felicia Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 i think i posted a topic a while ago on a friend of mine who lets my dog run free when her and her boyfriend petsit for me. well, they still tell me ten times or so every time i see them that i should let nass have more freedom, although this annoys me it got worse last weekend. my husband and i were staying with my friends boyfriend in the city, nass was allowed to sleep inside which was really nice of him, he lives right next to a busy road, his apartment is one on the botton floor of a three leval complex, it has a fence almost all the way around except where the cars come in, this section has no gate or anything. anyway, he says, 'i'll, take nass for a walk, it's completely fenced off out there so she could go off her lead' i knew it wasn't fenced all the way around and told him so, he just said 'oh, that little bit, she won't go near that' i told him yes she might not but i'd rather not risk it and could he please keep her on her lead, of course he said that was fine and took nass out (she isn't trained to come back and has run off a few times already and this guy has seen her do this). ten minutes later, her returns with nass and no lead :evil: so i said 'i see you have taken her lead off again' and he's like 'oh, yeah, she was fine' grrrrrrrrrrrr :drinking: :drinking: i realised that because she was with him but i asked him not to do it and he does it every time! i don't want to cause arguments with these people because i really like them and they are good friends with both my husband and i but i just wish they would respect how i feel in regard to nassa, she is my dog, i don't tell them what to do with max. once when we looked after max they told me not to let him off the lead because he runs away sometimes and they would prefer to be there if that happened and i respected that so why can't they do they same for me? nassa goes off her lead in the park and at the beach and has a huge yard, she's allowed in whenever she wants, she has a great life, there are just certain places i don't want her roaming i i think that's my choice, i also don't like her running free with max because he chases kangaroos and sometimes goes missing for a few days, he's even been hurt by one and he is still allowed to do it... sorry but i really needed to vent because it's been annoying me a lot since last weekends incident. any suggestions? felicia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felicia Posted July 14, 2005 Author Share Posted July 14, 2005 Thanks sash, i think i do have to be less tactful sometimes, i just think it's rude and i come off as being over protective grrrr next time i will just say no, i think it's the only thing i can do because he obviously isn't going to listen to me. you guys are great and make me feel heaps better :D thankyou felicia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrless Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 agh. nothing like a know-it-all... :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felicia Posted July 14, 2005 Author Share Posted July 14, 2005 exactly, know it all, know nothing :roll: damn it gets annoying though :drinka: :agrue: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrless Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 here's what i love! that she chases kangaroos! :D that is surely one thing most of us could never say! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felicia Posted July 14, 2005 Author Share Posted July 14, 2005 that's true lol maybe i am overprotective sometimes but kangaroos can be dangerous, i don't want to spoil nassa's fun at all, i just want her to stay relativly safe.. if only kangaroo's were smaller.... :lol: felicia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Chaos Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 I won't let my dogs chase bears because they could get hurt, but they just think its fun. Sometimes what our dogs perceive as fun can be extremely dangerous. You're definately doing the right thing keeping her safe. Like the others said I wouldn't let them look after my dog anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felicia Posted July 14, 2005 Author Share Posted July 14, 2005 [quote name='Lucky Chaos']I won't let my dogs chase bears because they could get hurt, but they just think its fun. Sometimes what our dogs perceive as fun can be extremely dangerous. You're definately doing the right thing keeping her safe. Like the others said I wouldn't let them look after my dog anymore.[/quote] damn i would love to see a bear in the wild... as long as it was from a reasonable distance that is :lol: what type of bears do you have where you live? i would love to see the big brown one's and the black one's, the only bears we have are koala's and they aren't even bears lol. you are right though, dogs don't always know that what they are doing is dangerous, maybe some people wouldn't care that much if something happened to their dog but i love nassa, my husband works very late sometimes and even on weekends, i live in a tiny town and none of my friends live here so nassa is like a best friend to me, i spend every day with her, she sleeps on the bed at night and i see her first every morning because my husband leaves for work very early so i'd be devistated if something happened to her. i'm not overprotective, i let her off her lead in safe places, the beach etc but some places i just think she's best left on her lead. sorry for rambling, iv'e been drinking my husband's homemade ginger beer and it's [i]very[/i] alcoholic :drinking: :lol: felicia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrless Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 can you imagine some angry kangaroo? "I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE!" ...scoops up dog and puts it in pocket... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felicia Posted July 14, 2005 Author Share Posted July 14, 2005 LOL then bounds of into the distance, don't know if nass would fit though :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouseatthebusstop Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 I would not let anyone pet sit for me who may let any of mine run loose especialy by a road Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutt_Lady Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 Couldn't you sit this guy down and talk to him? Maybe he's just a little bit thick and doesn't realize what you're trying to get across. Tell him that you mean business and that if he does it again, he's going to wish he hadn't. Say, "[i]My[/i] dog, [i]my[/i] rules." However, it also sounds to be like he is power-tripping a bit. The classic, "I'm a man, I know how to take care of a dog." If that's how he thinks you take care of a dog, he shouldn't be allowed to own one. He just seems to be very reckless to me. I don't trust him [u]at all[/u]. Keep in mind, I've never met him & know nothing about him! LOL But, as said previously, if he is a danger to your dog, keep him [u]away[/u] from her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felicia Posted July 15, 2005 Author Share Posted July 15, 2005 [quote name='Mutt_Lady']Couldn't you sit this guy down and talk to him? Maybe he's just a little bit thick and doesn't realize what you're trying to get across. Tell him that you mean business and that if he does it again, he's going to wish he hadn't. Say, "[i]My[/i] dog, [i]my[/i] rules." However, it also sounds to be like he is power-tripping a bit. The classic, "I'm a man, I know how to take care of a dog." If that's how he thinks you take care of a dog, he shouldn't be allowed to own one. He just seems to be very reckless to me. I don't trust him [u]at all[/u]. Keep in mind, I've never met him & know nothing about him! LOL But, as said previously, if he is a danger to your dog, keep him [u]away[/u] from her.[/quote] i have never actually sat him down and the reason i haven't is because he already thinks i'm silly for worrying :roll: his girlfriend used to be like me but he's convinced her that she should let max off and now she's the same as him. i do think he's reckless and i certainly don't trust him with nass, he is great with dogs in every other way, he loves them and is very good with them but when someone keeps doing something you have told them not to do, well, it just gets annoying. he's a bit of a hippy i think, i haven't got anything against hippies but he has this big freedom thing going on, what he fails to realise is that dogs aren't like us, they don't think like us, the see a car and they don't think danger, they think nothing of it at all. so what i'm going to do is just not let him take her out by himself anymore, he adores her so hopefully this will teach him :lol: thankyou all for your help :) elicia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackieMaya Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 [quote name='Jessashelony']I don't really have any suggestions because I am already not the most tactful person, but even less so when it comes to my dogs. What he did was wrong, wrong, wrong. And I would have gone OFF on this guy the first time it happened. This is your dog. All I can say is do not let this person pet sit for you. Do not let this person take your dog out. Next time he wants to take her out, just say no. You do it yourself. And if he asks why just simply state that he does not respect your wishes when it comes to your dog, so you will just do it yourself.[/quote] Ditto! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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