29/07/2020
Ask to pat and play๐ถ
โ ๏ธ ๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ง๐ข ๐ฃ๐๐ง ๐ง๐๐๐ง ๐๐ข๐?
๐๐ฝ I often take my dogs out with me and will tie them out while I grab a coffee or meet with a client etc. Usually my dog will be working on something like abstinence whilst being tied out.
๐ณ I was absolutely mortified by how many people approached my dog, without asking, without even checking around and proceed to rub my dogโs head or do what their version of a pat is.
โก๏ธ What surprised me even more was a mother and her young baby bent down and were cmโs away from my dogs face!
๐ซ Not a single person asked about my dog, if she was comfortable with having strangers bop her on the head, or if they had permission to engage with her.
๐๐ฝ ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด?
โ ABSOLUTELY NOT. Iโd probably get arrested.
๐๐ฝ ๐๐ผ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฒ๐น๐๐ฒโ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ด ๐๐ป๐น๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ธ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐โ๐ ๐ผ๐ธ๐ฎ๐.
๐ A dog may appear happy and friendly, but has confidence issues with having strangers approach them. Being on lead means they have their flight option removed. So they may show reactivity.
๐ฆฎ It could be a dog that is inappropriate at greeting humans and requires a controlled introduction that you have just undone.
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Or it may be like my dog, who was specifically training independence and abstinence whilst being tied out.
๐๐ฝ Always ASK. Accept the answer. Be guided by the person that knows the dog best.
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๐ฝโโ๏ธ ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ป ๐ป๐ฒ๐ด๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ.