Canine Version.
#1 - When you come on to someone else's property, it is considered courteous to ASK before letting your dog out of the car.
#1a - This is especially true if there are other, unleashed dogs that you don't know standing next to your car.
#1b - This is even more true if there are lots of horses standing around who probably cost a lot more than your car.
#1c - This is vitally important your adolescent dog normally gets no exercise, has been in a crate for 5 hours, and does not know how to behave off-leash/around other dogs/around cats/around horses.
#2 - When you choose to ignore #1, you don't get to be Bi***y and ignore people when they ask you to get your dog under control.
#3 - "Getting your dog under control" does not mean closing it and another dog in the indoor arena together, so they can run and growl and wrestle and get the horses pastured next to the arena upset.
#3a - If you ignore #3, it is your job to clean up the enormous piles of crap your dog leaves in the arena.
#4 - "Getting your dog under control" also does not mean closing it in an empty stall, where it will proceed to cry and howl and dig and scratch the door.
#4a - This is especially true if someone is now trying to bring the upset horses from #3 into the barn past your loud annoying dog.
#5 - If you ignore all the requests, and your out of control adolescent dog is bothering one of the dogs who is SUPPOSED to be on the property, you don't get to make comments about how "mean" that dog is for growling at yours.
#5a - You are not permitted to hold the "mean" dog by the collar so your idiot dog can "sniff her and let them realize it's okay".
#5b - You certainly don't get to request that the "mean dog" be contained so your dog can play.
#6 - If you haven't payed any attention to #1 - #5, and the dog who is SUPPOSED to be on the property is still upset by your out of control dog, and you choose to lay a hand on the "mean" dog to correct it for growling, you will get bit. Not by the mean dog, but by the even meaner owner.
I realize I'm preaching to the choir here, but why in the world do people think this crap is acceptable? All these things have happened multiple times in the past year by people who think that just because they come on a farm, they can let their dog be free. These aren't even clients, who normally ask about dogs and follow the rules. Just friends of clients, or strangers who come in to see the horses. People are idiots.
#1 - When you come on to someone else's property, it is considered courteous to ASK before letting your dog out of the car.
#1a - This is especially true if there are other, unleashed dogs that you don't know standing next to your car.
#1b - This is even more true if there are lots of horses standing around who probably cost a lot more than your car.
#1c - This is vitally important your adolescent dog normally gets no exercise, has been in a crate for 5 hours, and does not know how to behave off-leash/around other dogs/around cats/around horses.
#2 - When you choose to ignore #1, you don't get to be Bi***y and ignore people when they ask you to get your dog under control.
#3 - "Getting your dog under control" does not mean closing it and another dog in the indoor arena together, so they can run and growl and wrestle and get the horses pastured next to the arena upset.
#3a - If you ignore #3, it is your job to clean up the enormous piles of crap your dog leaves in the arena.
#4 - "Getting your dog under control" also does not mean closing it in an empty stall, where it will proceed to cry and howl and dig and scratch the door.
#4a - This is especially true if someone is now trying to bring the upset horses from #3 into the barn past your loud annoying dog.
#5 - If you ignore all the requests, and your out of control adolescent dog is bothering one of the dogs who is SUPPOSED to be on the property, you don't get to make comments about how "mean" that dog is for growling at yours.
#5a - You are not permitted to hold the "mean" dog by the collar so your idiot dog can "sniff her and let them realize it's okay".
#5b - You certainly don't get to request that the "mean dog" be contained so your dog can play.
#6 - If you haven't payed any attention to #1 - #5, and the dog who is SUPPOSED to be on the property is still upset by your out of control dog, and you choose to lay a hand on the "mean" dog to correct it for growling, you will get bit. Not by the mean dog, but by the even meaner owner.
I realize I'm preaching to the choir here, but why in the world do people think this crap is acceptable? All these things have happened multiple times in the past year by people who think that just because they come on a farm, they can let their dog be free. These aren't even clients, who normally ask about dogs and follow the rules. Just friends of clients, or strangers who come in to see the horses. People are idiots.