this week is starting off with what i can only assume is a sinus infection, so that’s not ideal. i’m also down two grandparents, which likewise is not ideal
off leash dogs are the worst. i’m a huge dog lover, but put your dog on a leash! i don’t care how well trained your dog is, they’re not a robot, so unless it’s a leash-free zone… and even then, they’d better be under voice control.
I have family members that have owned poorly trained dogs, and have been around places with aggressive dogs. Ive also met many people with “oh dont worry he’s friendly” dogs who then are not friendly.
I love dogs, but I always have a respect and caution around dogs I dont know.
As an aside there was one time I was walking around a walking path in a park when around the bend comes a fairly large dog trotting down off leash at a reasonable clip. I was initially agitated that the owner would let their dog off leash especially at the pace this dog was moving and kept waiting for the owner to also cross the bend. They never did and as my eyes focused I began to come to terms with the fact that this was a coyote and we got off the path to let it scoot by and it paid us no mind.
I agree on out-of-control dogs being a problem, but it goes both ways. Mine wait by the roadside when I tell them to (and we always make a show of it so the oncoming people can see we’re aware of them), and we still get yelled at by a lot of dickwads on bikes even though they have 3/4 of the road to themselves.
And frankly, keeping a dog where it can’t run and play off-leash on a regular basis is animal cruelty.
Sort of. Switzerland doesn’t have leash-free zones per se - there are places where a leash is mandatory or recommended, everything else is the owner’s responsibility. The law basically just says “make sure your dog does nothing stupid”.
