I hate confrontation, but I am confrontational and/or assertive when it needs to be done and I know I'm RIGHT.
For instance, I was at the dog park last night dock diving with a friend. A side of the dock is broke and dogs kept jumping onto the dock even though the gate was closed. There is a one dog per dock rule, and a young male golden would not leave my friend's dog alone while I was holding him, and it was to the point where a dog fight was going to start. That's not the place for two strange dogs when trying to jump. It's unsafe.
So I saw the owner on the other side of the pond, yelled to him if he could get the golden. While the golden is lunging for my friend's dog. He raises his hand to acknowledge that he sees the dog. I picked up my friend's dog to stop the barking/growling on both ends, and tell him "No, you need to come get your dog NOW, this is not acceptable." and when he got over to us he was still lollygagging around and not coming up to just grab him. I told him again, "You need to actually come grab your dog if he won't listen to you, this isn't safe and is against the rules."
It was a safety issue and I was in the right. I wasn't going to stand there and not say anything and let something happen to one/both dogs because I didn't want to speak up, ya know?
For instance, I was at the dog park last night dock diving with a friend. A side of the dock is broke and dogs kept jumping onto the dock even though the gate was closed. There is a one dog per dock rule, and a young male golden would not leave my friend's dog alone while I was holding him, and it was to the point where a dog fight was going to start. That's not the place for two strange dogs when trying to jump. It's unsafe.
So I saw the owner on the other side of the pond, yelled to him if he could get the golden. While the golden is lunging for my friend's dog. He raises his hand to acknowledge that he sees the dog. I picked up my friend's dog to stop the barking/growling on both ends, and tell him "No, you need to come get your dog NOW, this is not acceptable." and when he got over to us he was still lollygagging around and not coming up to just grab him. I told him again, "You need to actually come grab your dog if he won't listen to you, this isn't safe and is against the rules."
It was a safety issue and I was in the right. I wasn't going to stand there and not say anything and let something happen to one/both dogs because I didn't want to speak up, ya know?