"I've politely asked them to control their dog, and I've even stepped in front of my dog to block the other dog when it gets too rough, but nothing seems to stick. Every time it happens, the dog owner laughs it off and says, Oh, he's just excited! or He doesn't mean anything by it, but I feel disrespected, and my dog seems stressed by the repeated interactions."
"Can you bring a shield of some kind that you can hold up between you and this dog the next time it lunges at you or your dog? That may seem extreme, but it should get the point across that you aren't allowing this behavior anymore. Follow up by telling the dog owner you have had enough. Demand more insistently that the dog needs to be controlled."
"One of my best friends recently got divorced. In the process, she talked to me and my husband about her troubles so much that it seems like they may have rubbed off on us. Now my husband and I are bickering constantly, though we never did that before. How can we get back to the peacefulness that we once had, now that our friend's trauma has disrupted it?"
A regular at a dog park repeatedly allows their dog to jump on another person and their dog despite polite requests to stop. The dog owner minimizes the behavior with comments like "Oh, he's just excited" and other park regulars laugh it off, leaving the person feeling disrespected and their dog stressed. The recommended response is to create a clear physical barrier, such as a shield, and then firmly tell the owner that the behavior is unacceptable and demand control. A separate issue describes a couple who began bickering after absorbing a friend's divorce-related stress, with the first step being recognition of that influence.
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