Originally Posted by
McMitchell
Agreed, often the issue has more to do with the owners. This is how I know if a human student is actually learning. They start recognizing that most of their dogs issues have to do with things they actually “trained” the dog to do. I quit competition dog sport, the reason being the pressure one has to put on a dog the closer the team gets to 100% reliability. Now I am more of a glorified dog walker ;-) If most people could actually see the pressure they put on “hunting dogs” to “always retrieve” never break a sit.......they might get sick.
IMO, the problem is
always with the dog's owner. If you can't safely manage a dog, you shouldn't
have one.
With that said, we've all made mistakes. I've occasionally had a dog get loose and cause problems. But in those circumstances I apologize, as it's my fault; I would never blame the innocent bystander who is merely trying to use the public space.