Recently one of my neighbors was walking her beautiful German Shepherd and another dog came out of nowhere and attacked her dog.  The attacking dog ran off and she was unable to identify the owner.  She spent a small fortunate on vet bills but to no avail.  Eventually, her dog had to be put down.

You can imagine that I am a bit nervous since I think this vicious dog is still in the neighborhood.  So, the other day  when a dog came running towards my dog,   I scooped my smaller Sheltie up into my arms.  The owner was upset with me.  She accused me of babying my dog and of being paranoid.  She didn’t give me the chance to tell her why I was so cautious and why she should not let her dog run amuck in case he should come up against the vicious dog.

I can’t understand why anyone would be upset about the fact that I pick up my small Sheltie when a bigger dog down comes running down on him.  If I had been able to I would have protected my bigger Sheltie too.

I am at a loss to explain that woman’s attitude.  I always make my dogs give way to other dogs by pulling my dogs to the side and making them sit while the other dog walks by.  This way little dogs don’t feel so threatened.