03/29/2025
A German shepherd was sniffing around our place this morning.
A friendly reminder that large dogs, even friendly ones, can cause a lot of accidental (or intentional) harm!
I am glad I hadn't gotten started on garden work yet, as the kids usually join me.
Why would I want to avoid a strange dog, even if it's friendly? Let me give some examples:
Dog approaches, one of my kids (who know no fear of dogs in spite of some scrapes, having been raised with 2 stellar canines) tries to pet it or play fetch, and gets knocked down - if on concrete, paving blocks, or landscape rocks, then that could be an urgent care visit 🫣
Could also rough house with the kids, and the same sort of thing could happen - also, dogs interact a lot with their mouths during play, and accidents happen...
My dogs might also try to run interference and that's another thread of potentially harmful possibilities.
If it were just me outside, I wouldn't sorry so much - with my kids, I do.
(My dogs, not so much 😂)
In this case, when I went outside to see if it would come for me to check its collar, it ran away as soon as I called "hey puppy!"
Hopefully it went back home!
Our road is a little busy, so loose dogs are also a hazard to themselves, and is one reason why we don't see many strange dogs.
It's also why I check on mine, since both can escape the fence 🤣 but are good doggos and stay in the yard 😆 ... most of the time (Leeta is tempted easily) 👀
Keep your doggo(s) safe!
