots of good dog owners in our town though, it’s the sour apples that leave the largest memories though. it’s easy to forget all the times you don’t step in dog shit, but hard to forget those times you do.

it takes a resilient person to do that, and you obviously can’t do it with the baby in hand. if it doesn’t work on it’s own, combining it with pushing your knee out so the dog jumps into your knee (not so that you are kneeing the dog) is another effective way – as someone pointed out.

the guy is an idiot honestly. the dog could hurt your or your baby, even it is being completely playful. my puppy is getting a little jumpy, so I always give people a heads up that he might start hopping if they come pet him. he can’t do much damage – but I have no problem with other people telling him “no – off” in a stern way. i also tell him.

dog owners need to be more responsible.

i think this describes a lot of the people in NYC and Hoboken with dogs:

theonion.com/content/opinion/im_thinking_about_getting_a_dog

Tama Murden wrote:

Unless in an aggressive mode (ears back/lip curled, hair on the spine on end), chasing is usually play for most dogs. The more you run away, the more they chase—it’s a game. If you feel safe enough to do it, stop and start chasing them in the direction they came from, to get them back where they started & away from you.

If a pit bull chases me, I’m not running back at it anymore than I’m running at someone with a gun, even if the man aiming it claims it is not loaded.