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Hi all -


I had a rather unpleasant and odd experience this morning when walking/ playing with my dog in Peckham Rye Park.


A blonde woman, 40-55 years of age with a young black lab got very irate when her dog came over to mine. My dog doesn't bother much with other dogs, but doesn't mind them being around. However, as she clearly wanted her dog to come and was coming over to get her dog I didn't throw the ball I had in my hand and waited for her to get her dog.


I greeted her in a friendly manner after which she called me a "plant". I said I didn't know what that meant and she said she knew I didn't. She then led her dog off by his collar.


I then continued to throw the ball for my dog. A couple of minutes later her dog returns and she is yelling/ calling him back to her, towards a bench she has sat on that was nearby. Her dog (a lovely young lab) just wanted to play and picked up my tennis ball and walked away with it. As I saw she didn't want her dog to play/ be away from her, and that she was irate, I leashed my dog and went and got my ball from her dog.


At this point she once again came to get her dog by the collar, even though we were leaving, and proceeded to yell a stream of derogatory comments directed at me. I have no idea why.


This all happened in under 10 minutes.


This is the first time I have ever come across this woman. Has anyone else had a similar experience with possibly the same person?


Thanks.

Hello,

she managed to upset my missus last week when she was a little rude about our dog, she told me her dog is called pladdlington because he likes to swim and he is gorgeous. I found her a little abrupt but harmless enough all part of the characters you meet when walking your dog, although i doubt my missus will ever forgive her for daring to criticise our pride and joy!

thanks for that, beebee. aside from the mass of verbal insults she directed at me I also got the impression that was the extent of it. just thought I would check-in with the community. she did criticise my lovely pooch as well - for not wanting to play, even though she didn't want her dog to engage with my dog. but, I don't think my dog heard :)
I think you're right, beebee. The key is to not take it personally and steer clear if she is in a negative mood. I just feel a little blue for her pooch :( Not that I perceived any mis-treatment, however he wasn't allowed to just be his friendly, puppy self. Maybe that was just today. I think she may have an idea of how she would like her dog to be (i.e. super-swimmer canine!), but that not what he is (well, not yet anyway!).
I know the lady you are talking about. Her old dog, a black lab cross which she had from a puppy was called sweet pudding. It got very aggressive and we used to make a detour when we saw her with it because it didn't wear a collar, she never walked it on a lead and she couldn't control it. She had brown hair then as well. I hadnt seen her for about 2-3 months and then saw her last weekend with the black lab puppy you mentioned and newly dyed blond hair. I think the new puppy is called pudding (minus the sweet). This one has a lovely nature, a collar and lead and she seems to be doing her best to train it. I'm not sure whether the original sweet pudding went to. She has isn't always pleasant and you never quite know how she'll be so i just tend to avoid her if i can.

thanks for all of the responses everyone, and for the contact, renata


re. the 'crack a nut with a sledgehammer' - I appreciate your comment, however I definitely don't think that is the case at all, nor what anyone is suggesting. of course different is totally okay (in fact the world would indeed be a boring place without different!). but as my first (and as yet only) experience of her was so verbally aggressive/ abusive (I have never had someone shouting at me and calling me names before... well, maybe my sister or brother when I was young, but not in public!) I just wanted to check in with the community. I think you and others are correct, it is not a case of dangerous.


thanks again all - wishing you all happy park walking!

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