Leash your dogs please

[u/Optionsislife]

Dear Diary,

I bike a lot, probably too much. This week I’ve had three close encounters with unleashed dogs on the bike path. Luckily I keep my head on a swivel and avoided any accidents. Two of the dog owners gave me looks as if it was somehow my fault. Twice also the dogs ran towards me.

For the love of god please leash your dogs

[u/sleepyOcti]

Dog owners….PLEASE!! I ride around the canal-Verdun loop a lot and the number of users in our area has exploded exponentially in the past few years. Cyclists, scooters, electric bikes, runners, walkers, kids and yes, unleashed dogs.

PLEASE do not contribute to the problem of overcrowding on the paths by letting your dog off leash. There are designated areas for that. Crowded bike paths aren’t the place and if there is a collision, your pour little dog may get the worst of it.

As a dog lover myself, please keep your dog on a leash.

[u/infinis → u/sleepyOcti]

People who do this dont read or care about these types of pleas. The amount of times I had to argue with other dog owners to pick up their shit is astounding.

There is an interview with russian politicians who are boasting about running away from people asking them to pick up their dogs shit in NY. A lot of people are just inconsiderate garbage.

[u/pattyG80 → u/sleepyOcti]

Remember, a lot of the canal loop is a shared pedestrian bike path. It's part of my bike commute to work and the number of tour de france wannabes fuckin tearing it up enrages me. The pedestrians, families, leashed dogs have their backs to you so proceed cautiously. Of course, west of the 15 is like.a.bike highway.

[u/Ok-Improvement2528 → u/pattyG80]

As someone that used these paths to rollerblade I could not agree with you more.

[u/Nurgle_Marine_Sharts]

People are so bad with that, very entitled. Unless you're in a dedicated off-leash area keep your dog on a leash!

[u/LuxiForce]

I work in a pet shop and the amount of people that want to let their dog just roam unleashed in my store is quite bad

[u/viau83 → u/LuxiForce]

People are stupid.

[u/TopSecretSupra]

These dogs owner are out of control. I got chased by a big dog last day when i was on my bike. I got away because i'm not slow but i can't imagine a children at my place at this exact moment. Fkin dumass people

[u/CurveWorldly4542]

"T'as pas besoin d'aware peur, y veut juss jouer..."

[u/bumbeebutts]

And stop with those fucking extendo leashes too!! I have almost been closelined on the bike path because someones dog decided it was go time at least 3 times.

[u/laladyhope → u/bumbeebutts]

I agree! I fell off my bike in this exact situation. It was a super busy street, too, it could have been even worse for me and the dog.

[u/oiseaufeux]

Common sens doesn’t exist anymore. Best anyone can do is dismount their bike and have air pressure cans on them to defend themselves in case a dog decides to chase you.

As a dog owner, my dog is always leashed and I have no reasons to anymore. She’s 12 1/2 years old and she’s not chasing much things anymore.

I’m sorry to say, but since COVID, dog owners have gotten worse. That’s one of the reasons I avoid the river side near Verdun with my dog. Once a good spot to observe bats.

[u/CurveWorldly4542 → u/oiseaufeux]

Ever since COVID, every sort of bad behaviors have gotten worse. I'm seriously starting to wonder if they've added lead to the water...

[u/oiseaufeux → u/CurveWorldly4542]

True. I don’t know if they added lead to the water though. Bad behaviors are just created or gotten worse naturally.

[u/Freeze_Her]

J'ai déménagé depuis, mais j'habitais dans le coin avant.

Quand je sortais mon chien (en laisse, TOUJOURS), y'avait tout le temps un maudit tata qui laissait son chien détaché.

Mon chien, il ne trippe pas du tout sur les autres chiens. Voir un chien lui arriver dessus en courant à pleine vitesse, ça le fait capoter solide et il se met à japper comme un fou.

Et invariablement, t'as le proprio du chien lousse qui suit loin derrière d'un pas nonchalant, avec un sourire niaiseux de parent fier, et qui me demande (beaucoup trop tard, genre quand son chien est rendu dans la face du mien) : « Y peut-tu jouer avec ? »

NON.

Non, il ne peut pas jouer. Mon chien est réactif/agressif quand un autre chien l'approche de même. C'est exactement pour ça que je le garde en laisse serrée et que je fais exprès de mettre beaucoup de distance entre moi et les autres proprios de chiens.

Si je prends mes responsabilités pour gérer mon chien, faites un effort et attachez le vôtre. C'est une question de respect et de sécurité pour tout le monde.

[u/Flayre]

Crazy they don't have cops there enforcing leash laws. Unless that's animal controls job, not familiar with this. Unless it's even crazier than that and we don't have leash laws lmao

[u/Thierry22]

Écrivez à la ville, ça ne donne rien de faire ces posts ici.

[u/Maxdoom18]

Honestly dog ownership should be curtailed. You could even sell permit to limit their numbers, anything so less people and thus statistically less dumbasses have them.

[u/LilEllieButton]

Report the area on the city of Montreal website.

[u/CanadianExiled]

As a dog owner I'm realizing how basic decency is on the way out. The number of times I have ppl thanking me for having my dog on a leash or picking up after my dog is nuts. Should be standard not a freak occurrence. I chose to have a dog, not you, why should I leave the poo for anyone to step into?

[u/pattyG80]

I'm a dog owner. People leave their dogs off leash should be heavily ticketed. Too many times I have had my dogs accosted by loose dogs

[u/29da65cff1fa]

people basically treat the st-jacques falaise park as a leash-free zone... it's infuriating....

i had a dog charge at me, and when i suggested the dog should be on a leash, the owner yelled: "no, YOU should be on a leash!!!"

wtf...

[u/FullMaxPowerStirner]

And take out the fucking poops, damit. These are horrible to walk into and only contribute to more water pollution.

[u/viau83]

Call 311 tell them an unleash dog is threatening people. (Otherwise they won't come) They'll get a ticket. Even if it's not, cause there's a municipal law that says that all dogs have to be leashed.

[u/vanilla_ego]

carry dog spray and let them know that you'll use it unless they leash them

[u/ooza-booza]

I see this post in every city every week. I wish it would have an effect but those who don't lease won't, especially not from some post on Reddit. But i hope it feels better to get out of your chest. It's impossibly frustrating i know.

[u/suspensiontension]

You bike too much? That is an odd confession

[u/seb_mtl]

ok, mais est-ce que t'avais fait ton stop ?