RebeccaSarah33
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In an effort to help improve health and help lose weight I've gained a new hobbie in the recent months. I walk alot...... anywhere I feel like it. I go on trails, I go to the park, I go in the woods and set my alarm in my pocket to go off after an hour just to make sure that I walked and was active for an hour of my day. I'm thinking of bumping the time longer because I find it to be such an enjoyable activity and its getting warmer out, it makes me want to stay out on my walking adventures longer.
I've found one annoyance though... dogs off leash. The one park I go to most is mostly for local schools athletics meetings but it does have a trail around the perimeter of the park to walk on. This park in not monitored at all so no one obeys the rules. It is not a dog park like some that are set aside for off leash time, dogs are welcomed there... but the signs say leashes please. It seems that most people who bring dogs to this park don't feel the need to use a leash. They act suprised or appauled when I don't want to stop and pet/hug/make out with thier dog. lol because omg its thier precious baby how could anyone not love the dog omg omg well I don't, I don't want to have anything to do with it.
I don't want to stop, I don't want to touch it, I don't want it to jump all over me especially when its muddy, I don't want it to lick me, I don't want to hug it or act like I wish it was mine or act like I want to take it home or make out with it. LOL I hate stopping to have some creature sniff my ass and leave mud on my clothes, I just don't want to participate, I can't even get away from it as If I step off trail... since there is no leash it just comes to where I am to get me all dirty. Most of these people just do this dumb laugh like "uh huh huh huh' because they think its so cute that thier baby is socializing.. and they don't know what else to say, they don't call it or even suspect that I might not want its attention.
The last time I went to this park, I tried to avoid every dog I saw by cutting across the field early when I saw them in the distance. I managed to avoid a few off leash dog encounters.. but then when I got into the woods here comes two people with three dogs... but oh yay its the kind of dogs I like.. the ones on a string yay LOL so they can't get at me.. well this dumb lady.. lets go of the leash and yells to me "Buddy wants to say hi!" ....I don't know this lady, or the guy shes with and they don't know me and I don't want to say hi to buddy. Why is every dog named buddy? lol
I went waaaay off trail to avoid "Buddy" and yelled to the lady 'excuse me, I'm allergic to dogs' even though I'm not really LOL I live with two of them and like em.. I don't force other people to like them. Then the lady acted all pissy like.. "ugg geeez," like I'm so rude that I don't want mud on me geeez. I'm so hateful of her precious baby geeez... I liked her precious baby better when it was on the leash. I've taken my dogs to the park a few times of course on leash never letting them out of my sight, but I stopped taking them for two reasons. I don't like walking around with colored baggies of honeysuckle in my hand... and because theres too many other people with off leash dogs that if one of my dogs bit thier dog they'd probably try to sue me and win somehow because life works like that.
This one time when I did have both dogs with me, I had them on a tight leash and someone had some little aggressive dog off leash and its yappping and sort of aiming to ankle bite at my dogs that are on leash and the dumb lady just stands there and giggles... she doesn't even try to call it or come pick it up... I'm just standing there like hello.. when are you gonna get ur thing... and she just keeps giggling like omg my baby is so precious,... lol idiot. so then this guy sees me standing there.. hes holding an actual baby like infant sized wrapped in a bundle and this lady wont get her dog so he tries to help out and get it for her but by bending over upsets the infant cause of all the noise and crap... and the lady still... just standing there like an idiot.. the guy had to pick up her dog in one hand while holding his infant child in another hand to hand to this lady that he didnt even know because she wasnt about to do anything.
Its just so annoying how extra polite people are 'supposed to' act around other peoples dogs... because never in a million years is a dogs attention 'unwanted' in these peoples minds... they could never see it the other way around. lol I'm just ranting, this isn't really of any significant importance to me, I just felt like complaining about it haha. made me feel better
I've found one annoyance though... dogs off leash. The one park I go to most is mostly for local schools athletics meetings but it does have a trail around the perimeter of the park to walk on. This park in not monitored at all so no one obeys the rules. It is not a dog park like some that are set aside for off leash time, dogs are welcomed there... but the signs say leashes please. It seems that most people who bring dogs to this park don't feel the need to use a leash. They act suprised or appauled when I don't want to stop and pet/hug/make out with thier dog. lol because omg its thier precious baby how could anyone not love the dog omg omg well I don't, I don't want to have anything to do with it.
I don't want to stop, I don't want to touch it, I don't want it to jump all over me especially when its muddy, I don't want it to lick me, I don't want to hug it or act like I wish it was mine or act like I want to take it home or make out with it. LOL I hate stopping to have some creature sniff my ass and leave mud on my clothes, I just don't want to participate, I can't even get away from it as If I step off trail... since there is no leash it just comes to where I am to get me all dirty. Most of these people just do this dumb laugh like "uh huh huh huh' because they think its so cute that thier baby is socializing.. and they don't know what else to say, they don't call it or even suspect that I might not want its attention.
The last time I went to this park, I tried to avoid every dog I saw by cutting across the field early when I saw them in the distance. I managed to avoid a few off leash dog encounters.. but then when I got into the woods here comes two people with three dogs... but oh yay its the kind of dogs I like.. the ones on a string yay LOL so they can't get at me.. well this dumb lady.. lets go of the leash and yells to me "Buddy wants to say hi!" ....I don't know this lady, or the guy shes with and they don't know me and I don't want to say hi to buddy. Why is every dog named buddy? lol
I went waaaay off trail to avoid "Buddy" and yelled to the lady 'excuse me, I'm allergic to dogs' even though I'm not really LOL I live with two of them and like em.. I don't force other people to like them. Then the lady acted all pissy like.. "ugg geeez," like I'm so rude that I don't want mud on me geeez. I'm so hateful of her precious baby geeez... I liked her precious baby better when it was on the leash. I've taken my dogs to the park a few times of course on leash never letting them out of my sight, but I stopped taking them for two reasons. I don't like walking around with colored baggies of honeysuckle in my hand... and because theres too many other people with off leash dogs that if one of my dogs bit thier dog they'd probably try to sue me and win somehow because life works like that.
This one time when I did have both dogs with me, I had them on a tight leash and someone had some little aggressive dog off leash and its yappping and sort of aiming to ankle bite at my dogs that are on leash and the dumb lady just stands there and giggles... she doesn't even try to call it or come pick it up... I'm just standing there like hello.. when are you gonna get ur thing... and she just keeps giggling like omg my baby is so precious,... lol idiot. so then this guy sees me standing there.. hes holding an actual baby like infant sized wrapped in a bundle and this lady wont get her dog so he tries to help out and get it for her but by bending over upsets the infant cause of all the noise and crap... and the lady still... just standing there like an idiot.. the guy had to pick up her dog in one hand while holding his infant child in another hand to hand to this lady that he didnt even know because she wasnt about to do anything.
Its just so annoying how extra polite people are 'supposed to' act around other peoples dogs... because never in a million years is a dogs attention 'unwanted' in these peoples minds... they could never see it the other way around. lol I'm just ranting, this isn't really of any significant importance to me, I just felt like complaining about it haha. made me feel better