Comments on: Looking For Good Dogs (And Their People)

By: lexy

lexy — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 19:52:08 +0000

That is really true… the bad blocks out the good too many times. It’s hard to pay attention, but well worthwhile.

By: Donna and the Dogs

Donna and the Dogs — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 20:40:11 +0000

You’re very right. I do tend to notice the dogs that are running loose or charging the fence when I try to walk that stresses Toby out. Or the guy riding the quad through the woods that scares the crap out of Meadow. Or the hundred or so feral cats that draw Leah’s attention away from me on our walks. It’s hard not to! But next time I walk, I’ll think of this post and try to do so with an open mind. 🙂

By: Jessica

Jessica — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 15:24:15 +0000

I’ve always been impressed by the dogs around here. I think mostly there isn’t a choice about walking the dog–we live in townhouses with tiny back patios, and most people don’t see the patio as a valid bathroom option. (I don’t, either, but Silas won’t walk on the street.) Across the street is a high-rise. So, despite the fact that there are probably 75 dogs with no yards on this block, I almost never see poop. I have never been barked at by the half-dozen morbidly obese Chihuahuas we see.

I do see a lot of really questionable leash usage–big dogs on retractables, little dogs loose, people getting pulled down the sidewalk while they talk on the phone–but I’ve never seen a dog run out into the road.

By: Peggy Frezon

Peggy Frezon — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 15:18:15 +0000

I’m going to have to try to look for the good in my neighborhood and believe me it will be a challenge, so hold me accountable. Our walks in the neighborhood are unpleasant. There are loose dogs that keep me tense and cause us to change direction if we see them, a yard of 4 pit bulls (not trying to call out a specific breed, but they happen to be pit bulls) who bark, lunge at the (wobbly) fence and then start fighting with each other every time we walk by, a chihuahua that runs loose (who would let such a little dog loose by busy streets?), another large dog who is tied up to the front rail of the house and sprawls across the entire sidewalk so we have to walk out in the street….Despite this, I walk the dogs three times a day, but each time with a negative attitude. You’ve challenged me, Pamela!

By: Jen

Jen — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 13:21:34 +0000

The only dogs that we have around us right now are 2 little yappy dogs that live a few doors down. They go crazy when we walk by but they are secured in their yards. I use to worry that one day we would would be walking by and they would be running around free and come and try to eat us. After 3 years this has never happened and I feel perfectly confident walking by their house and so do their dogs. I don’t see them as the annoying little yappy dogs anymore.

By: Molly The Wally

Molly The Wally — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 09:42:26 +0000

Funny we agree with Jodi, we too have bad owners walking their dogs in the woods whilst everyone else is in the open. What they are up to who knows as we keep away. Have a good day.
Best wishes Molly

By: Basil

Basil — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 08:11:38 +0000

What great advice!!! I will have to give this a try!

By: Julie

Julie — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 04:30:49 +0000

I love this post! My hubby and I just had this conversation about bad drivers. The more we complain about it. . .the more often we are behind them!! It’s crazy isn’t it – but something that we are completely aware of. Whatever you focus on, you will see more of!!

By: houndstooth

houndstooth — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 01:23:33 +0000

What a great post! I think I may feel a lot differently about my biases if my neighbors move. We have The Village Idiots on one side of us who let their dogs crap all over right near our property line because they’re too lazy to walk their dogs over to their turn out pen and let them bark and carry on right outside our bedroom window. And no, they never walk their dogs or even seem to interact with them. Then there are The Renters who live across the street. Their two labs are in a small fenced in area all alone every day. There’s a baby over there, so I guess the dogs don’t need any attention, even though they bark their heads off All. The. TIME! Gah!

By: Georgia Little Pea

Georgia Little Pea — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 21:50:35 +0000

This post made me happy! You’re so right. I know where all the yappy little fluff balls that attack fences live but not the good dogs. (Mostly because I have to know when to cross the road to avoid passing by their houses.) I’ve never been a glass half full person but I should try X