I got a puppy a couple weeks ago. Teeny, tiny little thing. Of course, when she was being a crazy puppy, she broke her leg and is in a cast and cone now. Also just found that she came to me with a parasite so lots going on.
People are continuing to allow their dogs to run up to her every single day, some even going out of their way to encourage their dogs to go up to her. She is obviously crippled and is supposed to be engaged in low activity. She is also contagious.
Just this morning, I was standing in a rock patch with my dog in front of me, so she was between myself and a wall. A large dog suddenly rushed us from behind, and I automatically put my leg out to block it and said "woah!" The woman walking these two dogs dramatically scoffed at me and shook her head, glaring at me the entire time they walked away.
Something like this has literally been happening every single day. I am so beyond stressed out with everything going on and am begging you all to please not let your dogs go up to any unknown dog without direct permission.
I am not trying to be rude, I am not insinuating that you or your dogs are disgusting and don't deserve to be around us. I am trying to prevent any more multi-thousand dollar, painful accidents from happening to my dog and trying to prevent your dog from getting sick.
I am going to try my best to immediately pick my dog up any time a dog is walking by, but it's hard when she is literally in the middle of using the restroom and people allow their dogs to charge her. Please, please help us by being a bit more considerate. I love all of your dogs and find them adorable but I am so stressed out.
EDIT: I ONLY take her out to go potty. Literally that is all. That's the frustrating part because the slim amount of time her paws even touch the ground everything hits that fan. I live downtown and can only go to so many places. I try my best to go to the lowest traffic areas but people still sneak up on me sometimes. As I said, I will try my best to pick her up anytime we even see a dog, but the largest issue is them coming up right in the middle of her pottying. Under no circumstances have I taken her to a dog park.