tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773000268528790603.post7734216369202857141..comments2022-03-19T23:56:53.826-03:00Comments on Courteous Canine: "Don't worry.......He's friendly!!"Courteous Caninehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05832485211635019005noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773000268528790603.post-67660082317220437202010-11-26T12:01:31.869-04:002010-11-26T12:01:31.869-04:00Very well said. I think many folks are like me, we...Very well said. I think many folks are like me, we grew up with dogs that pretty much stayed on the property. I don't ever remember as a child, walking our dogs, they were just there, with us, around the house and yard. We didn't train, we just didn't take the dogs anywhere. Now we've grown into folks who want dogs and we live in Cities and we want to take them everywhere, which is great! But we don't give them any manners or any sense of 'this is how you have to behave when we go out'. We don't live in houses/apartnments that have lots of places to roam so we look to the green spaces around town. But a green space does not an off leash place make! Off leash should be the priviledge earned after lots of work. Too many dog owners think off leash is a right if their dog is friendly. That yelling 'she's friendly' from a distance is supposed to calm a person's/child's fear or prevent a parent from worrying, or keep a strangers pants clean! It really damages the non-dog owning public's perception of dogs in general.Gail Rhynohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00565571302652989159noreply@blogger.com